With the federal government now active in homelessness funding and homelessness numbers on the rise on SSI, ICS combined funding from the federal Homeless Partnering Strategy (now Reaching Home), BC Housing Homelessness Prevention and other project funding to create the SSI Housing First service that would grow into a robust case management and support service.
Coordinating Local Safety
October 8, 2025 by
ICS Victim Services initiated the establishment of the SSI ICAT Committee, which is a process common to other communities that brings together law enforcement, health and social services to work together in serious family violence situations.
Victim Services
October 8, 2025 by
ICS began hosting the initial Police-Based Victim Services, which continues to this day, based out of the RCMP detachment building on Salt Spring Island.
Farmers Market Nutritional Coupon Program
October 8, 2025 by
The market coupon program has been one of the most popular, successful and innovative activities taken on by ICS. The community impact is multi-faceted because it benefits individuals and families struggling to afford healthy food by enabling them to purchase directly from local growers that make a living through small scale farming.
Better at Home
October 8, 2025 by
ICS was selected to deliver the new province-wide Better At Home program on Salt Spring Island. This aligned ICS and the community with an emerging provincial strategy to strengthen community-based services to enable seniors to more successfully age in place. This program expansion pushed ICS to the brink in terms of program delivery space, so […]
