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Current Cause of Homelessness

Is your current homelessness anyway caused by a relationship that broke down, an unhealthy or abusive relationship, or because family or friends caused you to become evicted?

National Services and Resources

Sheltersafe.ca: Provides information and a clickable map to help connect women and their children across Canada with the nearest shelter for safety and support.

For youth and young adults: Kids Help Phone: Call 1-800-668-6868 (toll-free) or text CONNECT to 686868. Available 24 hours a day to anyone in Canada aged 5 to 29 who wants confidential and anonymous care from trained responders.

For Indigenous People: Hope for Wellness 24/7 Help Line: Call 1-855-242-3310 (toll-free) or connect to the online Hope for Wellness chat.

Services are available:

  • to all Indigenous people across Canada who need immediate emotional support, crisis intervention or referrals to community-based services
    • experienced and culturally sensitive help line counsellors can help if you want to talk
  • in English and French and, on request, in Cree, Ojibway and Inuktitut

For older adults: Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (CNPEA): CNPEA’s web site features information and links to resources to get help if you or someone you know is experiencing abuse or neglect as an older adult.

Crisis Lines:

  • Domestic Abuse Crisis Line: 1-877-977-0007 (toll-free, 24/7)
  • A & O: Support Services for Older Adults Intake: 1-888-333-3121
  • Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868
  • Klinic Crisis Line: 1-888-322-3019
  • Klinic Sexual Assault Crisis Line: 1-888-292-7565
  • Reporting child abuse: 1-866-345-9241
  • Seniors Abuse Support Line: 1-888-896-7183
  • Support for Crime Victims and Witnesses: 1-866-484-2846

Data Source

All data was collected from the 2022 VI-SPDAT.

Please note that all data is self-reported which could result in underreporting. 

What is the VI-SPDAT 

The VI-SPDAT (Vulnerability Index – Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool) is a survey administered to individuals to determine risk and prioritization when providing assistance to homeless and at-risk of homelessness persons. Data presented here is drawn from VI-SPDAT adult version 2 (Canadian) surveys completed with 155 individuals experiencing homelessness and seeking housing placement assistance from homelessness serving agencies in Brandon in 2022. These surveys were conducted as part of Brandon’s homelessness Coordinated Access system.

Reference 

Canada, Public Health Agency of. “Find Family Violence Resources and Services in Your Area.” Www.canada.ca, 4 July 2011, www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/stop-family-violence/services.html.

 
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Current Cause of Homelessness in the Sustainable Development Goals

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1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere
1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere

1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere

Extreme poverty rates have been cut by more than half since 1990. While this is a remarkable achievement, one in five people in developing regions still live on less than $1.90 a day, and there are millions more who make little more than this daily amount, plus many people risk slipping back into poverty.

Poverty is more than the lack of income and resources to ensure a sustainable livelihood. Its manifestations include hunger and malnutrition, limited access to education and other basic services, social discrimination and exclusion as well as the lack of participation in decision-making. Economic growth must be inclusive to provide sustainable jobs and promote equality.

Learn more from the UN here >>