Haldimand and Norfolk Housing and Social Services Advisory Committee

THAT Dr. Joyce Lock's May update, be received as information.

THAT report HSS-23-025 be received as information; AND THAT the Board of Health endorse the submission of the 2023 Annual Service Plan and Budget Submission to the Ministry of Health.

THAT report HSS-23-017, Healthy Babies Healthy Children Program Update, be received for information.

THAT the Information Memo regarding the Infectious Disease Program be received as information. This information memo provides an overview of the Infectious Disease Program at Haldimand Norfolk Health Unit (HNHU). The key areas of case, contact and outbreak management, surveillance and trend identification, communication and health promotion, infection prevention and control (IPAC), IPAC complaint and lapse investigations and the mandatory blood-testing act (MBTA) are discussed. This memo highlights some of the challenges and trends within infectious diseases and the public health interventions required to address them.

THAT Council receive report HSS-23-026 as information; AND THAT Council accept the Homeless Prevention Program (HPP) funding from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, in the amount of $3,610,300; AND THAT Council approve the per program area allocations as outlined in the report and authorize staff to communicate this to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing through the Investment Plan; AND THAT Council authorize a single source supply as outlined in Norfolk County Purchasing Policy CS-02, section 4.8.4 for Emergency Solutions and Transitional Housing services in Haldimand County; AND THAT Council approve the addition of the following permanent full time (PFT) FTE’s within the Homeless Prevention Team, to be fully funded by the HPP funding:  1.0 Intake / Diversion Worker  1.0 Housing Support Worker  1.0 Housing Resource Coordinator  1.0 Housing Program Support Assistant  1.0 Homeless Prevention Services Program Supervisor; AND FURTHER THAT the Approved 2023 Levy Supported Operating Budget be amended as outlined within the report.

THAT Staff Report HSS-23-029 10-Year Housing and Homelessness Plan Year 8, be received as information; AND THAT staff be directed to forward the 10-Year Housing and Homelessness Plan – Year 8 Report to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing in accordance with the Housing Services Act, 2011; AND FURTHER THAT staff be directed to post the 10-Year Housing and Homelessness Plan – Year 8 Report on the appropriate link of the Health and Social Services Division website.