Searching for Transitional Housing

A 65-bed residence providing safe, affordable and temporary housing to women experiencing poverty, homelessness and violence.
Services include:

• health and wellness opportunities
• employment assistance
• life skills training
• individualized case management
• one-on-one support
• client advocacy

Provides clean, safe and affordable transitional housing for up to 174 men at risk. Short-term accommodations provided on a weekly or monthly basis with 24-hour front desk support, including navigation to critical community support services with key partner agencies.
Includes non-smoking furnished rooms, shared bathrooms, coffee shop, and free laundry facilities. Overnight security.

Provides a place of sanctuary, safety and support for women (and their children) with a variety of programs.

Family Court Support Worker Program

• Provides information on the family court process, assistance in preparing for family court proceedings (documenting history of abuse, accessing Legal Aid), referral to specialized services and supports in the community, safety planning, and court accompaniment to proceedings, when appropriate.

Transitional Housing and Support Program

• Help women and their children access services to establish violence and abuse-free lives in the community.

Second Stage Services

• Offer furnished, affordable housing to both single women and women with children for up to one year. Supports are geared to creating greater physical, emotional and financial stability in the aftermath of violence and abuse.

Provides a place of sanctuary, safety and support for women (and their children) with a variety of programs.

Family Court Support Worker Program

• Provides information on the family court process, assistance in preparing for family court proceedings (documenting history of abuse, accessing Legal Aid), referral to specialized services and supports in the community, safety planning, and court accompaniment to proceedings, when appropriate.

Transitional Housing and Support Program

• Help women and their children access services to establish violence and abuse-free lives in the community.

Second Stage Services

• Offer furnished, affordable housing to both single women and women with children for up to one year. Supports are geared to creating greater physical, emotional and financial stability in the aftermath of violence and abuse.

Assists people to explore and fulfill life expectations beyond psychiatric stabilization and health maintenance using a partners in well-being approach. Oversees 9 independently-owned residential homes in urban and rural settings and operates day programs in 2 skills centres as a provider within the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care residential care program for adults with serious mental illnesses. Part of the Schizophrenia & Community Integration Service.

Skills Centre programs are developed according to requests and/or needs identified by participants and may be prevocational, avocational, or related to life skills, or recreational social activity. Helps participants acquire transferable skills, achieve optimum level of functioning and well-being, and integrate into community.

Provides a residence and supports for young people who are pregnancy and new mothers. The length of stay is dependent on individual needs. Staff work closely with mothers to develop their individual goals/life plans.

• Pre-natal Program - focus is for women to experience a healthy pregnancy and birth as well as learning self care and life skills necessary to transition to their new roles as mothers
• Post-natal Program - focus is for new parents and their infants to get to know each other and for the new parents to learn parenting skills and infant care

Provides furnished transitional housing apartments and support to young mothers with on-site programming and support staff. Offers supportive programs to those in the transitional housing.

Offers transitional housing and support programs for up to 12 months for Indigneous women and children who are at risk of homelessness and poverty. The supportive housing facility is geared towards women and children who have been victims of violence.

Women that have experienced violence and abuse, and their children should contact 1-888-308-6559, the Transitional Support Program, offered through the Native Women's Centre

Replacing the Mountain View Program (Discontinued in September 2020), Gyo Geh Doh is a transitional supportive housing program for single women in precarious housing conditions. It has an emphasis on wrap-around supports.

Program providing support for youth who have been involved with Family and Children Services. Helps youth to transition to a more independent lifestyle by developing and implementing a personal plan, and providing help navigating adult service systems and connecting with community supports and resources.
Offers the following types of support:

• emotional
• housing
• educational
• employment
• health
• legal

Provides case management support to youth ages 16-24 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in:
* finding Ontario Works * food * alternative education * work * housing * counselling * financial management * life skills

Host Homes initiative:
* matches youth with host homeowners who provide safe temporary housing

Bridge House program:
* provides transitional housing for youth for a period of up to 2 years in residential neighbourhoods in Burlington and Milton

