AGENDA
HEALTH AND HOUSING TASK FORCE

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Board Room, Service and Resource Centre,
411 Dunsmuir Street, Nanaimo, BC

[Note:  This meeting will be video recorded for the public.]

Minutes of the Health and Housing Task Force Meeting held in the Boardroom, Services and Resource Centre, 411 Dunsmuir Street, Nanaimo, BC, on Wednesday, 2020-MAY-27, at 3:00 p.m.

To be introduced by Lisa Bhopalsingh, Manager, Community Planning.

Purpose:  To provide the Health and Housing Task Force with information regarding a $45,000 grant being offered from the Canadian Medical Association Foundation’s COVID-19 Community Response Fund for Vulnerable Populations to the City of Nanaimo, with the recommendation that the United Way Central & Northern Vancouver Island administer this funding in their capacity as the Community Entity for the Nanaimo Homeless Coalition.

Recommendation:  That the Health and Housing Task Force recommend that Council:

  1. direct Staff to receive a $45,000 grant offered from the Canadian Medical Association Foundation’s COVID-19 Community Response Fund  for Vulnerable Populations; and,
  2. transfer the funds to the United Way Central & Northern Vancouver Island to be administered along with COVID-19 emergency funding received through the Federal Government’s ‘Reaching Home’ program in its capacity as the Community Entity for the Nanaimo Homeless Coalition.

To be introduced by Lisa Bhopalsingh, Manager, Community Planning.

Presentation:

  1. Dr. Alina Turner, Turner Strategies.

To be introduced by Lisa Bhopalsingh, Manager, Community Planning.

Presentation:

  1. Dr. Alina Turner, Turner Strategies.

To be introduced by Lisa Bhopalsingh, Manager, Community Planning.

Presentation:

  1. Dr. Alina Turner, Turner Strategies.

To be introduced by Lisa Bhopalsingh, Manager, Community Planning.