Searching for Transitional Housing

Functions as an affiliate agency under the St Leonard's Society of Canada (SLSC)

• Operates an 11-bed transitional residence for male federal offenders on conditional release
• Strives to empower people who have been in trouble with the law a place to live and an opportunity to remove the stigma of being an ex-con through guidance, counseling, and understanding
• Provides a structured and supportive environment that assists residents with reintegrating into society
• Offers 24-hour supervision

• Operates an emergency women's shelter
• Manages a crisis support line

Offers the following services:

• Intake assessment to determine appropriate services and referrals
• Assistance in managing the needs of children within the shelter
• Assistance with the development of a personal safety plan
• Crisis and support counselling (adult and child)
• Community education on shelter and issues of abuse
• Follow-up after leaving the shelter

Provides the following programs:

• 24 Hour Helpline
• Family Court Support Worker program
• Transitional and Housing Support Program
• Second Stage Housing
• Women's Outreach

Provides guidance and mentoring to youth who are transitioning to independence

Offers assistance with

• Education resources
• Employment services and training
• Health and mental health services
• Housing supports
• Legal services
• Life skills training

Offers emergency shelter and assistance for women in crisis, abused women and their children. Services and programs are voluntary, free of charge and confidential.

Residential Services include:

• emergency Shelter for women

Non-Residential Services include:

• 24 hours crisis phone line
• crisis intervention
• supportive counselling
• safety planning
• information and referrals
• legal advocacy and accompaniment to court and legal and Crown appointments

Programs and groups include:

• Community Outreach
• Transitional and Housing Support Program
• Children's Voices (a program for children who have been exposed to domestic violence)

One of two shelters in Muskoka for abused women (with or without children). Second location is Muskoka Interval House (MIH) in Bracebridge, 1-800-461-1740 or 705-645-4461.

Safe, short-term shelter, 24 hour phone support/ 24 hour staffing, child and youth programming, outreach support, support groups, assistance with navigating the legal system, accompaniment and advocacy, safety planning, risk assessment, practical needs assistance.

10 supportive transitional apartments for vulnerable women and children available.

Permanent and Transitional Housing comprised of approximatedly 50 beds between two programs:

• Domiciliary Care residence for men and women with supports for individuals with a history of homelessness, mental health diagnosis, concurrent disorders and addiction
• Community Residential Facility for men on conditional relase under Correctional Service of Canada

A 6-bed post treatment transitional housing program for men who have completed a residential treatment program for substance abuse/addiction.

• open to persons of all faiths and to those with no religious beliefs
• transitional housing with an average length of stay from 6 months - 1 year
• a no-alcohol, no-drugs facility operated by the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, Toronto Central Council

Residential programs use a modified 'therapeutic community' treatment model with an approach based on the belief that chronic addiction comes with an acquired lifestyle and that recovery requires a holistic approach that challenges deeply ingrained behaviours and teaches healthy alternatives.

Believing that change is most effective when it is experienced and shared, staff encourage residents to assist each other in every aspect of treatment. Professional staff function as facilitators, guides, and role models. Residents, staff, and alumni comprise a supportive community in which the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

Stonehenge offers 4.5 - 6 month residential programs tailored to the unique needs of adult men and women. Additional residential services include:

Opioid Substitution Treatment (OST): Support coordination, crisis intervention, education, community referrals, and access to a physician via the Ontario Telemedicine Network teleconferencing system, as well as a pharmacist who provides medications on site.

Correctional Programs: Residential beds for male and female offenders under federal and provincial jurisdiction.

Early Childhood Development Program (ECD): Stonehenge reserves one bed in the Women's Residential Program to accommodate pregnant women struggling with substance issues.

Friends and Family Support Program: Monthly group in which family members and friends of residents meet to receive support and learn valuable skills to cope with the impact of addiction; co-facilitated by a staff member and a family member with lived experience.

Regional Aftercare Program: Staff-facilitated aftercare program for individuals who have completed at least three months of the residential program; provides an opportunity to test new-found skills and stay connected to the guidance of the program and staff for up to two years.

Private room and partial board for long term consumers/survivors of the mental health system. Residents help prepare food for communal meals and share in care of house * total capacity 20

Residence accommodating up to 22 adult male offenders released from a federal institution

• 24-hour staff assistance and supervision
• service emphasis is on employment and education

Residential foster care program for children and youth

• therapeutic foster homes
• specialized foster home for children with special needs including emotional, behavioural, and physical needs
• case management
• transitional living