Oakville Residence
* provides transitional housing for a period of up to 2 years in a bachelor style apartment

Service Navigator (north-end Halton only)
* connect youth ages 14-24 with community supports and case management

Provides the basic needs of life: shelter, food, clothes, safety and support

Services include:

• accommodation
• pregnancy counselling
• support services during pregnancy, childbirth and for a period after the birth for the young women, their babies and family members

Designed to assist youth ages 16-24 who have been involved with Children's Aid or child welfare services with their transition to independence

• assists and supports youth to identify, develop and implement an individualized plan based on their goals
• supports youth leaving care to identify, access and navigate adult service systems relevant to their needs and transitional into self-reliance, providing emotional support

Connects youth with existing supports and resources in the community, including:

• housing supports
• educational opportunities
• employment services and training
• life skills training, such as financial management
• health and mental health services
• legal services
• other social and community supports

Program introduces a temporary housing option for eligible newcomers in the community

• Burlington based apartments and townhouses for families and individuals who are homeless or at risk of homelessness
• Provides temporary accommodation while residents search for permanent housing in Halton
• Placement is up to 12 weeks with a possibility of extension
• Rental Agreement is signed every three months with possibility of extension to up to one year

Services include:
Adoption/Adoption Disclosure

• recruitment, assessment, support, pre- and post-counselling to adoptive parents
• match children and youth with adoptive parents
• provide adoption disclosure information and counselling to adopted persons over 18 years of age and their birth parents

Child Protection

• mandated by the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017 (CYFSA) to protect children from abuse and neglect
• provide emergency after hours service for children and youth who are at risk

Community-based Services

• workers co-located in various community locations, e.g., schools, counselling agencies, the Halton Regional Police Service, to provide protection services to at-risk children and youth

Connecting Youth to the Community

• life skills programs to assist youth in the transition to independent living

Family Support

• assessment and supportive services to parents to maintain children and youth in their homes and when children and youth come into care, which expedites their return home
• supervise access for children, youth and their families, when required

Foster Care

• recruit, train and support resource parents
• match children and youth to appropriate placements

Fundraising

• for programs and services not covered by government funding that help the children and youth served by the Society

Volunteer Programs

• special events volunteers, summer camp volunteers, mentors/special friends, seasonal, Food for Life volunteer, volunteer drivers

For resources, including guidelines on what age a child can be left alone or for babysitting another child, see resources here

There is also a North Halton Office in Milton

Provides supportive housing and outreach case management services throughout Halton for people diagnosed with a serious mental illness
* services are based on a flexible, rehabilitative model of support and are tailored to meet the needs of the people

Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT)
* for clients with severe and persistent mental illness, with priority given to people with schizophrenia, other psychotic disorders and with bipolar disorder
* for more information, see listing

Halton HOMES Program
* provides affordable housing and supports for adults who have been diagnosed with a serious mental illness who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless

Outreach case management/support service
* for clients 18 years of age or older with a diagnosed mental illness living in the community

Core supportive housing program
* provides safe, secure, affordable, and decent accommodation in a variety of settings
* rent-geared-to-income housing

Justice Supportive Housing Program
* provides affordable accommodation and flexible supports for people with serious mental illness who have come into conflict with the criminal justice system

Volunteer program

Program introduces a temporary housing option for eligible newcomers in the community

• Burlington based apartments and townhouses for families and individuals who are homeless or at risk of homelessness
• Provides temporary accommodation while residents search for permanent housing in Halton
• Placement is up to 12 weeks with a possibility of extension
• Rental Agreement is signed every three months with possibility of extension to up to one year

Working in partnership with community groups, provides supportive transitional housing and program supports to assist low to moderate income families and individuals, the homeless, and those at risk of homelessness in the community.

Provides basic life skills program and counselling services to address individualized barriers to self-sufficiency through a partnering agreement with community service providers as well as 'in house' programs. Program areas include financial management and counselling, goal setting, job skills, coping strategies, etc.

