ABSTRACT: The Social Housing Reform Act designated the County of Simcoe as the Service Manager responsible for the administration of the centralized waitlist for rent-geared-to-income assistance in the County. The day to day administration of this waitlist has been delegated to Simcoe County Housing Corporation. Applications for rent-geared-to-income (RGI) assistance are processed through the social housing satellite office located at 136 Bayfield Street in Barrie. Once approved, applications are entered into ‘Yardi Voyager’, a common database. This database captures information regarding the applicant’s…

ABSTRACT: The role that environmental factors play in driving HIV and STI transmission risk among street-involved youth has not been well examined. We examined factors associated with number of sex partners using quasi-Poisson regression and consistent condom use using logistic regression among participants enroled in the At Risk Youth Study (ARYS). Among 529 participants, 253 (47.8%) reported multiple partners while only 127 (24.0%) reported consistent condom use in the past 6 months. Homelessness was inversely associated with consistent condom use (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]=0.47, p=0.008), while…

ABSTRACT: While there has been growing interest in comprehensive models of treatment and care for individuals living with HIV/AIDS, little attention has been given to the potential role that supervised injecting programs could play in increasing access to prevention and care services for HIV-positive injection drug users (IDU). We conducted 22 semi-structured interviews with HIV-positive IDU regarding a supervised injection program integrated in an HIV focused care facility known as the Dr. Peter Centre (DPC). We also interviewed seven staff members who supervise injections within the facility. All interviews were audio…