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Information and referral services

The Community Information Centre works with local social service agencies by linking appropriate services to individuals needing assistance. Please give Chris Hopkins a call (633-4636) or send him an e-mail (chris@sjhdc.ca)

Staff Blog

Tackling Homelessness: It’s About The Numbers

By Randy Hatfield Back in 2006, best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell (Tipping Point, Blink and Outliers) created quite a stir when he introduced “Million-Dollar Murray” to the public. In an article in the New Yorker magazine, Gladwell described how Murray – … Read more →

• We Should Put Housing First
• HPS renewal to support ‘Housing First Approach’
• Finding The Way: Community Income Tax Clinics
• Rising Teen Pregnancy Rates & The Income Inequality Issue

Featured publications

Saint John Human Development Council Releases 2012 Child and Poverty Report Card

News Release Child poverty rates continue to fall in New Brunswick  More than 22000 New Brunswick children lived in poverty in 2010 according to the annual Child and Poverty Report Card prepared by the Saint John Human Development Council. Using … Read more →

• Around the Block Strong Women
• 2011 Child Poverty Report Card
• Around The Block
• Vital Signs 2011

Featured video

Meet the Human Development Council!

  Take a look at our promo video to learn about the mission and staff at the HDC!      

• Video: From The Front Lines
• Sea Dogs support campaign to end homelessness
• Youth homelessness in Saint John
• The Abbey: ‘A real sense of community here’