Searching for Transitional Housing

Short term emergency shelter, capacity 209

• crisis intervention and counselling
• case management
• child advocacy
• child care and children's program
• Housing Connections (see separate entry) Community Partner, assistance with housing search and application process

COVID19 Open with modified services

Long term accommodation, including 72 furnished single or double rooms, complimentary breakfast, resource library, affordable food access, and cooking and laundry facilities

• lease required
• minimum two month stay
• 24-hour security
• space shared with other YWCA programs

Affordable, mixed-income housing, including subsidized and market rent apartments

• 25 Leonard Ave, 50 one bedroom and 26 bachelor apartments
• 138 Pears Ave, 96 bachelor apartments
• some accessible apartments for clients of partner agencies
• market rent units available at 180 Sudbury St, 190 apartments

Live-in programs and inpatient treatment centres

Live-in Treatment Programs
Intensive treatment and support for children and youth 12-18 years with acute and highly complex mental health needs, and their families, includes individual and family therapies, and Dialectical and Cognitive Behavioural skill development

• access to Youthdale clinical resources and referral to community supports
• residences in Toronto accessed through Centralized Residential Services (CARS), referrals call 416-482-7884

Inpatient Treatment Programs
Psychiatric treatment and support for children, youth, and their families

• acute support unit (secure), for children and youth 10-15 years at risk of harming self or others, or who are experiencing severe emotional, psychological or cognitive challenges
• transitional psychiatric unit (voluntary), for children and youth 10-15 years who are experiencing urgent emotional and behavioural difficulties
• transitional age unit (voluntary), for young adults 18-23 years who have a primary mental health diagnosis with complex special needs

COVID19 Open with enhanced safety measures; some services modified, call for information

Emergency shelter
Including counselling, individual and group supports, assistance in finding housing, and ongoing support; capacity 50

• 25 beds for women 16-25 years
• 25 beds for women 26 years and older
• 24-hour staffing and security

Second stage housing
Including meals, clothing, counselling and referrals, crisis intervention and advocacy, and support for addictions, employment, health, housing, and trauma; ​capacity 12

• 6 beds for women 16-25 years
• 6 beds for women 26 years and older
• specialized services for young women 16-25 years

14 supportive, transitional community homes

• total capacity 75
• typical length of stay 6-months

Residential programs

Beverley Lodge
Includes group and individual counselling, focus on developing skills for independent living, and social and recreation activities

• capacity 9
• staffed 24 hour
• located in Parkdale area

Co-op Housing program
3 low support shared residences for those graduating from the Lodge

• capacity 15
• rents geared to income

Community Support Program
Includes discharge planning, advocacy, and follow up

High support residence, includes addiction case management and counselling, life skills and anger management, post-discharge community support, voluntary after-care group and weekly supper club

• abstinent environment
• capacity 10
• staffed 24 hours

Also medium or low support transitional peer support housing

• capacity 17

Transitional housing including comprehensive wraparound support services

• 24 hour support
• life skills training, educational and vocational assistance, community-based trauma counselling and addictions treatment, and aftercare services
• residence up to 2 years
• capacity 6

Transitional housing and supports, and life skills based program includes work, school or alternative day activity

• onsite residence, capacity 28 (10 females, 18 males)
• mandatory savings plan
• mentor program
• supportive services
• onsite residence and community apartments
• maximum stay 12 months

Transitional housing, 55 rooms with shared kitchens, lounges, and bathrooms; also 35 one bedroom apartments for longer term accommodation

Open but lengthy wait list for Homes First Society housing

Affordable and stable housing and support services addressing chronic homelessness, including individual apartments, rooming house facilities with shared decision making, and accessible units

• focus on individuals with fewest options, dealing with issues such as addiction and mental illness
• assists people in transitioning from homelessness to temporary shelter and/or to permanent housing

Employment Program
Assists residents in finding and maintaining employment, including resources, practical help, pre-employment program and assistance in overcoming barriers

