Investing in the Futures of Young Indigenous Moms

Funding provided through Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy.

Everyone in Canada deserves a safe and stable place to call home, but too many people in Canada face the reality of experiencing homelessness. To help address this, the federal government is investing in homelessness prevention and reduction efforts across the country.

In Nanaimo, British Columbia, federal funding supports the program for young mothers at the Tillicum Lelum Aboriginal Friendship Centre, which provides short and long-term transitional housing placement and services tailored to meet cultural needs for young Indigenous moms and their children.

With a safe and supportive environment, the program encourages family reintegration, education, health, housing stability, and employment, and opportunities for mothers to participate in their community.

The success of initiatives like the program for young mothers at Tillicum Lelumm highlights how federal investments are making a real difference in communities across Canada, ensuring that families have the opportunity to build a better, healthier future – together.

Quick facts:

• Reaching Home: Canada's Homelessness Strategy is a community-based program aimed at preventing and reducing homelessness that provides funding and support to urban, Indigenous, territorial, and rural and remote communities across Canada.
• Since launching in 2019, Reaching Home has supported over 163,000 Canadians with homelessness prevention services and assisted over 93,000 individuals in securing stable housing.
• A significant 77% of those contacted a year or more after receiving services have successfully remained housed or exited the program.
• Tillicum Lelum provides transitional housing to new and expectant young Indigenous mothers and their children who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
• The Young Aboriginal Mother’s Transitional Housing Program encourages family reintegration and provides education, health, employment, and housing stability resources and tools.

For more information, visit:

• Program for Young Mothers at Tillicum Lelum
• About Reaching Home: Canada's Homelessness Strategy
• National Housing Strategy