Social Programs and Initiatives

Service provides:

• support for residents of Grande Prairie by investing in the social sector in many different ways

Includes:

• Grande Prairie Community Opioid Response Task Force - a co-ordinated community effort in responding to the opioid crisis to develop a response based on local needs and resources; includes a Needle Disposal Guide to help address the issue of drug and needle debris in the community
• Homelessness Initiatives - partnership of community agencies to provide housing supports and move people out of shelters and into homes; initiatives include Housing Loss Prevention Program, Housing Support Program, Annual Memorial Event, Bi-Annual Point In Time Count, Annual Connect Day (connecting individuals experiencing homelessness to community supports), and Annual Event (reporting to the community on successes and outcomes); includes a Street Survival Guide to connect individuals experiencing homelessness in Grande Prairie to community resources
• Integrated Co-ordinated Access - improves citizens' knowledge about where and how to access help when they need it and increases the efficiency and effectiveness of the supports network in Grande Prairie; people in Grande Prairie who don't have a place to live / are experiencing homelessness can call the Integrated Co-ordinated Access Line for support
• Local Immigration Partnership - offers information and supports for newcomers to Grande Prairie; includes a Grande Prairie Newcomers Guide
• Mobile Outreach - a diversion program focused on mitigating the impacts of street-level social disorder, addiction, and public intoxication; assists businesses and residents in handling their concerns related to the street-engaged population; concerns may include: trespassing, loitering, disturbances, public intoxication, needle debris, and encampments; intended to provide immediate support for a client's basic needs and navigation through local service systems such as emergency shelters, health care, addictions treatment, and housing

• residents of Grande Prairie

• Homelessness Initiatives - people experiencing homelessness
• Local Immigration Partnership - newcomers to Grande Prairie

• contact AccessGP for more information
• call the Integrated Co-ordinated Access Line to access supports for people who are experiencing homelessness or information about the supports network in Grande Prairie
• visit website to access information and supports for newcomers to Grande Prairie
• contact Mobile Outreach for concerns related to the street-engaged population

• Food / Basic Needs - Transportation
• Homelessness - Street Outreach Programs
• Housing - Housing Search Assistance
• Transportation - Community Ride Programs

AccessGP runs Monday to Friday from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Mobile Outreach runs daily from 6:00 AM to 12:00 AM, excluding statutory holidays.