Photo: Lisa Thompson, Huron-Bruce Progressive MPP
Another surge of funding is coming to Huron County, related to the region’s fight against COVID-19.
Huron-Bruce Progressive Conservative MPP Lisa Thompson announced $870,781 for the County of Huron, to help respond to an increase in COVID-19 cases in some emergency shelters and help keep vulnerable people safe.
The funding is in addition to support announced earlier this month to the county’s nine municipalities, to address costs related to COVID-19.
Municipal service managers and Indigenous program partners can use the funding to acquire motel and hotel spaces to support physical distancing of shelter residents, hire more shelter staff, purchase personal protective equipment (PPE) and cleaning supplies, and add to rent and utility banks to prevent more people from becoming homeless.