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RECOVERY

Homeless father and son
RECOVERY from mental illness is possible ... with safe and affordable housing and appropriate supports.

Affordable housing for the mentally ill

Since there is a shortage of affordable housing for the people with mental illness, the Government should expand the number of safe, affordable independent housing units in order make recovery possible.

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The Federal Government should increase the funding for provincial governments and non-profit groups to provide housing for the mentally ill.

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Homes to Heal - Purpose

The purpose of Homes to Heal is to provide supplementary funds for safe and affordable homes with appropriate support services for young adults or families who suffer mental illness. The goal is to prevent the mentally ill from becoming homeless. The intent is to collaborate with faith based communities to provide this service. The funds to support this service will be raised from faith based communities and the wider community.

Homes to Heal invites you to learn more about mental illness, as well as events and volunteer opportunities related to the project. You can make a donation to support a young adult/ family in need of a safe home.

CanadaHelps (www.canadahelps.org) is used to send secure donations to St. Andrew’s Wesley Church and to issue charitable tax receipts to donors. There is a small fee for this service. St. Andrew’s Wesley will forward the donations (less 6%) to Coast Mental Health which has access to the infrastructure required to locate and support young adults/families in safe homes.

Become part of the network to ‘spread the word’ about mental illness. This is the KEY to success for Homes to Heal. We need everyone to spread the following message: young adults living with mental illness can live full and rewarding lives given the appropriate supports. By spreading this good news far and wide, we all have the opportunity to become supporters and fundraisers for this worthy cause.

The United Churches in the lower mainland as well as other faith based communities will be invited to participate.

The five year goal for Homes to Heal is to provide homes, with appropriate supports, for an increasing number of young adults/ families.  The Project is scalable. Therefore it could become a way to provide safe and affordable homes for more and more young adults/ families suffering from mental illness. A detailed report on Homes to Heal will be prepared annually.

Respectfully submitted,

Joan McCreath

Chair, Justice and Social Action Ministry

St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church

Otto Toews (Ph. D.)

Website Manager