Lanark County Manager of Support Services Brooke Coutts says as of October, there’s 63 households experiencing homelessness.
Coutts says that’s only a snapshot of vagrancy in the county as others aren’t factored into the voluntary ByName List.
On its website, Lanark County describes the ByName List as “a real-time list of people experiencing homelessness in our community. It includes a robust set of data points that support coordinated access and prioritization at a household level, and an understanding of homeless inflow and outflow at a system level. This real-time actionable data supports triage to services, system performance evaluation, and advocacy.”
Coutts says the vastness of the county also plays a role into what we see or don’t see.
Listen to her full conversation with Lynda D’Aoust below.