Kelowna is getting ready to end child poverty.

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On Tuesday, Mark Holmgren, senior director at Tamarack Institute, was the man tasked with explaining just how to create that momentum.

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He also served as CEO of Bissell Centre, where he led a team of 130 staff delivering Housing First services, assertive street outreach, family and children services, and programs in the areas of mental health, addictions, homelessness prevention, FASD interventions, and employment services.

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The involvement of municipal governments puts pressure on provincial governments to chip in.

When community faith leaders and business leaders start looking at poverty, then the other power players start looking at it.

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For more information go to www.catchcoalition.ca