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• Assists homeowners with repairs to address health and safety issues and increase energy efficiency
• Provides assistance in the form of an interest-free forgivable loan
• Provides a grant to make a home more accessible for a household member with a disability

Repairs may include:

• Doors and windows
• Electrical
• Fire safety
• Heating
• Plumbing
• Roofs
• Septic systems
• Structural
• Well water
• Improved accessibility such as ramps, handrails, chair and bath lifts, height adjustment for countertops and cues for doorbells/fire alarms
• Safety-related features that help seniors stay in their home

Provides financial assistance to individuals or families who are homeless or facing homelessness to obtain or maintain housing

To establish a new residence:

• financial assistance for rental costs
• financial assistance for utility connection charge/deposit
• financial assistance for moving expenses

To avoid eviction or disconnection of utilities:

• financial assistance for rental arrears
• financial assistance for utility and fuel arrears (gas, hydro, water, hot water tank rental, propane, oil or wood)
• financial assistance for tax arrears

• Assists individuals who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless by setting up accommodations or maintaining an existing residence

Provides assistance with the following:

• first and last month's rent
• furniture
• groceries and household supplies
• propane/oil/wood to heat home
• 3 months rent subsidy

Provides a rent relief program to help vulnerable individuals and families alleviate the negative impact of Covid-19

Provides a direct, monthly benefit payment to eligible households to help pay their rent
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Benefit payments are:

• based on household income and local market rent
• portable - benefits may be received even if moved to another address

Households who are approved to receive benefits under this program must consent to be removed from the social housing waiting list

• Provides housing for individuals with a serious mental illness or concurrent disorder (mental illness and addiction)
• Provides subsidized housing and case management services
• Ensures the individual is living responsibly by providing regular home visits from a case manager

Note: Does not provide emergency or crisis housing

Offers case management services and housing for individuals who are struggling with an addiction and are homeless or at risk of being homeless

Provides the following services:

• Assistance in accessing mental health and/or addiction services
• Intervention strategies that include harm reduction approach and abstinence based model in efforts to assist in addressing substance use
• Help to integrate into the community advocating with informal and formal community resources
• Referrals to community agencies, where appropriate
• Assistance in accessing income support such as Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support Program
• Housing rent supplement
• Assistance in obtaining and maintaining housing in the community

LOCAL CMHA BRANCH SERVICES DURING COVID-19

CMHA branches are open but many are offering alternative service delivery at this time
Service delivery may be provided:

• in person
• by phone

or in the following virtual ways:

• PCVC - Personal computer video conferencing
• OTN - Ontario Telemedicine Network
• ZOOM - Video/web conferencing platform

Please note: CMHA branch offerings are subject to change in response to the ongoing developments of COVID-19. The website below will reflect the most accurate and current information.

Follow this link to determine how service delivery is being provided by choosing the appropriate CMHA location from the website's drop down list.

• Provides a central point of contact for individuals to access or be referred to mental health services and other required supports
• Coordinates and provides a continuum of services based on client choice and need
• Monitors and encourages the client's compliance with the court diversion agreement and associated treatment measures
• Provides rent supplements for individuals to access safe and affordable housing

Case management is offered for the following programs:

• Court Diversion
• Court Rent Supplement
• Getting Appropriate Personal and Professional Support (GAPPS)
• Homelessness Initiative Program (HIP II)
• Housing First
• Transitional Rehabilitation Housing Program (TRHP)

Provides financial assistance in making modifications to homes and/or vehicles for people with physical disabilities

• Provides safe and affordable, culturally appropriate housing to urban and rural First Nation, Inuit and Métis people living off-Reserve
• Consists of new, affordable rental units, home ownership loans and repair funding

Administers the following programs:

• OPHI Homeownership Program
• OPHI Ontario Renovates 2020/2022 Home Repair Program
• Mkaana-wii-giiwe'aad Program

• Provides safe and affordable, culturally appropriate housing to urban and rural First Nation, Inuit and Métis people living off-Reserve
• Consists of new, affordable rental units, home ownership loans and repair funding

Administers the following programs:

• OPHI Homeownership Program
• OPHI Ontario Renovates 2020/2022 Home Repair Program
• Mkaana-wii-giiwe'aad Program

Financial assistance towards the cost of basic home or vehicle modifications and is intended for permanent Ontario residents with a substantial mobility impairment

By reducing or eliminating life safety risks, these modifications enable children and adults with mobility restrictions to:

• continue living in their homes
• avoid job loss
• participate in their communities
  

COVID19 -- LIFE sessions and After Stroke programs are being offered virtually


Community-based rehabilitation and advocacy; affordable supportive housing for people with physical disabilities

Attendant Care Services -- non-medical assistance with activities of daily living

MODC Non-Profit Housing -- supportive care in 6 unit house, capacity 8, in Meynell House with additional houses around Ontario

Assistive Devices Program, 1-866-765-7237 -- financial assistance for adults to purchase or repair devices that increase their mobility and functional independence; may also assist with information or resources to assist in locating additional funding sources

Pop can tabs collection program -- proceeds support Assistive Devices Program

Home and Vehicle Modification Program, 1-877-369-4867 or 1-877-369-HVMP -- financial assistance (up to $15,000) for basic home and vehicle modifications for permanent Ontario residents with a substantial impairment expected to last one year or more

Acquired Brain Injury Services -- life skills, communication, community integration, emotional and behavioural support, vocational support, recreation

Conductive Education -- for people with neurological motor disorders; physical rehabilitation and education to train the brain and the body

DesignAbility, 1-800-263-3463, ext 7211

• volunteers work with persons with mobility challenges to craft creative, custom-built solutions to overcome barriers to work, play, personal hygiene and other daily activities
• no charge, except for building materials

LIFE (Learning Independence for Future Empowerment) -- skill-building transition sessions to provide support to young adults with a disability

Post-Polio Canada, polio@marchofdimes.ca, www.marchofdimes.ca/en-ca/programs/postpolio -- in-person and virtual support services, resources and information for polio survivors

After Stroke, afterstroke@marchofdimes.ca, afterstroke.ca -- person-to-person support, educational opportunities and community-based programs designed to provide connection to other people, hope and life after stroke

Business and training services for other non-profit agencies

Provides funding to eligible applicants for basic home and/or vehicle modifications which enables children and adults with mobility restrictions to continue living in their homes, avoid job loss, and participate fully in their communities.

• helps enhance the quality, affordability and choice of housing
• works to enhance housing finance options
• assists those who cannot afford housing in the private market
• improves building standards and housing construction
• provides policymakers with the information and analysis they need to sustain a vibrant housing market

Affordable Housing Programs in Ontario: click here for information on affordable housing

National fund

• created to support financing arrangements for housing on reserve and settlement lands where appropriate, while respecting the communal ownership of reserve land

Information and research on ataxia

• partial financial assistance (matches donations that you receive) (max of $5,000)
• technical help
• adaptations
• services
• equipment such as wheelchairs, Smartdrive, smart home, physiotherapy, etc