The Community Advisory Board on Housing and Homelessness (CABH) acts as an advisor to the City of Grande Prairie for grant funding received from the Government of Canada and the Province of Alberta to give input into current and future priorities for affordable housing and ending homelessness.
The advisory board meets monthly.
Responsibilities of CABH
- Developing a Review Committee terms of reference for the solicitation, review and recommendation of projects to the City of Grande Prairie
- Assessing progress in addressing community priorities
- Ensuring plans are being developed and updated
- Providing a community perspective on housing and homelessness
Membership
CABH aims to include representation from the community at large, people with lived experience, youth, seniors, people with disabilities, members of the Indigenous community, newcomers/immigrants, and representatives from the health care, mental health and addictions, faith-based, business and government industries.
Total 2023-24 Grant Funding: $5,986, 939
Provincial OSSI Funding: $4,511,700
Program Category Amount Purpose Allocation Supportive Housing $1,637,000 24-hour Place-based Supportive Housing Program Service Provider TBD / Coordinated Care Campus (106 Units) Supportive Housing $872,000 Scattered Sites Supportive Housing Program Centerpoint Facilitation Inc. / Various Locations (up to 140 participants) Supportive Housing $576,000 24-hour Place-based Supportive Housing Program - 8 months budget Service Provider TBD / Fletcher House (42 Units) Administration $419,700 Municipal Staffing / Operation Costs - Data & Statistics, Contract Management, Programs, Reporting, etc. Housing & Homeless Initiatives Department / City on 99 Emergency Program $350,000 Daytime Drop-in Program / Services Wapiti House / Street Outreach Centre Housing Access Supports $250,000 Landlord Supports: Unit maintenance, Designated Unit Holding Fees, Rental Assistance Housing & Homeless Initiatives Department / Various Locations Transitional Housing $217,000 Programing and Case Management Support Wapiti House / Wapiti House Floor 3 (15 Units) Emergency Program $180,000 Winter Emergency Response - Temporary Shelter Program Service Provider TBD / South Bear Creek (19 mat spaces) Training $10,000 Training for Contracted Service Providers - Service Prioritization Decision Assistant Tool & Case Management Various Agencies / Various Locations Federal Reaching Home Funding
Designated Community Funding: $831, 575
Program Category Amount Purpose Allocation Prevention & Shelter Diversion $262,702 Guidance, Landlord Liaison Services, Financial Support (eviction prevention) Grande Prairie Friendship Centre / Grande Prairie Friendship Centre Supportive Housing $240,000 Food Services Community Kitchen / Coordinated Care Campus Administration $123,173 Municipal Staffing / Operation Costs / CABH - Data & Statistics, Contract Management, Programs, Reporting, etc. Housing & Homeless Initiatives Department Staff / City on 99 Supportive Housing $99,100 Support worker Wapiti House / Supports for 12 designated units located at Oasis Community Housing Housing Access Supports $56,600 Access to Housing Programs, Landlord Liaison Centerpoint Facilitation Inc. / Various Locations Outreach Supports $50,000 Community Outreach Services Grande Prairie Friendship Centre / Grande Prairie Friendship Centre Federal Indigenous Funding: $643, 664
Program Category Amount Purpose Allocation Prevention & Shelter Diversion - Youth $180,000 Case Management for Supportive and Transitional Housing Program Youth Emergency Shelter Society / Sunrise House & Various Locations Prevention & Shelter Diversion $173,800 Guidance, Landlord Liaison Services, Financial Support (eviction prevention) Grande Prairie Friendship Centre / Grande Prairie Friendship Centre Outreach Supports - Seniors $121,800 Community Outreach Services - Seniors Metis Local / Elder's Caring Shelter / Various Locations Administration $96,566 Municipal Staffing / Operation Costs / CABH - Data & Statistics, Contract Management, Programs, Reporting, etc. Housing & Homeless Initiatives Department Staff / City on 99 Outreach Supports $48,178 Housing Outreach Worker Centerpoint Facilitation Inc. / Various Locations Housing Access Supports $23,320 Access to Housing Programs, Landlord Liaison Centerpoint Facilitation Inc. / Various Locations Total 2022-23 Grant Funding: $5,815,860
Provincial OSSI Funding: $4,345,287
