{"id":103833,"date":"2022-07-01T02:29:09","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T06:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=103833"},"modified":"2023-06-02T14:14:17","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T18:14:17","slug":"the-great-work-done-for-the-homeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/the-great-work-done-for-the-homeless\/","title":{"rendered":"Abbotsford shelter responds to community concerns against unhoused community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following recent concerns about the growth of homelessness in the lower mainland, an Abbotsford shelter is defending the local unhoused community.<\/p>\n<p>Ward Draper, executive director of 5 and 2, the local non-profit overnight shelter, spoke with CIVL about the community his organization serves and the challenges their clients face, hoping to raise awareness about the issues.<\/p>\n<p>\"We [5 and 2] have expanded services. We now offer a shelter for 24\/7 a week for ages 55+,\" Draper said, noting that they organization expanded support during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the community's concerns, Draper said the unhoused community needed more support and advocacy to help solve the homelessness crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\"The [homeless] situation has gotten worse in Abbotsford. Our programs and agencies are beyond capacity.\"<\/p>\n<p>To learn more, visit<a href=\"https:\/\/the5and2.ca\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> 5 and 2's website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to the story below:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following recent concerns about the growth of homelessness in the lower mainland, an Abbotsford shelter is defending the local unhoused community. Ward Draper, executive director of 5 and 2, the local non-profit overnight shelter, spoke with CIVL about the community his organization serves and the challenges their clients face, hoping to raise awareness about the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":116,"featured_media":103835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57,219,223],"tags":[16327,3376,5076,16328,9129],"radio":[1377],"origine":[1372,280,231],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103833"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/116"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103833"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157826,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103833\/revisions\/157826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103833"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=103833"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=103833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}