‘This space is long overdue’: Manitoba government provides more details on safe consumption site
The Manitoba government has announced an initial price tag for the development of a safe consumption site in Winnipeg.
The province and the Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre of Winnipeg (AHWC) will be partnering to bring the site to life, with the government providing $727,000.
“We know that a service model grounded in Indigenous ways of knowing, world views and perspectives is needed, and the Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre is well-positioned to ensure community needs are centred,” said Housing, Addictions and Homelessness Minister Bernadette Smith in a news release.
The AHWC will be in charge of the service design and delivery at the consumption site, the province said. There will also be a new Shared Health coordinator that will “ensure integration with the broader provincial mental health and addiction system.”
In the NDP’s spring budget, they promised $2.5 million for the facility and the goal is to have it running in 2025.
“This space is long overdue. Our Indigenous and non-Indigenous relatives continue to die from overdoses and the toxic drug supply, and we must do more,” said Delta Herrera, the executive director of the AHWC, in a news release.
The province said staff at the consumption sites are trained to deal with accidental overdoses and will be able to help people find health and social services.
More details to come.
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