{"id":352,"date":"2020-08-10T09:40:53","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T13:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houseoffriendship.org\/sheltercare\/?p=352"},"modified":"2022-04-05T12:59:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T16:59:17","slug":"responding-to-covid-19-through-sheltercare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houseoffriendship.org\/sheltercare\/responding-to-covid-19-through-sheltercare\/","title":{"rendered":"Responding to COVID-19 through ShelterCare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/houseoffriendship.org\/sheltercare\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ShelterCare-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-353\"\/><figcaption>ShelterCare, providing health care and Shelter in one location, along with other supports, is seeing tremendous results.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot has changed since House of Friendship&#8217;s <em>Friendship Dinner<\/em>, where we launched our vision of ShelterCare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since then, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it new challenges &#8211; as well as new opportunities. House of Friendship&#8217;s <em>Shelter<\/em> program has moved to a hotel to provide the physical distancing needed to keep everyone safe. This, along with health-care supports, has led to early implementation of ShelterCare. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Many media outlets have captured this story:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-could-shelter-hotels-be-a-model-for-addressing-homelessness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Globe and Mail - Could shelter hotels be a model for addressing homelessness? (opens in a new tab)\">Globe and Mail &#8211; Could shelter hotels be a model for addressing homelessness?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.therecord.com\/news\/waterloo-region\/2020\/08\/05\/kitchener-hotel-part-of-a-better-shelter-system-for-the-homeless.html\">Waterloo Region Record: Kitchener hotel part of a better system for the homeless<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/kitchener-waterloo\/house-of-friendship-radisson-hotel-partnership-covid-19-1.5673423\">CBC Kitchener: Kitchener men&#8217;s shelter looking for new home, funding so they can continue to serve homeless 24\/7<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitchenertoday.com\/local-news\/shelter-care-allows-people-entering-the-shelter-system-to-also-have-access-to-health-care-2627069\">Kitchener Today: ShelterCare allows people entering the shelter system to also have access to health care<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lot has changed since House of Friendship&#8217;s Friendship Dinner, where we launched our vision of ShelterCare. 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