Canada Global (Web News) Alpha House houses a record number of vulnerable people in Calgary. The needs of Calgary’s vulnerable population are complex and the people who support them are busier than ever.
Alpha House provided the most transportation in the last fiscal year since the Downtown Outreach Addictions Partnership team started.
The DOAP team moved 27,000 people to shelters, hospitals and clinics.
“We’re seeing more people on the streets than usual,” said Shondra Broval, Alpha House’s communications and fund development manager.
There is a lot of speculation about the impact of the pandemic and what it has done to people in pushing them towards the poverty line or homelessness.
There’s been an unfortunate combination of many different factors, including mental health complications and addiction complications, that we’re attributing to the increase that we’re seeing.”
Broval predicts they are on track to see the same or higher numbers this fiscal year.
There is a lot of speculation about the impact of the pandemic and what it has done to people in pushing them towards the poverty line or homelessness.
There’s been an unfortunate combination of many different factors, including mental health complications and addiction complications, that we’re attributing to the increase that we’re seeing.”
Broval predicts they are on track to see the same or higher numbers this fiscal year.