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COVID19 -- Contact Health Connection for more information


Street Outreach Van (operated by LOFT/Crosslinks) provides services at convenient locations throughout York Region

• basic needs items such as food, clothing and shoes, sleeping bags, tents, tarps and blankets
• needle exchange supplies and information
• mental health and addiction resources including crisis support, intervention and prevention
• referrals to shelters and other community supports
• sexual health information and resources

Drop-In

• breakfast, lunch
• access to clothing bank, shower and telephone
• legal help
• information about Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
• community outreach

COVID19 -- Soup Kitchen closed
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Hot meal

Community programs offering healthy, accessible and sustainable food and related education and assistance

Seeds for Change (Urban Agriculture)

• community gardens
• workshops for growing and processing food, urban agriculture development

Good Food Box -- fresh produce for purchase

Community Breakfast -- drop in to help prepare then enjoy free breakfast with other community members

Community Cooks -- food safety knowledge and skills for food shopping, preparation and storage through hands-on training in commercial kitchen

Programs include

• weekly pick-up Meal Program - hot meal at 25 Axsmith Cres, North York
• virtual cooking classes - participants will get groceries delivered to their home or an e-gift card will be provided to do the shopping
• food workshops and trainings
• community garden with 147 plots available to residents who lives in the M2J postal code

Take-out breakfast provided in parking lot of Trinity Anglican Church on Victoria St

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Community meal

COVID19 -- takeaway meal, from parking lot: Wednesdays 5 pm-6 pm

• no in-person service
• call with urgent need, will try to call back within 2 business days

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Support and referral services for low-income/marginalized residents of Aurora including:

Bridging the Gap -- monthly access to toiletries, grocery food vouchers; every two months access to vouchers for free clothing

Income tax preparation -- offering income tax return preparation

Community Garden -- harvest distributed to visitors to Welcoming Arms

Welcome Table -- hot community dinner

COVID19 - Take-away meal Thursdays 11 am-12 noon

Hot community lunch

Drop-in and resource centre

• hot meals Mon-Sat, see hours for times
• grocery givaway Tue 12 noon
• housing help Mon-Fri by appointment
• shower and laundry facilities Wed-Fri by appointment when possible
• personal hygiene items Mon-Sat
• information and referral
• harm reduction kit distribution Mon-Sat including walk-in counselling appointments with a Harm Reduction Worker Tue
• social activities

Member agency of Toronto Drop-in Network (TDIN)

Community drop-in for children and youth, including homework and tutoring clubs, youth violence prevention, leadership and capacity building, employment and catering careers programs, mental health awareness, arts and sports programs, and volunteer opportunities

Meals for youth and their families, by appointment; visit website for online registration

Some virtual programming available, contact for details

COVID19 -- temporarily closed

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Hosting a free Community Kitchen program in partnership with Social Services Network

Place of worship

• children's programs classes
• Brimley-Steeles Montessori School on site -- open during COVID

COVID19 -- Food bank open by appointment only; meal closed

Member of Daily Bread Food Bank

Hot meal also takeaway sandwich and fruit

COVID19 -- Breakfast and lunch served on a take-away system

• drop-in open
• harm reduction program supply pick-up
• other programs suspended until further notice

Community drop-in program

• advice on eviction, immigration, social assistance appeals
• free breakfast weekdays and lunch Monday to Sunday and holidays
• health information and referral
• clothing, condoms, needle exchange
• Wednesday movie and dinner
• Monday women's group, Tuesday men's group, each 3:30 pm-7 pm
• access to computer, telephone
• workshops
• income tax clinic

Member agency of Toronto Drop-in Network (TDIN)

Emergency material assistance

• Food Bank
• One-on-one Assistance
• Community Lunch (call to confirm)
• Support Groups (as needed)
• women's and mother and child programs
• Youth Programs
• Children's Summer Day Camp

Christmas assistance program

• toys only

Volunteer opportunities

COVID19 -- Contact organization for service updates


Services

• meals
• access to shower and laundry facilities
• case management
• housing assistance
• information, assessment and referrals to other social service agencies

Community Access Services

• Commissioner of Oaths
• harm reduction supplies/support
• homeless services and drop-in
• 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

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

Medical Clinic

• biweekly for people who are experiencing homelessness
• not primary care, call 416-321-6912 ext 232 for appointment

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

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

Drop-In North

• breakfast, snacks and hot lunch
• access to computer
• locker storage (up to 3 months)
• information and referral
• individual support and informal counselling
• Harm Reduction Supplies and Service (mobile and fixed site) -- including clean needles, crack pipes, condoms

Member agency of Toronto Drop-in Network (TDIN)

COVID19 -- hot meal served indoors, takeaway lunch, clothing and toiletries available

Lunch program

Member agency of Toronto Drop-in Network (TDIN)

Seated supper program

Seated breakfast program

Member agency of Toronto Drop-in Network (TDIN)

Community breakfast

Community meal

COVID19 -- takeaway lunch

October 16, 2022 to end of April 2023

Meal program, packed lunches can be provided at the entrance for people using mobility devices

COVID19 -- takeaway meals available, limited capacity, first come first served

Community breakfast