Searching for Transitional Housing

Transition house that provides emergency shelter and support to abused women and their dependents.

Services to women include:

• 24-hour crisis line
• crisis support
• counselling
• housing support
• legal system navigation, referrals
• parenting support
• support groups
• advocacy and referral to community resources

Children's services include

• crisis support
• counselling
• support groups

Mental health services

Therapeutic and integrated services, including:

• youth home placements
• residential placements
• Alternative High School Program
• personal care
• psychiatric assessment and treatment
• medication dispensing
• counselling services
• short-term regular relief for parents

Transition program: designed to accommodate placement of older adolescent females, in a setting with a full time staff person in the role of caregiver

Culturally sensitive transitional shelter and essential supports for women leaving violence, and remote casework and mental health support for adults and youth

Resident and remote services:

• counselling and treatment programs
• financial assistance and help securing housing
• supports for health and mental health
• education assistance and life skills training
• employment supports including resume workshops, interview preparation, help finding employment
• assistance with immigration issues
• access to legal advice and assistance applying for Legal AID
• referrals including legal, financial, immigration, employment, food
• safety planning and follow-up
• capacity 20

Training and awareness for community organizations

Private residential care facility for adults with psychiatric disabilities

Services

• meals
• housekeeping
• organized leisure activities and health services
• medication supervision
• 24 hour staff on site and an on call doctor

Private residential care facility

• capacity of 28
• medication supervision
• 24 hour staff on site

Residential care facility for women with developmental and/or psychiatric diagnosis or requiring Supportive Housing. Shared rooms

Services include:

• meals and snacks
• housekeeping
• personal care
• organized leisure activities
• assistance with money management and health services
• laundry services provided and laundry help if required
• medication supervision and 24-hour staff on site
• monthly hairdressing services and foot care provided as well as help accessing community resources

Residential Services facility for adults with developmental, physical or psychiatric disabilities that offers level 1 care

Services:

• meals and snacks
• medication management
• housekeeping
• personal laundry
• voluntary money management
• shared phone for residents use
• shared Television for residents use
• VIP cable in rooms available (at the cost of the resident)
• free Wi-Fi access in building
• designated outdoor smoking areas
• on site foot care (at the cost of the resident)
• on site blood work (at the cost of the resident)
• visiting physician
• visiting spiritual and/or pastoral care
• full time PSW on staffs
• access to community support services (ie CCAC)
• semi-accessible (Wheelchair)
• elevator
• free resident parking
• air conditioning in common areas

Private residential facility with supervision 24-hour a day for people who are semi independent or with addictions or concurrent disorders

Services

• Diabetic appropriate meals
• Housekeeping
• Organized leisure activities
• Medication supervision
• Individual primary care practitioners for residents within the Carlington Community Health Centre
• Private and semi private rooms available

Charity that provides life changing housing and support services to people living with serious mental illness

Supportive Housing:

• shared living for adults with severe and persistent mental illness
• Salus owned buildings offer independent living environments with individual and community support for adults with serious mental illness
• apartments owned by other housing providers and offering independent living environments with community support for adults who have a severe and persistent mental illness

Mental Health Services:

• case management
• community development
• transitional rehabilitation programs
• occupational therapy
• recreational and wellness

Rent-geared-to-income housing

• affordable transitional housing
• a number of bachelor, one and two-bedroom units are available in three locations for singles and single parents
• provides motivated young adults with a safe, supportive, affordable environment in which to live

Affordable, accessible semi-independent housing

On-site supports offered include:

• comprehensive assessment
• services from a gender-informed perspective to meet career, family, community and personal needs
• collaborative case planning
• individual counseling and support
• practical assistance
• monitor and support of court conditions
• referral to other community resources

Supportive housing program

• 25 affordable accommodation units
• one accessible unit

On-site support with:

• social, vocational and health-related needs
• skills, resources and attitude development

COVID-19 (10 Jan 2023) Counsellors and caseworkers are still available virtually and over the phone * call 613-237-7427 or email info@efryottawa.com for support. This information is regularly updated on their Facebook page

Assists women and young women who have been or who may come in conflict with the law

Confidential programs and services include:

• Individual and group counselling
• anger program
• theft prevention program
• court support and accompaniment
• community reintegration program
• house retention and support
• youth services
• family support program
• Safe Bridge Stabilization program (pre-treatment programming for substance users)

J.F. Norwood House:

• transitional housing service that provides a supportive living environment
• helps facilitate successful reintegration into the community by offering a safe and encouraging environment where women can focus on education, employment and access to other community supports
• three of the beds are dedicated to serve clients from the Ottawa Hospital who are referred by the Mobile Crisis Team
• for more information call 613-230-2372 or e-mail at info@efryottawa.com

Ottawa Courthouse Office located at 161 Elgin St, Ste 1083, Ottawa, K2P 2K1

Private residential care facility

• for 24 vulnerable adults and seniors

Private or non-profit residences that provide long term housing to vulnerable adults

• residents are typically living with a psychiatric, developmental or physical illness and or disability
• the City of Ottawa provides financial assistance for low income residents to subsidize the cost of their board and lodging in a residence

Furnished rooms (most are shared)

• meals and minimal supervision are provided
• medication management
• housekeeping and personal laundry
• referral by individuals, hospitals, shelters, family members

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 addictions treatment services

• provides women-centered, trauma responsive programming in a residential setting
• assists women to gain the knowledge and skills needed to recover from the use or misuse of substances
• promotes the maintenance of a healthier lifestyle

Low-cost transitional housing with support

• 43 private rooms with shared washrooms and kitchen facilities
• four of the rooms have ensuite bathrooms
• rooms come furnished with a closet, bed frame and small fridge
• clients provide their own mattress, bed sheets, towels, cooking utensils, and groceries
• case management
• life skills programs
• referral to community supports
• support in setting goals and achieving them

University residence-style affordable housing rented on monthly basis:

• access to 24-hour on-site crisis support and referral services
• individual bar-size refrigerator and access to shared kitchen
• shared washrroms limited private bathrooms available

Supportive transitional housing program for youth

Provides:

• safe, supportive housing
• group and individual life skills workshops
• development of Individual Goal Plan

Second-stage women's shelter

• safe, affordable transitional housing for women and children who are survivors of violence

The Transitional Housing program provides

• semi-independent, affordable semi-furnished bachelor apartments for up to one year

Staff provide

• support through goal planning
• crisis counselling
• life skills
• referrals
• connections to community resources

A non-profit, community residential facility (CRF) contracted to provide residential services to federally incarcerated male offenders and are on conditional release

• Contributes to the protection of society by facilitating the safe reintegration of offenders in the community through effective risk management, respecting the principle of least restrictive measures and the rule of law, and by providing appropriate support and resources.

Programs and services:

• Employment/Education assistance
• Integrated Correctional Program
• Integrated Community Maintenance Program
• Personal Support Worker service
• Basic Life Skills

COVID-19 (5 May 2020) Operating as usual.

Culturally rooted transitional housing program

• communal and cultural engagement
• practical assistance and referrals with housing, income, education, employment, and wellness
• active participation in life skills

A non-profit, community residential facility (CRF) contracted to provide residential services to federally incarcerated male offenders and are on conditional release

• Contributes to the protection of society by facilitating the safe reintegration of offenders in the community through effective risk management, respecting the principle of least restrictive measures and the rule of law, and by providing appropriate support and resources.

Programs and services:

• Employment/Education assistance
• Integrated Correctional Program
• Integrated Community Maintenance Program
• Personal Support Worker service
• Basic Life Skills