Health Canada is providing more than $21 million to support community-based organizations, including one in our area, that are helping address harms related to substance use.
Another $80,000 is being added to the existing $305,000 in funding for Nipissing First Nation’s True Self Outreach Peer Support Project.
The money will go towards adding an outreach peer support component.
Officials say the program provides individuals and their families with community outreach, peer support and access to services that promote safety, self-sufficiency and well-being.
It’s aimed at supporting people experiencing mental illness, addiction, abuse, housing insecurity, homelessness, economic insecurity, people on probation or parole, as well as those living with a concurrent illness.
