In a recent one\u002Dday poll, more than 73 per cent of homeless people said they used the library in the past year — more than any other service.
You might think it’s a shelter, a health clinic, or maybe a drop-in site. You’d be wrong. By at least one measure, it’s the public library.
“What we ‘re really trying to do is make our community be stronger and healthier by helping our most vulnerable people. I really think that is so important for the library,” said Amanda LePage, the library’s senior manager of welcoming initiatives. Saskatoon Public Libraries launched an outreach worker program in 2018, stationing social workers at its Frances Morrison and Dr. Freda Ahenakew branches to assist vulnerable people.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Numbers dipped in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced the library to close its doors for about half a year. In 2021, 728 people visited the library’s outreach workers a staggering 1,723 times.
“You also want to ensure that the library is a safe, welcoming place for everyone … If they become too much of a gathering place where they can’t actually provide all the services that somebody needs.”Article content
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