The City of New Westminster’s Crises Response Pilot Project will be receiving an additional $290K of funding from Health Canada through its Emergency Treatment Fund (ETF). The Crises Response Pilot Project is meant to address homelessness, mental health and substance use in the community, and was fully implemented in September 2024. The pilot includes the rollout of a road map based on two multi-year plans: the Five-Year Prevention, Support and Transition Services Plan and the Ten-Year Supportive Housing and Wrap-Around Services Plan. Eight priority actions from these two plans were approved by City Council in February 2025. Funding from the ETF serves as a testament to the leadership and proactive role the City of New Westminster is taking in a bid to find sustainable solutions to these three interconnected crises.