As Yellowknife councillors look ahead to the upcoming city budget, three organizations are hoping to be considered for municipal funding.
Makerspace YK, the Yellowknife Women’s Society and Folk on the Rocks all made pitches to mayor and council at a meeting on Monday night.
The women’s society is hoping to upgrade its street outreach program from what it termed an entry-level to advanced care model, and is looking to the city for both funding and help to seek support from other funding partners.
The society said the expanded program would require $1.1 million per year in start-up costs as well as $350,000 for equipment and to cover retrofitting the program’s van.
At the moment, street outreach helps vulnerable people get from Yellowknife’s streets to somewhere safe. A van patrols the city offering safe rides and basics like food, water…
