Calgary's Homeless Foundation: Winter Response & Year-Round Solutions

0:00Calgary's homeless foundation just dropped their numbers from this past winter's extreme weather response, and even with milder temps, folks still. Needed those supports big time, they clocked 32,324 visits to day spaces, 3632 overnight shuttle rides too. Shelters, 99,680 essential items, handed out by outreach teams, and 11,768 links too. Housing, mental health, recovery, tax, and legal help. This marks the fourth year of the city-wide push running December through March, aimed at keeping people safe and steering them toward services during harsh spells. Only 18 days dip below minus 20 Celsius, yet day spaces stayed packed, showing steady demand no matter the forecast. City Partnership Director Kay Choi pointed out how these spots prove their worth beyond winter, offering low barrier havens for safety, basics, and service connections year round. Groups like Woods Homes, Mustard Seed, Salvation Army, and others teamed up with drop-ins, police, fire, and transit to make it happen.

1:08Now the foundation's pushing harder for permanent day spaces, with journey church already expanding theirs alongside Distress Center and Mustard Seed. To deliver meals, showers, laundry, clothing, hygiene kits, and direct referrals every day of the year, building real pathways forward. Local news, powered by AI. This is Calgary News Today. I'm Cory with The Story.