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flag St. Catharines' Welcoming Streets Initiative reduced emergencies and helped unhoused people via outreach, gaining support for long-term funding.

flag The Welcoming Streets Initiative, a pilot program in St. Catharines launched in April 2025, has reduced emergency calls, supported unhoused individuals, and improved downtown safety through outreach workers and community leaders with lived experience. flag Since its start, it has made 1,600 business interactions and 3,800 community engagements, diverted hundreds of emergency calls, and connected thousands to services like housing, meals, and mental health care. flag City council and local businesses support continuing the program with stable funding, calling it cost-effective and vital to public safety, and are urging Niagara Region to secure long-term federal and provincial support.

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