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Emergency shelter

• Offers a wide variety of programs and services
  
• Meals
  
• Addiction support and referrals
  
• Drop-in Centre
  
• Medical clinic
  
• Identification clinic
  
• Clean needle exchange program
  

Offers a wide variety of programs and services including shelter services, meals, addiction support and referrals

Provides non-medical residence with 24 hour support.

Congregate setting home for people who were previously homeless/precariously house and who are living with complex medical challenges, including palliative situations.

Daily daytime drop-in centre for people who are homeless or are at risk of homelessness * access to food, washrooms, showers, laundry, and harm reduction supplies

Drop-in and support

• shower and laundry facilities haircuts
• ID clinic -- for individuals born in Canada who are on OW or ODSP, birth certificate only
• life skills program
• medical support
• chiropractic care
• recreation and social activities including sports, board games, birthday celebrations
• spiritual support
• breakfast Monday-Sunday
• lunch Monday-Friday

Provides permanent supportive housing for women who have experienced trauma due to abuse who are also managing moderate to severe mental health issues while struggling to find or maintain housing, or who are precariously housed. Housing units provided by partner organization Services and Housing in the Province (SHIP).

A drop-in for unsheltered women and non-binary individuals in Hamilton, providing access to meals, showers and basic needs, low barrier health care, harm reduction and withdrawal management services, safe drug use space (from 10pm-9am), systems navigation and shelter referrals, advocacy, care planning and coordination.

Provides a safe environment, forum for discussion, and a place for friends and participants to meet and enjoy a nutritious meal. Health related information is available and representatives from other service providing agencies are often on hand to talk about services or simply to answer questions that participants may have.

Offers daily rest space, light snacks, and washrooms to individuals and families in need.

15 low-barrier overnight beds to women and non-binary people. Beds are available on a first come, first serve basis either by walk-in or community referral. Offers snacks and beverages, harm reduction supplies, emotional support, and assistance with finding housing.

Drop in centre provides a safe, female-identified space for women to receive compassionate care in a way that creates opportunities to build on their strengths. The women have access to meals, a washer and dryer, personal hygiene products, and can participate in free, women-led activities like yoga, creative writing, craft workshops, and cooking classes.

A connection centre to provide a safe space including access to basic needs such as meals, showers, laundry facilities plus connections to social services.

Drop-in and resource centre

• hot meals Mon-Sat, see hours for times
• grocery givaway Tue 12 noon
• housing help Mon-Fri by appointment
• shower and laundry facilities Wed-Fri by appointment when possible
• personal hygiene items Mon-Sat
• information and referral
• harm reduction kit distribution Mon-Sat including walk-in counselling appointments with a Harm Reduction Worker Tue
• social activities

Member agency of Toronto Drop-in Network (TDIN)

A warm place out of the cold to connect with trained staff and community supports. Central location for legal, medical and social services professionals. Food and hot meals. Showers, laundry machines and storage lockers. Program staff includes Housing Stability Workers (HSW) and Peer Outreach Workers (POW). Naloxone kits and safe injection kits available. Focus on supporting individuals in Stratford who are currently experiencing homelessness to take steps towards permanent housing.

Community drop-in program

• advice on eviction, immigration, social assistance appeals
• free breakfast and lunch Monday to Sunday and holidays, dine-in or take-away
• health information and referral
• clothing, condoms, needle exchange
• Wednesday movie and dinner
• Monday women's group, Tuesday men's group, each 3:30 pm-7 pm
• access to computer, telephone
• workshops
• income tax clinic

Member agency of Toronto Drop-in Network (TDIN)

Drop-In -- community centre

• community meals program
• activity and recreation program
• housing and crisis intervention referrals
• voluntary trusteeship service
• telephone
• showers
• mailing address for members
• internet

Case Management Program

• one on one support for people experiencing mental health and/or addiction concerns
• supports include accompaniment, referrals, advocacy, and skills building

Community Access Program -- offers accompaniment and advocacy services to people accessing the health care, mental health care, housing and legal systems

Supportive Housing -- permanent supportive housing for psychiatric survivors who have experienced homelessness, 39 units

Member agency of Toronto Drop-in Network (TDIN) * lead agency for the FoodReach program

COVID19 -- open with capacity limits * takeaway meals available * showers for registered guests only * clothing requests can be made at 25 Augusta location

Drop-in respite services, capacity 100

• extended drop-in program
• capacity 50
• breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack
• access to showers, printer, fax and computer
• clothing bank

Drop-in centre, including essential supports, case management, wraparound supports, workshops, and social and recreational activities; lunch Mon-Sat 12 noon-1 pm (see separate listing)

Essential support

• meals and snacks
• showers and laundry facilities
• access to phone, fax and internet

Access to workshops

• literacy, financial literacy, health coping strategies
• resume writing
• help with filling out social assistance applications
• personal support for community members
• recreation and social activities
• community gatherings, field trips, arts and crafts
• volunteer opportunities

Breaking Barriers Program
Case management, including wraparound support, and referrals for life management, health and wellness, income security, employment and housing

• individualized service plan
• housing starter kit
• gardening

LOFT Kitchen
Social enterprise café and catering business trains youth in food and hospitality industry​, located at George Chuvalo Neighbourhood Centre, 50 Sousa Mendes St

Member agency of Toronto Drop-in Network (TDIN)

Drop-in

• social and recreational programs
• life skills
• community and health information
• peer advocates provide help with social assistance, housing and legal issues

Member agency of Toronto Drop-in Network (TDIN)

Supportive transitional care site providing short-term services for older adults who no longer require care in hospital * 68 private beds

Services include:

• case management for coordination of health-related services and to support transitions to a permanent residence
• assistance with personal care such as bathing and grooming
• housekeeping and laundry
• daily meals
• medication support
• social activities and recreation therapy
• access to a nurse practitioner and doctor

Drop-in for youth

• outreach
• counselling and support
• transitional housing and housing support
• welfare
• employment
• legal help
• social, recreation and cultural activities

Member agency of Toronto Drop-in Network (TDIN)

COVID19 Meals and showers for registered guests only

Respite services

• capacity 100
• supper only for those registered to stay overnight

Member agency of Toronto Drop-in Network (TDIN)

Promotes access to health care for street involved youth * services tailored to homeless and at-risk youths

• ID clinic
• youth case management
• youth harm reduction supports
• pregnancy and parenting supports
• youth legal supports
• housing support
• medical and health care
• drop-in centre on Wed 4pm-6pm