Program Category Amount Purpose Allocation Supportive Housing $1,827,455 24‐hour Place‐based Supportive Housing Program Northreach / Coordinated Care Campus (106 Units) Supportive Housing $872,000 Intensive Case Management in Scattered Site program Centerpoint Facilitation Inc. / Various Locations (Up to 140 clients) Supportive Housing $338,466 24‐hour Place‐based Supportive Housing Program Service Provider TBD / Fletcher House (42 Units) Transitional Housing $217,000 Programing and Case Management Support Wapiti House / Wapiti House Floor 3 (15 Units) Emergency Program $280,000 Drop in warming centre/Winter Emergency Response ‐ Temporary Shelter Program Wapiti House / South Bear Creek (19 mat spaces) Emergency Program $93,734 Drop in warming centre/Winter Emergency Response ‐ Temporary Shelter Program Oasis Extreme Weather Overflow Coordinated Access $23,320 Access to Housing Programs, Landlord Liaison Centerpoint Facilitation Inc. / Various Locations Housing Access Supports $263,612 Landlord Supports: Unit maintenance, Designated Unit Holding Fees, Rental Assistance Housing & Homeless Initiatives Department / Various Locations Administration $419,700 Municipal Staffing / Operation Costs ‐ Data & Statistics, Contract Management, Programs, Reporting,
etc.Housing & Homeless Initiatives Department / City on 99 Training $10,000 Training for Contracted Service Providers ‐ Service Prioritization Decision Assistant Tool & Case Management Various Agencies / Various Locations Federal Reaching Home Funding
Designated Community Funding: $ 826,804
Program Category Amount Purpose Allocation Prevention & Shelter Diversion $ 302,169 Guidance, Landlord Liaison Services, Financial Support (eviction prevention) Grande Prairie Friendship Centre / Grande Prairie Friendship Centre (Kiwewin) Supportive Housing $ 120,000 Food Services Grande Prairie Friendship Centre / Community Kitchen at the Coordinated Care Campus Emergency Program $ 120,000 Drop in warming centre/Winter Emergency Response ‐ Temporary Shelter Program Wapiti House / Night time Overflow Emergency Program $ 103,935 Drop in warming centre/Winter Emergency Response ‐ Temporary Shelter Program Wapiti House / St. Lawrence Center Coordinated Access $ 56,680 Access to Housing Programs, Landlord Liaison Centerpoint Facilitation Inc. / Various Locations Administration $ 124,020 Municipal Staffing / Operation Costs / CABH ‐ Data & Statistics, Contract Management, Programs,
Reporting, etc.Housing & Homeless Initiatives Department Staff / City on 99 Total Federal Indigenous Funding: $643,769
Program Category Amount Purpose Allocation Capital $ 373,333 MOU for capital renovation at the Coordinated Care Campus MOU with the CSD/Capital at the Coordinated Care Campus Prevention & Shelter Diversion $ 173,871 Guidance, Landlord Liaison Services, Financial Support (eviction prevention) Grande Prairie Friendship Centre / Grande Prairie Friendship Centre (Kiwewin) Administration $ 96,565 Municipal Staffing / Operation Costs / CABH ‐ Data & Statistics, Contract Management, Programs,
Reporting, etc.Housing & Homeless Initiatives Department Staff / City on 99 Total 2021-22 Grant Funding: $ 5,957,054
Provincial OSSI Funding: $ 4,433,914
Program Category Amount Purpose Allocation Supportive Housing $ 1,310,655 24‐hour Place‐based Supportive Housing Pilot Program Northreach / Parkside pilot project Supportive Housing $ 834,012 Intensive Case Management in Scattered Site program Northreach / Various Locations Supportive Housing $ 400,500 Intensive Case Management in Scattered Site program Centerpoint Facilitation Inc. / Various Locations Supportive Housing $ 494,747 Intensive Case Management in Scattered Site program Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) / Various Locations Transitional Housing $ 139,578 Programing and Case Management Support Wapiti House / Wapiti House Floor 3 (15 Units) Outreach Support $ 392,200 Street outreach services Northreach/ In the community Emergency Program $ 75,000 Drop in warming centre/Winter Emergency Response ‐ Temporary Shelter Program Wapiti House/ St. Lawrence Centre Emergency Program $ 75,000 Drop in warming centre/Winter Emergency Response ‐ Temporary Shelter Program Northreach/ Warming Centre Housing Access Supports $ 282,522 Landlord Supports: Unit maintenance, Designated Unit Holding Fees, Rental Assistance Housing & Homeless Initiatives Department / City on 99 Administration $ 419,700 Municipal Staffing / Operation Costs ‐ Data & Statistics, Contract Management, Programs,
Reporting, etc.Housing & Homeless Initiatives Department / City on 99 Training $ 10,000 Training for Contracted Service Providers ‐ Service Prioritization Decision Assistant Tool & Case
ManagementVarious Agencies / Various Locations Federal Reaching Home Funding
Designated Community Funding: $ 918,586
