Through the Homeless Outreach Program, determines housing needs, and provides referrals to services to meet immediate needs such as emergency shelter, food, clothing, and blankets. Also provides help with obtaining identification and income assistance. Connects individuals to housing options by providing support with the application, move-in process, appointments and/or housing viewings, and liaison with landlords; rent subsidies may be available to support this process. Provides links to culturally appropriate services, as well as referrals to other support such as health care, counselling, and addiction recovery services. Homelessness Prevention Program provides services to individuals who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, in particular people of Indigenous descent, women who have experienced violence or are at risk of violence, youth transitioning out of foster care, and individuals leaving the correctional or hospital systems. Helps individuals access rental housing in the private market, through support services such as referrals to housing options, information on other housing subsidies, housing search assistance, and rent supplements. Serves the Comox Valley Regional District (Comox, Courtenay, and Cumberland, and K'omox First Nation) as well as Black Creek, Campbell River, Merville, and Oyster River to the north, and Bowser, Denman Island, Fanny Bay, Hornby Island, Qualicum, Royston, and Union Bay to the south. Funded by BC Housing.