Searching for Shelters For Youth

Provides long and short term housing options for youth through two programs:

• Short-term residence - provides for the basic needs of youth while supporting them with meeting their goals through the provision of 24 hour staffing, resources and the implementation of development programs
• Long-term supported transitional housing - for male youth without secure housing, offers more independence but includes staff supports to encourage and empower youth to build competencies and life skills. The goal of the program is to prepare residents for independence and strengthen their capacity for success as self-sufficient members of the community

COVID-19: Drop in hours adjusted to 6 pm-7 pm, where youth can take dinner to go.

Offer support services, programs and resources to at risk youth. Services include:

Emergency Shelter: Youth are given access to a bed, showers and meals and also programming including the Steps to Independent Living program, recreation and social activities and cooking programs. Also, offers emergency shelter to victims of human trafficking as well as crisis support and referrals.

Drop-in Centre: A place for youth to connect with peers and receive mentoring and support. Youth will have access to meals, phones and Wi-Fi, shower and laundry facilities, crisis counselling and the clothing closet and food cupboard. Youth will also have access to the Steps to Independent Living program and recreational programs.

Youth Reconnect: Connects individuals in unstable living conditions with the services they need without them having to leave their home community. Referrals can be made by anyone and a Youth Worker will contact you within 24 hours.

After School Programs: In partnership with over 15 different service providers, the RAFT operates six After School Programs for youth. Programs offer free and accessible recreation, leisure and educational opportunities.

Youth in Transition: Supports youth, ages 16-24, in their successful transition out of the child welfare system into adulthood. Workers assist help youth to develop and pursue their goals, and will support them to identify access and navigate adult service systems relevant to their specific needs.

Eternal Routes: Connects homeless youth unable to live with their parents and Crown wards aging out of foster care with relatives who would be willing to provide the youth with the support they need to transition into adulthood and avoid homelessness.

Niagara Assertive Street Outreach: Actively engages individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness to promote, connect, and coordinate access to the range of supports available across Niagara's Homeless-Serving System, including emergency shelter, housing and support services.

An emergency shelter for youth. Provides basic needs including a clean bed, warm shower and healthy meal.

A 24-hour emergency shelter providing beds for youth between 16 and 21 years of age. It provides programming and support to youth in the following manner:

• 24-hour a day intake and admissions
• Meeting all basic needs by providing meals and snacks, clothing, laundry, hygiene products, etc.
• Advocacy and case coordination
• Recreational/therapeutic programming
• Access to mental health services and consulting psychiatry
• Access to a general practitioner and/or nurse practitioner
• Addiction/substance use supports (Alternatives for Youth)
• Withdrawal management assessment and monitoring (St. Joseph's Healthcare)
• After-care services through the Community Resource Centre

A centre for at-risk youth residing within the community who are between 16 and 21 years of age, providing access to a number of support services and programs to assist them in remaining housed, diverting them from homelessness and street involvement. A case coordinator assists the youth in navigating community and internal services based on their identified needs.

Services include:

• Help with getting back into school or finding employment
• Assistance obtaining or replacing ID
• Access to housing workers
• Help with applying for or maintaining social assistance
• Hot meal program, seven days a week (lunch and dinner)
• Connections to community supports
• Free laundry facilities and clothing/household donations
• Access to all on-site mental health, medical care, addiction/substance use services
• Recreational and life skills programming
• Early diversion and family mediation

Offers residential program in apartment-style units with early intervention for youth aged 16-21 years, experiencing or at imminent risk of homelessness, who are working or are in school with the goal of living independently.

Residents are able to participate in programs that get them to a graduated independence program. Activities include hands on learning with cooking, cleaning, and budgeting.

Two stages of living are available:

• In-Stage: private bedroom, shared kitchen, living room, washrooms. This stage is available for up to one year. Mentoring and life skills programs also available.


• Up-Stage: bachelor apartment units. This stage is available for up to one year. Housing referral and support is available upon leaving.

Provides safe, secure, short-term accommodations to males who are experiencing some type of housing crisis

• shelter provided in most cases for up to 40 days
• may be able to provide transportation to shelter if needed

Emergency shelter for self identified young men, including harm reduction and trauma informed residential services, case management, information and referrals, counselling, and support finding and maintaining permanent, affordable housing

• capacity 20
• staffed 24 hours
• no maximum stay
• odd work hours can be accommodated if staff are informed

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

COVID19 Emergency shelter open with enhanced safety precautions and screening; before visiting, call first for details on intake

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Intake Centre
Emergency shelter, includes food, clothing, medical care, assessment, counselling, referrals; assistance with permanent housing, education, job searches, life skills

• capacity 94
• 2 emergency crisis beds for survivors of human trafficking and sexual exploitation

Emergency shelter, including basic needs, counselling and case management, goal planning, well-being and emotional supports, and connections to resources and programming

MYS (Mississauga)
Includes crisis counselling and case management, and referrals to ongoing clinical support and counselling; access to resource room

• capacity 20

COVID19 Young men's shelter in operation with limited visiting, and heightened health screening measures

