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Federal funds available for initiatives that combat homelessness in rural Alberta
The Rural Development Network (RDN) is distributing $1.8-million in federal funds to organizations that run or are establishing initiatives, programs and support services for those actively or at risk of becoming homeless in rural Alberta.
RDN, formerly the Alberta Rural Development Network, is distributing the funds to applicants looking to fund projects specific to meeting the needs of individuals in communities outside of the seven cities, Grande Prairie, Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer, Medicine Hat and Fort McMurray.
Those rural and remote communities include First Nation reserves, Metis settlements, and smaller communities, including the towns and hamlets in the County of Grande Prairie and the surrounding Peace Region.
Sydney Stenekes, the Program Manager of Homelessness Initiatives at RDN, says there is a range of projects that can be granted some of these funds.