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COVID19 -- Resource rooms open for drop in, computers available for use for housing and employment related needs * Harm Reduction Programs back to regular hours

Variety of programs and services that help individuals, families and youth

Active Parenting Program a video based program guided by a JHS facilitator helps parents of 5-12, and teens, break down communication barriers and enhance the quality of family life * programs available between September and April

Employment Services to assist any job seeker with their resume, cover letter, job search, skills upgrading and more. Ask about our Ready to Go program for youth up to age 30 which has pre-employment training and certifications followed by a paid job trial

Extrajudicial Measures Program community partnership to assist in the delivery of the Youth Criminal Justice Act

Clarington Youth Centres (Courtice, Bowmanville, Newcastle) teen drop-in program in Bowmanville * youth up to the age of 18, after school recreation space, skills development, community volunteer hours opportunities

Group Counselling Anger Management for adults and young adults * Dads Aiming for Direction and Support (D.A.D.S.) helps fathers gain skills they need to nurture their children * Active Parenting groups for parents of children 5-12 and teens, Cooperative Parenting and Divorce. Continuous intake except in July/August

Housing work with clients to find permanent, adequate and affordable housing * eviction prevention, landlord and tenant education * maintains a registry of landlords with rental space available * assistance with personal identification (ID)

ID Clinic Identification replacement clinic, applications for birth certificates for all parts of Canada

Income Tax help for low-income persons * available only in March and April

Inmate Return persons from Durham nearing release may request assistance for planning their return to Durham

Learning Alternatives
Non-credit upgrading program for adults who wish to improve reading, writing, math and computer skills in preparation for employment, apprenticeship, secondary, post-secondary or independence goals * one-to-one instruction is provided in a small group setting * offer flexible schedules and provide year round intake and assessment

Project X Change needle exchange program for intravenous drug users * old needles can be handed in for safe disposal * condom and safe sex information available * connections to rehab programs and counselling * Naloxone kits and nasal spray refills are now available for opioid overdose * PLEASE NOTE this program is NOT available on weekends

Public Speaking Presentations available to present to community groups, agencies, schools, media, service clubs, churches etc * topics include drugs and alcohol, suicide, sexual abuse, the prison system, violence, employment, housing issues * able to speak about any program the JHS delivers

Record Suspension assistance with process formerly known as a 'Pardon' available at Whitby, Oshawa and Bowmanville locations

Residential Program designed to develop independent living skills in person aged 15 and over * participants share in the responsibility for meal planning, grocery shopping and other life skills needed for a home

Womens Drop-In Program drop-in program for persons involved in the sex trade providing access to support, information, laundry/showering facilities, and community referrals

COVID19 - Resource room open for drop in, computers available for use for housing and employment related needs * Harm Reduction Programs continue to operate, although differently to ensure the health and safety of clients and staff * Oshawa and Whitby Residential services and Harm Reduction Programs continue to operate, although differently to ensure the health and safety of clients and staff

Services offered include

• assistance and support with housing search
• support with eviction prevention and mediation with landlords
• assistance with forms including applications for housing stability funds and rental applications
• information and referrals to JHS programs and services and other community resource
• Canadian birth certificates

COVID-19 - by appointment only


Legal clinic

• free legal advice to all residents of Durham Region on many areas of law
• assistance or representation to those who qualify at hearings in several areas of law including Ontario Works, Ontario Disability Support Program, Canada Pension Plan, Employment law, WSIB/WSIAT, Housing, tenant issues, Small Claims Court, Consumer Law, Senior Law, Human Rights
• Domestic Violence Legal Aid advice referrals
• staff from the clinic are available to speak on a variety of legal topics to groups in Durham Region
• Commissioning available daily
• Notarizing available by appointment
• free year-round Tax Clinic

Satellite offices in Ajax, Uxbridge and Cannington

COVID19 - Resource room open for drop in, computers available for use for housing and employment related needs * Harm Reduction Programs continue to operate, although differently to ensure the health and safety of clients and staff * Oshawa and Whitby Residential services and Harm Reduction Programs continue to operate, although differently to ensure the health and safety of clients and staff

