The Mental Health Commission of Canada is officially launching its first project today to help people with mental-health issues who are homeless.
The program will assist 23-hundred people in Winnipeg, Moncton, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.
They'll be given a place to live and have social services available to them.
Lucille Bruce, an Aboriginal consultant with the Mental Health Commission tells CJOB the only string attached is that they agree to a weekly visit with a service team...
Ottawa has provided funding of 110-million dollars for five years.
The province has committed 357-thousand dollars to fund seven outreach mentors who will help homeless people and also be part of the project.