Short term emergency shelter, includes food, supportive counselling, referrals, housing support, employment and community support

• capacity 18

Emergency shelter

• capacity 23 -- 6 female beds, 3 gender neutral accessible beds, 14 male beds
• counselling
• case management
• housing support

An overview of emergency shelters in the region of Halton and surrounding areas

HALTON

General Shelter:

• for general shelter intake, call 311

Salvation Army Halton Lighthouse Shelter

• 905-339-2918 or call 3-1-1 and ask for referral
• located in Oakville, this is the general emergency shelter for men in Halton
• shelter may be able to arrange transportation
• for more details see full listing here

Wesley Housing Services - Halton

• email housing.halton@wesley.ca or call 3-1-1 and ask for referral
• emergency shelter services for women and families
• Housing First services and case management for adults, youth and families
• advocacy, referrals and community integration to improve housing retention
• for more details see full listing here

For abused women, their dependent children and pets:

Halton Womens Place

• Shelters - South Halton 905-332-1593, North Halton 905-878-8970
• Crisis Phone - South Halton 905-332-7892, North Halton 905-878-8555
• Administration 905-332-1200
• for more details see full listing here
• also protects pets from violence through the SafePet Program

HAMILTON:

To find shelter information call 905-546-2489, or 211

• for more information on shelters in the Hamilton area, see here

NIAGARA REGION:

To find shelter information call 211 or 1-800-263-3695

• for more information on shelters in Niagara Region, see here

REGION OF PEEL:

To find shelter information call Street Helpline Peel 1-877-848-8481

• for more information on shelters in Peel, see here

WELLINGTON COUNTY AND THE CITY OF GUELPH:

To find shelter information call the County of Wellington 1-844-824-1212

• for more Information on shelters in Wellington County, see here

TORONTO:

To find shelter information all the central intake line 1-877-338-3398

• for more information on shelters in the City of Toronto, see here

COVID19 Shelter open with enhanced safety measures, visit website for details

Emergency shelter and short term housing program; resident services include food packages and meals, clothing and personal needs, emotional support and informal counselling, crisis intervention, clinical referral and assessment, case management and advocacy, access to housing worker and housing workshops, life skills training, community referrals and aftercare support, day programs and drop-in services

• capacity 30
• length of stay depends on individual plan

Emergency shelter and transitional housing, including counselling and life skills support

• capacity 51 (10 emergency beds; 41 transitional beds)
• access to library, computers, recreation
• pet friendly

Program provides a safe place to stay for young people who are experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of homelessness. Offers a safe and structured environment for young people between 15-17 years of age. The program will work with youth, their families and community supports to develop an individualized plan for success

Services offered:

• support planning and case management
• support with getting back into school, social assistance applications, reconnecting with family and more
• leisure activities and life skills coaching in group and individual settings
• referrals to transitional and supportive housing programs, employment, addictions and mental health services as well as community supports and services

COVID19 Shelter open with enhanced safety measures; visit website for details

Emergency shelter, includes meals, clothing, supportive counselling, case management, life skills, in-house programming, referrals to other social service agencies

• capacity 40

Family Reconnect Program works with youth and families to rebuild relationships

Emergency shelter, referrals, counselling and mental health supports, advocacy, personal needs, community support housing workers, employment program, access to work wear, and education and recreation activities

• ​capacity 33
• life skills development for residents and former residents
• access to household items and furniture for ex-residents

Stay In School Program
Long-term transitional housing for youth to continue to attend school

• capacity 20

Temporary hotel shelter

• capacity 40 clients, individual bedrooms
• counselling
• case management
• housing support

COVID19 Safety measures in place, visit website for details

Harm reduction emergency shelter, includes food, transportation, referrals, case management, counselling, and housing support service

• capacity 41

Harm reduction for marginalized, homeless, and street-involved youth; some services provided by community partner agencies

Emergency shelter, including basic needs, counselling and case management, goal planning, well-being and emotional supports, and connections to resources and programming

BYS (Brampton)
Includes crisis counselling and case management, and referrals to ongoing clinical support and counselling; access to resource room

• capacity 40

Emergency shelter and supports, including case management services, access to housing search assistance, financial help, life-skills and employment training, and referrals to services in the community

• capacity 40
• stay varies, available until housing obtained
• separate buildings for males and females

COVID19 - open with capacity of 8 beds * youth encouraged to connect for options and supports * contact the shelter Monday-Sunday 24 hours at 905-239-9477 or contact@durhamyouth.com

8-bed emergency shelter for homeless youth

• shower and washroom facilities, hygiene products, clothing
• meals, food bank
• assist youth in finding permanent housing
• housing outreach and support
• assistance obtaining benefits and advocacy negotiating social service system
• access to telephone and internet
• intensive case management

COVID19 Shelter services continue

Connections
Temporary shelter, includes food, hygiene supplies, wraparound services and assistance finding stable housing

• 14 single-occupancy rooms for youth 16-26 years

Nightstop
Emergency housing for youth in approved volunteer homes, includes access to meals, laundry, bathroom facilities and transportation support