Services offered include

• assistance and support with housing search
• support with eviction prevention and mediation with landlords
• assistance with forms including applications for housing stability funds and rental applications
• information and referrals to JHS programs and services and other community resource
• Canadian birth certificates

COVID19 - Resource room open for drop in, computers available for use for housing and employment related needs * Harm Reduction Programs continue to operate, although differently to ensure the health and safety of clients and staff

Services offered include

• assistance and support with housing search
• support with eviction prevention and mediation with landlords
• assistance with forms including applications for housing stability funds and rental applications
• information and referrals to JHS programs and services and other community resource
• Canadian birth certificates

Program to prevent homelessness by helping clients find and/or maintain housing

• meet clients within their community
• provide support and referrals to access community resources and income supports
• education about Residential Tenancies Act, and tenant rights and responsibilities
• provide basic budgeting support and workshops
• advocacy and mediation services on behalf of clients with landlords or Landlord Tenant Board
• informal counseling for clients in financial or housing crisis
• aid clients with application process for Housing Stability funds for rental deposits, moving costs and utility or rental arrears where necessary
• help clients to obtain ID
• follow-up support as needed
• outreach to landlords, support workers and other community agencies

COVID19 - Building is closed but meeting with clients digitally and still offering all services * new clients are welcome


Community Homelessness Prevention Initiative (CHPI) assists people

• to find housing
• access and apply for housing support services and subsidies
• advocate with landlords
• with support at Landlord Tenant Tribunal
• by providing harm reduction services and supports

Assistance applying for social housing

• help resolving landlord/tenant disputes
• counselling, workshops and support groups of interest to Aboriginal tenants
• information and referral to general services

Offers assistance to individuals and families who are homeless, require housing help, or are facing eviction to arrange more secure housing * Services include:

• completing applications for social housing
• annual rent reviews
• eviction prevention
• furniture bank referrals
• income supports
• budget maintenance
• housing stabilization
• tenant rights and responsibilities
• rental housing lists
• crisis and emergency information

Provides referrals to Scarborough Furniture Bank for residents of Scarborough who qualify.

Services include:

Housing Stability Program

• rental arrears and/or utility or energy arrears
• last month's rental deposit
• moving costs for those that move to secure more affordable accommodation
• assistance with rental arrears, moving cost, and utility arrears

Access to Affordable Housing

• staff assist to locate units available in the communities that clients wish to live
• assist with rental applications, completion of a standard lease and connecting clients with housing providers
• market rent and rent-geared-to-income (RGI)

ID Replacement

• year-round I.D. replacement for birth certificates
• staff assist with processing application information and will provide payment for the document
• expedited birth certificates will not be expensed by North House
• birth certificate replacements available to both clients, and their child if required

Income Tax

• complete taxes for the current year and 10 years prior
• e-file to CRA

Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) Support

• staff will address and advise on concerns that you may have about your tenancy and the appropriate forms to file with the LTB
• staff can attend scheduled hearings as emotional and moral support but cannot speak on client's behalf

Landlord Engagement

• Opening Doors in Durham Region where landlords may be eligible to receive a signing bonus of up to $1,000 to provide permanent, affordable, and supported housing solutions to the communities in north Durham Region

Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP)

• assistance with arrears of electricity or natural gas bill and facing possibility of disconnection

Ontario Electricity Support Program

• lowers electricity bills for lower-income households
• provides a monthly credit to eligible customers based on household income and household size
• credits are applied directly to eligible customers' electricity bills

Short term emergency shelter includes case management and referrals to community agencies, assistance in finding housing, and workshops about housing readiness, life skills and employment

• children, youth and adult programs
• Housing Connections (see separate entry) Community Partner, assistance with housing search and application process

Pregnancy Support Program
For at-risk couples, admitted at 6 months of pregnancy

• prenatal supports
• counselling

Emergency shelter for men, including short term problem solving and referrals, case management, housing and employment assistance, addiction counselling and harm reduction, assistance accessing income supports, primary health and mental health supports, life skills activities, and recreation