Hospitals to Homes
Mental health supports for high needs patients to live in the community, in partnership with CAMH and Pilot Place (see separate listings)

Housing Residences:
Bellevue
28 unit apartment building for low income singles able to live independently, refugee claimants accepted

Brandon House
Rooming house for low income single young men (capacity 5) able to live independently, refugee claimants accepted

Huron
Rooming house for low income single men (capacity 10) able to live independently, who have been chronically homeless and have mental health and/or addiction issues

Jarvis House
Shared accommodation, including 2 accessible apartments (capacity 24, 4 men per apartment), with priority to men referred by Seaton House Residence

Meegwetch Place
50 unit apartment building and 14 townhouses for low income singles and families

Northcote
Rooming house (capacity 6) for low income single young men able to live independently, refugee claimants accepted

Pleasant Manor
16 bachelor and one bedroom apartments, for low income single men or women

Sheila Miller
22 unit apartment building for single adults and single parents with children

Shuter
17 apartments with 4-5 private bedrooms in cooperative environment (capacity 77), including 1 accessible unit and staff support; for older low income single men or women able to live independently and experiencing mental health, addiction or aging issues

Spadina House
Rooming houses for low income singles able to live independently, refugee claimants accepted

• 140 Spadina Rd, capacity 7 men
• 164 Spadina Rd, capacity 6 women

Vaughan
29 unit apartment building for low income singles and families, refugee claimants and new immigrants accepted

Wales House
4 single rooms and 1 family unit rooming house for low income immigrants and refugees able to live independently who were victims of torture

Operates shelter spaces (see separate listings), contact Central Intake at 416-338-4766, 1-877-338-3398, or 311

Community residential facility, capacity 26

• helps clients integrate into community
• life skills
• individual counselling, including employment counselling

COVID19 Contact for information on in-person, telephone and virtual supports and services, call 416-977-1333 or visit website for information

Case management services include mental health symptoms management, assistance finding housing and accessing community resources, social skills and community living skills improvement

Supportive housing services:
Cooperative living arrangements in 7 downtown Toronto houses, includes single rooms, staff support and shared responsibility for meal preparation, shopping, and housekeeping

On-site high support services in 20 bachelor units for patients transitioning from hospital to community, in partnership with Centre for addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)

Medium support in bachelor and one-bedroom units for clients who are able to live independently, in partnership with Mainstay Housing and St Clare's Multifaith Housing Society

Pathways to Homes Program
Includes on-site high support for long-term shelter system users with complex mental health and/or developmental disabilities, and physical health challenges, in partnership with City of Toronto, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration (SSHA)

RISE (Recovery During Immigration and Settlement) -- short term mental health case management

• individual counselling and support
• peer support
• workshops including orientation to Canadian health care system, community programming, social assistance, employment and support services
• social and recreational activities to promote integration

COVID19 Contact for information on available services, enhanced screening, and guest access to transitional housing

Community Services
Information and referral, housing and shelter supports and outreach, medical clinic, concurrent disorders support services

• drop-in program
• income tax clinic
• Fair Change legal clinic
• nursing clinic
• mental health and justice program
• harm reduction equipment and support
• creative programs
• catering

Friends Restaurant
Low-cost meals, credit available

• brunch Monday-Friday 10 am-12 noon
• supper Monday-Friday 4 pm-5:30 pm

Housing
Permanent, shared accommodation, includes private bedrooms and bathrooms, shared kitchens and living rooms; also transitional housing

• 24 hour support staff

For Safe Injection Site at 139 Jarvis St, with supervised consumption and treatment services, see separate listing

Emergency shelter for men
Short term problem solving and referrals, case management, housing and addiction counselling, and harm reduction

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

Emergency Hostel Program 416-392-5547
Emergency accommodation in dormitory setting (capacity 240), with access to bed area 4 pm-8 am, includes day program, counselling and referrals, meals

