I really appreciate your approach and the fact that you're asking how we can use the existing dollars to reach the best outcome possible. I really want to commend you for having that kind of approach and thinking, because that's exactly where we need to move towards.
On this most recent call for proposals under HRSDC, what if those dollars were distributed among regions and we had regional decision-making? I think the HPI infrastructure is actually a pretty darned good infrastructure, because there's a local plan with local priorities for alleviating and preventing homelessness. There are federal dollars that then are distributed to those local bodies, who make decisions locally based on those priorities.
I wonder if there might be a way to look at cross-cutting interdepartmental priorities. That would have the outcome of alleviating and preventing homelessness so that this wasn't just in one category, which could allow for local priorities and local innovation.
But absolutely, if we were able to focus on serving women, young women, and families who are in urgent critical need instead of focusing so much--which we do--on chasing dollars, writing proposals, reporting to funders, and fundraising, the service return would be much more significant.