• capacity 92
• access to Housing Connections (see separate listing) Community Partner, assistance with housing search and application process
• pet friendly environment

Contact for information on in-person, telephone and virtual services, or visit LLB website

Adjudicative tribunal under auspices of Social Justice Tribunals Ontario

• informs landlords and tenants about their rights and responsibilities under the Residential Tenancies Act
• provides balanced and timely dispute resolution in accordance with the law
• handles eviction applications filed by non-profit housing cooperatives

Effective January 1, 2023: Rent increase guideline for 2023 is 2.5%

Community Access Services

• Commissioner of Oaths
• computers, internet access, fax, photocopier
• income tax clinic
• Metro Voice Mail -- persons without telephones receive private phone number to retrieve messages from any touch-tone phone

Harm Reduction Services -- individual and community support or information about opiate use and addiction, addiction counselling, counselling and case management, harm reduction supplies (mobile and fixed site)

Housing Hub -- support for individuals and households at-risk or experiencing homelessness to find, apply for and maintain housing

Street Outreach Services

• mobile outreach in Scarborough and North York to support individuals experiencing homelessness and sleeping outdoors
• provides wellness checks, basic needs supplies, community referrals, informal counselling, support with accessing shelter and assistance finding and obtaining housing

Financial Empowerment and Problem-Solving (FEPS) program -- financial literacy workshops, income tax clinic, budgeting, mobile community financial worker

Massage Parlour and Micro-Brothel Outreach -- for clients involved in sex work in massage parlours and micro-brothels in Scarborough

• distribution of safer sex tools, community referrals and informal case management
• access to sexual health testing appointments

COVID19 Services provided remotely; call, email or fax and staff will follow up

Housing help, including information and referral, advice on tenant rights and responsibilities, eviction prevention, drop-in Tuesday mornings

• promotes affordable housing options
• Housing Connections (see separate entry) Community Partner, assistance with housing search and application process

Toronto Rent Bank
Access centre for interest-free repayable loans to low-income households in rental arrears, or needing to move into more suitable housing; also interest-free loans for first and last month's rent deposit to move into more affordable housing

• must have legal status in Canada and meet income requirements of 50 percent or less from social assistance
• landlord and tenant mediation
• follow-up search assistance and community referrals

Utilities Program
Access centre for utilities assistance

• help with applications for Ontario Electricity Support Program providing assistance to lower-income customers with their electricity bills
• help with applications for LEAP (Low Income Energy Assistance Program) providing assistance to low income individuals and families who are in arrears for their electricity utility bills and have exhausted all other sources of financial support
• for help with Enbridge gas bills call 1-855-487-5327
• access to Toronto Emergency Energy Fund (EEF) providing one-time grant to help pay electricity and gas bills

Community Building and Connections
Advocacy or access to financial aid to support integration and settlement in new community, including support to maintain or access permanent housing

• for women, seniors and individuals who are unhoused due to domestic violence, and not eligible for existing federal settlement programs
• also for residents of Scarborough or eastern North York, who have low income and at risk for homelessness

Settlement Program
Orientation, interpretation, referral to education, employment or health services, help with form filling, citizenship test preparation classes

Landlord Recruitment Program
Matches tenants with landlords, includes free rental listings, and information on landlord and tenant rights

EPIC Program
Follow-up case management services for individuals recently housed by the City of Toronto, by referral from City of Toronto outreach service

Newcomer housing support and settlement services, including information and referrals to other services such as Access York for rent or utility assistance intake, furniture bank, mediation services, legal clinic

• assists low income youth, families, newcomers and seniors in determining housing needs and applications to York Region Subsidized Housing and Special Priority
• assistance with applications for Ontario Electricity Support Program
• information sessions on subsidized housing and utility assistance, as well as Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support Program
• advocacy for landlords and tenants, including connections to community resources and long- term support
• landlord registry, including recruitment of landlords, free rental listings, and landlord and tenant matching
• information on landlord and tenant rights and responsibilities

For Low-income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP) intake, contact United Way Simcoe Muskoka, 1-855-487-5327

