Help for the Homeless

Tri-Cities Cold/Wet Weather Mat Program Operating

The Tri-Cities Cold/Wet Weather Mat Program opened on November 1st, and will continue to operate nightly throughout the fall/winter season until March 31st, 2012. 

The location of the mat program rotates through host church venues in the Tri-Cities on a monthly basis. The shelter has accommodation for 30 persons and offers a warm, dry place to sleep as well as a hot supper, breakfast and a bag lunch.  Shelter patrons must be bussed to the shelter site – walk-ins are not accepted.

People in need of shelter can call Hope for Freedom Outreach from 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday-Friday - 604-830-1528.

Visit the Hope for Freedom Society website for information and other services. 

Tri-Cities Homelessness Task Group is a community committee working to end homelessness in the Tri-Cities. The website lists resources in the Tri-Cities and provides information about what homelessness looks like in our communities and what you can do to help.

Greater Vancouver Shelter Strategy lists shelters and food programs across Metro Vancouver.

Stop Homelessness Now is the Regional Steering Committee on Homelessness, which is a community-based committee of service-providers and governments who oversee implementation of the regional plan on homelessness, and allocation of senior governments' homelessness funding for projects that address homelessness.