Offers safe, supportive transitional housing for youth experiencing complex barriers to housing.
Service offers:
- safe, supportive transitional housing for youth experiencing complex barriers
- accommodation and support services through basic care, crisis intervention, and connection to internal (relationship building, goal planning, transition planning, and life skills development) and external (health care, substance abuse / misuse programs, education / training opportunities, or connection to independent living placements) support services
- 3 homes with a total of 15 beds in the communities of Parkdale / Cromdale, Lauderdale, and Kenilworth which can house up to 5 youth; each home has individual bedrooms for each youth, common spaces (bathroom, living room, and kitchen) and staff offices
Complex barriers may include:
- substance use / misuse / addictions
- legal
- traumatic histories
- mental health
- poverty
- homelessness
- Two Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer / questioning, and any other gender or sexual nonconforming identities (2SLGBTQIA+)
- newcomers to Canada and / or refugees
- Protection of Sexually Exploited Children Act (PSECA) concerns