COVID19 -- All services suspended until further notice

Crisis Intervention Assistance

• assist client in addressing health, housing and safety needs through the development of comprehensive care plans
• applications for Canada Pension Plan, Ontario Disability Support Program, Ontario Works, passports, other identification
• supportive counselling
• advocacy with case workers, housing and government agencies

HIV/AIDS Prevention & IDU Harm Reduction Program

• harm reduction supplies and services, referrals, education and non-judgmental support
• harm reduction outreach

Homelessness Prevention Program -- for adults 55 years and older at risk of losing their housing

• information, referral, counselling
• advocacy
• crisis intervention and ongoing monitoring

Caregiver Support, 416-694-1138 ext 156 -- respite care * supportive counselling * coordination of health care services, transportation, shopping, errands, light housekeeping, companionship, short respite care and yard work * support group

COVID19 -- Meals on wheels delivery every day * market closed * other programs suspended until further notice

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Support services to build on client strengths, to build community, and to enable independent community living * participates in Toronto Ride

Meals on Wheels -- hot meals delivered to seniors, disabled persons, persons with illness and persons recovering from medical procedures

• includes hot, frozen, South Asian and Chinese meals
• Good Food Box distribution -- see separate entry Food Share

Conflict Resolution Service -- mediation to resolve landlord/tenant issues, civil disputes and organizational discord

• CRS (Conflict Resolution Services) workshops and training programs
• mediation certification programs

Local Immigration Partnership Program -- Toronto East Quadrant Local Immigration Partnership (LIP)

• active boost
• women's recreational programmes
• community events
• income tax clinic
• resource access centre -- computers available for job search and research
• community advisory group

Assists seniors and their families to move in or move out of a retirement residence or long-term care facility.

• Assists with downsizing, de-cluttering, packing, moving arrangements and unpacking.
• Provides packing materials and transportation of items to storage, auction, donation or disposal. Items also made available through online auction.

Part of National Association of Senior Move Manager

Assistance applying for social housing

• help resolving landlord/tenant disputes
• counselling, workshops and support groups of interest to Aboriginal tenants
• information and referral to general services
• housing search
• Housing First Worker - support those experiencing homelessness

Multiservice agency

• community outreach, employment, education, homeless initiative, housing, recreation and social programs
• information and referral
• services for children, newcomers, seniors and youth

Community Outreach

• drop-in for families and children
• income tax clinic, by appointment only
• program activities
• referrals

Housing

• supportive and non-supportive housing for adults 59 years and older, and one family building, see branch listings for details
• Housing Connections Community Partner (see separate entry) -- assistance with housing search and application process

Partners for Access and Identification (PAID) -- assists homeless persons in obtaining Ontario health cards, Canadian birth certificates, birth registration, verification of status, social insurance numbers

• referrals to community services
• operates at various sites, schedule varies -- call 416-691-7407 for details

Seniors services

• Adult Day Program -- for persons with physical or cognitive impairment
• Akwasti Program -- home care and related services for frail elderly persons who would otherwise qualify for long term care facilities
• Chinese Programs -- recreational activities in Cantonese and Mandarin * home support -- case management, client intervention and assistance * friendly visiting, security checks * transportation and escort, priority for clients with medical appointments, participates in Toronto Ride -- free

Seniors meals -- lunch every other Tuesday, dinner every other Thursday at Cecelia Murphy Building, 11 Coatsworth Cres, nominal fee -- call for details

• lunch every third Wednesday, dinner every other Friday at East Toronto Seniors Centre, 2802 Danforth Ave, nominal fee --call for details

Community meal for all -- dinner every Thursday at Gower Park Place, 10 Gower Road, free -- call for details

Youth and Newcomer services, Neighbourhood Link Employment services, Ontario Employment Services -- see separate entries

Develops and manages affordable permanent rental housing * alternative housing including rooms, shared houses and self-contained apartments * support services for some locations * not all properties wheelchair accessible

Represents the interests of private sector rental housing providers * offers public advocacy and information on property management, rental housing regulation and residential tenancies law * Certified Rental Buildings Program designation and listings, www.crbprogram.org