NHS Solutions Lab – From prison to homelessness, pathways to housing | CMHC

NHS project profile created by the CMHC and presenting the goals of the Solutions Lab “From Prison to Homelessness: Ending a Perilous Trajectory,” led by the John Howard Society of Canada, which reimagines pathways to affordable housing and employment for Canadians leaving federal prison, with pilot sites in Kingston, Ottawa, and Edmonton. The Lab uses human-centred design to address the bi-directional relationship between homelessness and incarceration, particularly for Indigenous people.
Project team and/or partners: The John Howard Society of Canada (lead); Lansdowne Technologies Inc. (Lab Consultant); Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), John Howard Society of Alberta, John Howard Society of Toronto (JHST), National Associations Active in Criminal Justice (NAACJ).
Topics include National Housing Strategy, reintegration, prison release, homelessness, employment skills, and housing access.