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Agencies serving the homeless community are invited to apply for Winter Survival Kits

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Engage and Change is inviting agencies serving the homeless community in Toronto, the Greater Toronto Area, and Southwestern Ontario to apply for Project Winter Survival. Eligible organizations will receive sleeping bags and Winter Survival Kits to distribute to the homeless community to help them survive winter.

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The State of Women’s Housing Need & Homelessness in Canada

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The Women’s National Housing and Homelessness Network in partnership with the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness (CAEH), the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness (COH), and Keepers of the Circle (KoC) released the State of Women’s Housing Need & Homelessness in Canada Review.

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Increase in homelessness support sector workers employed across Canada

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A recent report from Statistics Canada noted that homelessness support is a growing sector of the labour force across Canada. Women continue to outnumber men in the homelessness support sector, with 73.8% of workers identifying as women.

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Government of Canada launches call for innovative concepts to prevent and eliminate homelessness

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The Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Ahmed Hussen, launched a call for concepts for innovative projects to prevent and eliminate homelessness under the Community Capacity and Innovation stream of Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy.

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Submit your ideas to end homelessness in York Region to the Blue Print Competition

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The Blue Print competition will offer Blue Door staff who have firsthand experience supporting people facing homelessness as well […]. The post Submit your ideas to end homelessness in York Region to the Blue Print Competition appeared first on CharityVillage.

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Six Things to Know in Nonprofit Technology News

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High-Tech Help for Homelessness. Why would a homeless person need a mobile phone? A recent study by California nonprofit Community Technology Alliance found that almost 70% of the homeless people surveyed in their county did have a mobile phone. Do you have some NPTech news you’d like to report?

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Mobile for Good: Fire Phone, Locking Down Data, and Services for the Homeless

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I'll also update you on the "kill switch" initiatives as well as a nonprofit that's using mobile services to alleviate homelessness. Homelessness and Mobile Technology. The Nonprofit Quarterly shared an interesting story from the National Desert News about the benefits of mobile access for homeless populations.