Program Category Amount Purpose Allocation Prevention & Shelter Diversion $ 252,169 Guidance, Landlord Liaison Services, Financial Support (eviction prevention) Grande Prairie Friendship Centre / Grande Prairie Friendship Centre (Kiwewin) Supportive Housing $ 160,000 Security for Parkside Pilot Project Northreach/ Parkside Emergency Response $ 235,052 Winter Emergency Response ‐ Temporary Shelter Program Oasis/Overflow Extreme Weather Response Prevention & Shelter Diversion $ 24,837 Access to Housing Programs, Diversion and Agency Coordinator Wapiti House / Various Locations Coordinated Access $ 80,000 Access to Housing Programs, Landlord Liaison Centerpoint Facilitation Inc. / Various Locations Coordinated Access $ 34,485 Housing Access worker Centerpoint Facilitation Inc. / Various Locations Federally Mandated Count $ 7,360 Point in Time (PIT) Count Housing & Homeless Department/HelpSeekers Administration $ 124,683 Municipal Staffing / Operation Costs / CABH ‐ Data & Statistics, Contract Management, Programs,
Reporting, etc.Housing & Homeless Initiatives Department Staff / City on 99 Total Federal Indigenous Funding: $604,554
Program Category Amount Purpose Allocation Supportive Housing $ 116,049 Food Services Grande Prairie Friendship Centre/Community Kitchen for the Coordinated Care Campus Prevention & Shelter Diversion $ 173,871 Guidance, Landlord Liaison Services, Financial Support (eviction prevention) Grande Prairie Friendship Centre / Grande Prairie Friendship Centre (Kiwewin) Transitional Housing $ 220,436 Bridge Housing Pilot program Grande Prairie Friendship Centre / Grande Prairie Friendship Centre Coordinated Access $ 3,515 Housing Access worker Centerpoint Facilitation Inc. / Various Locations Administration $ 90,683 Municipal Staffing / Operation Costs / CABH ‐ Data & Statistics, Contract Management, Programs,
Reporting, etc.Housing & Homeless Initiatives Department Staff / City on 99 Total 2021-22 Grant Funding: $4,885,205
Provincial OSSI Funding: $4,373,295
Program Category Amount Purpose Allocation Supportive Housing $ 1,281,780 24‐hour Place‐based Supportive Housing Pilot Program Northreach / Parkside pilot project Supportive Housing $ 834,012 Intensive Case Management in Scattered Site program Northreach / Various Locations Outreach Support $ 390,000 Street Outreach Services Northreach / In the community Supportive Housing $ 494,747 Programing and Case Management Support Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) / Various Locations Supportive Housing $ 398,500 Programing and Case Management Support Centerpoint Facilitation Inc. / Various Locations Transitional Housing $ 139,578 Programing and Case Management Support Wapiti House / Wapiti House Floor 3 (15 Units) Emergency Program $ 150,000 Drop-in warming centre/Winter Emergency Response ‐ Temporary Shelter Program Wapiti House/ St. Lawrence Outreach $ 42,500 Street Outreach Services ‐ Youth Sunrise House/Youth Navigator Coordinated Access $ 27,000 Centralized Access Team YMCA/House Access Team Housing Access Supports $ 185,478 Landlord Supports: Unit maintenance, Designated Unit Holding Fees, Rental Assistance Housing & Homeless Initiatives Department / City on 99 Administration $ 419,700 Municipal Staffing / Operation Costs ‐ Data & Statistics, Contract Management, Programs,
Reporting, etc.Housing & Homeless Initiatives Department / City on 99 Training $ 10,000 Training for Contracted Service Providers ‐ Service Prioritization Decision Assistant Tool & Case
ManagementVarious Agencies / Various Locations Federal Reaching Home Funding
Designated Community Funding: $ 307,356
Program Category Amount Purpose Allocation Prevention & Shelter Diversion $ 231,503 Guidance, Landlord Liaison Services, Financial Support (eviction prevention) Grande Prairie Friendship Centre / Grande Prairie Friendship Centre (Kiwewin) Coordinated Access $ 35,000 Access to Housing Programs, Landlord Liaison Centerpoint Facilitation Inc. / Intake Assessments Administration $ 40,853 Municipal Staffing / Operation Costs / CABH ‐ Data & Statistics, Contract Management, Programs,
Reporting, etc.Housing & Homeless Initiatives Department Staff / City on 99 Total Federal Indigenous Funding: $204,554
Program Category Amount Purpose Allocation Prevention & Shelter Diversion $ 173,871 Guidance, Landlord Liaison Services, Financial Support (eviction prevention) Grande Prairie Friendship Centre / Grande Prairie Friendship Centre (Kiwewin) Administration $ 30,683 Municipal Staffing / Operation Costs / CABH ‐ Data & Statistics, Contract Management, Programs,
Reporting, etc.Housing & Homeless Initiatives Department Staff / City on 99 Click one of the links below to view CABH meeting minutes.
- October 2024 meeting minutes
- September 2024 meeting minutes
- June 2024 meeting minutes
- May 2024 meeting minutes
- April 2024 meeting minutes
- March 2024 meeting minutes
- February 2024 meeting minutes
- January 2024 meeting minutes
- December 2023 meeting minutes
- November 2023 meeting minutes
- October 2023 meeting minutes
- September 2023 meeting minutes
- June 2023 meeting minutes
- May 2023 meeting minutes
- April 2023 meeting minutes
- March 2023 meeting minutes
- February 2023 meeting minutes
- January 2023 meeting minutes