• access to lounge, resource room, computers
• laundry and lockers available

Long Term Program 416-392-5542
Long term accommodation (capacity 134) with 24-hour bed access, includes counselling and referrals, meals and laundry, and on-site day nurse

O'Neill House Program 416-392-5407
Housing transition program (capacity 50)

Seaton House part of George Street Revitalization and scheduled to close by end of 2022, with residents moved to alternate locations, for information visit City of Toronto website for George Street Revitalization updates

Short term emergency shelter, includes communal setting, food and necessities

• capacity 90
• crisis intervention and counselling
• referrals to other agencies for counselling, housing
• custody reunification
• pregnancy support
• Housing Connections (see separate listing) Community Partner, assistance with housing search and application process

COVID19 -- appointments with SOY youth resource workers via telephone or virtual where possible; no on-site programming

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Health promotion services and programming to support LGBT2SQ youth and young adults, many of whom are homeless, racialized and/or newcomers to Canada

Connects to affirming mental health and primary care service providers, peers, mentors, housing, dieticians, urban and newcomer health services, income or employment supports, transitioning supports, immigration supports, and more

Goal Planning Service (GPS)

• meet regularly with youth resource workers to help identify and achieve personal goals
• help to arrange appointments such as those with a landlord, addictions or mental health counsellor, medical practitioner, school counsellor, Ontario Works representative, immigration lawyer, CAS worker, and others
• accompaniment to family or chosen family meetings

Weekly Health and Wellbeing Groups

• explore personal goals
• dinner
• various youth and young adults groups for all LGBT2SQ; for those who identify as Black, African, Caribbean or Black identified multiracial; for newcomers and refugees; for those who identify as trans, non-binary or gender-questioning

SOY CONNECT's Mentorship and Peer Leadership Programs

• group and personal mentorship
• Melanin Linx Project connects Black LGBTQ+ youth with a mentor

SOY Lead

• paid peer leadership program
• advanced training in peer education

Internal Housing Program - rent-geared-to-income housing and supports to live independently

Health promotion and systems work

Member agency of Toronto Drop-in Network (TDIN)

COVID19 -- remains open with capacity limitations * take-out meals offered from the gate of 25 Augusta location * Clothing Bank closed to public, however people can go to the 25 Augusta location to request clothing assistance

Housing and casework support services

• access to crisis and mental health supports
• housing casework
• addiction and detoxification detox supports
• funding supports

Transitional Housing for women -- maximum stay 1 year, capacity 14

• One stop program
• life skills workshops
• housing support​

P.A.W.S. Program

• opportunity to apply for financial support for emergency veterinary health care, neutering, different treatments, and prescription medications for their pets
• sites are 100% pet friendly

Clothing Bank Program

Innovative long term shelter incorporating employment training, length of stay up to 1 year (capacity 50)

• Employment program includes job placement, life skills training and counselling, job connection and career development, and on-the-job-training
• Property Maintenance and Construction training program
• mentorship program includes peer or one-to-one support, friendship and guidance
• Phoenix Print Shop social enterprise and training program

Private room and partial board for long term consumers/survivors of the mental health system. Residents help prepare food for communal meals and share in care of house * total capacity 20

COVID19 Shelter and residential programs operating with heightened health screening measures

Transitional live-in program for young men, opportunity to live cooperatively and manage a personal budget

• capacity 8
• stay up to 1 year
• life skills development

Supportive residential treatment and transitional housing, including rehabilitative programs, aftercare, community development; Catholic perspective

Matt Talbot Houses
Transitional housing and long-term supportive housing programs

St Michael's Houses
Short term residential and extended residential treatment programs

Community residential facility, capacity 18

• helps clients integrate into community
• life skills
• individual counselling, including employment counselling

Community residential facility, capacity 43

• helps clients integrate into community
• life skills
• individual counselling, including employment counselling