Homelessness Prevention Program (HPP) funding is 100% Provincial through the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing ($6,142,600). For the 2025-26 funding year, Hastings County has contributed $300,000 in Municipal Grants to support homelessness prevention programs.
Funding allocation
| Program | HPP 2025-26 | HPP 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|
| Grace Inn Shelter | 584,166 | 1,168,332 |
| St. Leonard’s Home | 517,500 | 1,035,000 |
| John Howard Society | 424,360 | 848,720 |
| Community Call-Out | 595,751 | 0 |
| Capital Call-Out | 800,000 | 0 |
| Food Redistribution Centre | 500,000 | 0 |
| Municipally Administered Initiatives | 2,713,175 | 3,082,900 |
| Administrative Allocation | 307,648 | 307,648 |
Municipally administered initiatives
Municipally Administered Initiatives are funded through the Homelessness Prevention Program and are delivered internally by Hastings County. These
initiatives are comprised of: Warming Centres, After-Hours Homelessness Service, Rent Arrears and Deposits, Emergency Minor Home Repairs, Hoarding and Infestation, the Community Response Program, Rent Supplements funding, Home for Good Operations, Enumeration, Grocery Cards, Emergency Motel Stays, HIFIS Hosting and Virtual Coordinated Access, and the Quinte West Transitional Units.
Food redistribution centre
Food insecurity continues to be a significant community need as a povertyreduction strategy. In the last ten years, Hastings County has issued over $2.5 million to food insecurity programs. In response to increased community calls for funding, and in recognition of the importance of broader social determinants of health, staff recommend funding the development of a County Wide Food Redistribution Centre (FRC), designed to connect and strengthen food programs across Hastings County. Staff are recommending a community application process to ensure wide-reaching impact, efficient service coordination, and future program sustainability.
The recommended one-time allocation to initiate the FRC is $500,000 with a self-sustaining operational requirement. The FRC would receive all community requests for food programs once operational, which would allow for equitable distribution County wide. This would address the need for food programs, while allowing homelessness funding to focus on homelessness solutions.
The transition period will allow previously funded community agencies providing food programs to apply for HPP funding in the final call out while the FRC becomes operational to avoid a gap in service. During this 18-month transition those agencies will be supported in researching and applying for alternative funding envelopes in an effort to become self-sustaining programs.
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