City of Surrey's 2024-2028 Financial Plan

SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE & COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS

• Selected the eight multi-sectoral partners to form the Surrey Youth Resiliency Program (“SYRP”) and launched eight individual programs; • Coordinated the Trauma Sensitive Practice conference hosted at the Civic Hotel and developed a trauma- informed framework for SYRP; • Coordinated a two-part Indigenous anti-racism training for SYRP partners to promote service delivery alignment with truth and reconciliation principles; • Delivered enhanced respite services during extreme heat, cold and wildfire events; • The Surrey Mobilization and Resiliency Table (“SMART”), which provides coordinated responses for adults with identified risk of harm or victimization, has addressed 621 situations where multi-agency urgent support was required to reduce risk and prevent harm; • Led a project which enhances supports for homeless individuals by creating 60 supportive housing beds, 16 shelter beds, as well as access to washrooms, showers, and laundry services as well as mobile outreach supports for women and children and peer employment programs for those with lived and living experience of homelessness and substance use; Provided enhanced services for women and children experiencing homelessness in Surrey and in partnership with five Civic facilities; and • INFRASTRUCTURE

• The Children and Youth At-Risk Table (“CHART”), which provides coordinated responses for 6- to 19 year-olds with identified risk of harm or victimization, has addressed 673 situations where multi-agency support was required to reduce risk, strengthen resiliency, and prevent harm/exploitation; and • Completed Street SMART pilot project, a new model of outreach support that pairs Bylaw officers with Community Services Workers using a trauma- informed approach. Daily drop in services were also provided at City Centre Library.

Commenced construction of the Cloverdale Sport & Ice Complex and completed the design of the Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre Expansion.

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