Offers a full range of supportive housing options for those with mental health and/or substance use issues, from highly intensive staff supported residences, to community supports through rent subsidies with private landlords

• supports multiple needs and works to strengthen essential life skills
• assists in connecting with additional supports in the community such as interdisciplinary health teams
• supports individuals to transition to more independent housing

Staff Supported Residences include:

Chartwell House

• supports individuals aged 16 and up with Residential Counselors between 5-7 days per week
• located in Oakville
• has seven bedrooms in a congregate setting

Life House

• supports youth 16 to 24 with Residential Counselors 7 days a week
• located in Acton
• has five bedrooms in a congregate setting

Grace House

• Halton's only 24/7 staffed supportive housing residence
• located in Oakville
• has 10 bedrooms in a congregate setting

Qualified support coordinators provide support and services based on the client's level of need

• referrals for housing and support services are processed by one-Link

Support Coordination

• Support Coordination for Adults
• Support Coordination for Youth
• TAY Service Coordination (Transitional Aged Youth)
• for more information, see listing OAK0403

Peer Services

• Peer Support Programs
• Virtual Self-Help
• Social Connections
• Peer Support Navigation
• Provincial Systems Virtual Learning Centre & Resource Hub
• for more information, see listing OAK4675

Supportive Housing

• Variety of housing options
• for more information, see listing OAK0079

Housing program is for individuals who choose to live independently and violence-free. It offers services for maintenance, revitalization and enhancement for single-parent families in safe, temporary housing

Ganohkwasra provides services to individuals who are being abused, are abusive and/or at risk for abuse. Community Counselling offering the following services:

• Women's Program: Women's individual and/or group counselling, support advocacy, liaison for women living in high-risk situations
  
• Child & Youth Program: Children's individual and/or group counselling, support advocacy, liaison for children living in high-risk situations
  
• Youth Lodge: 6-bed co-ed residence for youth ages 12-18 experiencing serious difficulties in their lives
  
• Men's Program: Support and counselling available for men who have been abused or are abusive
  
• Emergency Shelter: 24-hour safe shelter for abused individuals and their children; provides in-house individual and group counselling
  
• Next Step Housing: Individuals and their children who require housing on reserve may stay up to 2 years Individual and group counselling supports are available
  
• Community Education: Available to present information to the community regarding the dynamics of abuse and its effects on individuals, families, and communities

Youth Lodge (Tsi Tionkwatention A'no:wara Rason:ne, a Mohawk word meaning My Home On Turtle Island)

• a co-ed residence for First Nations youth ages 12-18 experiencing serious difficulties in their lives
  
• provides a therapeutic approach intended to help participants to recognize their less effective behaviours and through self-evaluation, to learn to make more effective choices
  
• residents share in the daily upkeep of the lodge, attend school or a work/volunteer program, and participate in programming

Ratiweintehta's (They are Learning) Alternative Learning Classroom located at the Youth Lodge

• clients that are high school age and are no longer attending regular classes in a mainstream secondary school are eligible to attend the Section 23 classroom
  
• educational program is designed to address student's individual academic, social and emotional needs while obtaining high school credits

This program assists Indigenous, Metis and Inuit youth. It is designed to support the youth while transitioning out of the Child Welfare system into adulthood

Youth In Transition Worker assist in long/short term plans and decision making with regards to:

• housing
  
• education
  
• health
  
• mental health
  
• legal
  
• employment
  
• life skills
  
• personal goals & well being

Provides transitional support services in Housing, Life Coaching, Life Skills Training and Mentoring, to vulnerable and racialized youth aging out, or recently aged out of the child protection and foster care system

The Oasis House is a spacious house, in an accessible location in the North-West end of Oakville, serving mostly black male youth (18-21yrs) from the Halton/Peel Region
* provide safe, stable accommodation and wrap-around support services to youth, so they can overcome barriers, thrive and transition successfully into independent adult living
* program model adheres to the Foyer Housing Model
* support youth to navigate and access community resources for education, employment, health and appropriate financial support
* Life Skills training to strengthen capacity to live independently
* designed to duplicate a healthy, supportive family environment
* engages a strength-based approach in building individual capacity for success