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Ontario Homeless

Ottawa

Here is a list of resources for homeless people in the Ottawa area.

Shelters

Catholic Immigration Services
Provides temporary accomodations, food, clothing, information, counselling, orientation workshops, and translation services.
Contact: (613) 789-4338
https://www.cic.ca

John Howard Society of Ottawa
Provides a structured home-like environment for people who require help making transitions (ie:employment, education)(613) 236-3077
https://www.ottawa.johnhoward.ca

National Capital Region YMCA/YWCA
Provides single adults with partly furnished rooms for monthly rental, health and wellness facility membership, local phone services; to provide adults and families: accomodations, local phone services, facility access, food money; To provide youth aged 16 to 19 with furnished room, phone and gym access, life skills programs, and goal-setting and achievement program; and to provide on a user pay basis referrals to a budget hotel on nightly or weekly basis for crisis or transient use.
Contact: (613) 788-5063
https://www.educom.on.ca/ymca-ywca/

Shepard's of Good Hope
Provides shelter, food, addiction recovery programs, and supportive housing.
Contact: (613) 789-8210
https://www.shepherdsofgoodhope.com

Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa-Carleton
Provides rent-geared-to-income housing for youth; and works to re-integrate residents back into the community.
Contact: (613) 729-1000
https://www.ysb.on.ca

Women's Shelters

Centre Espoir Sophie
est une halte accueil qui offre un soutien pratique (repas, paniers de nourriture, produits hygiéniques, buanderie, coupes de cheveux) et émotionnel (accompagnement, écoute, ateliers et activités) aux femmes et à leurs enfants.
Contact: (613) 789-5119
https://www.centreespoirsophie.ca

Interval House of Ottawa-Carleton
Provides temporary shelter for women and there children who are escaping domestic violence.
Contact: (613) 234-8511

Harmony House
Provides medium-term supportive housing for women and their children, who have survived violent relationships.
Contact: (613) 233-3386
https://www.harmonyhousews.com

Cornerstone / Pilier
Provides emergency shelter and supportive housing for a of women.
Contact: (613) 237-4669
https://www.alexhoughton.com/cornerstone/

Food

Shepard's of Good Hope
Provides food to those in need.
Contact: (613) 789-8210
https://www.shepherdsofgoodhope.com

Carlington Community and Health Services
Provides a walk-in clinic, employment guidance; youth programs; newcomers support and nutrition and cooking together.
Contact: (613) 722-4000

Sandy Hill Community Health Centre
Provides the opportunity for the group to cook and eat a meal together and take food home, along with vitamins and milk vouchers, and helps with babysitting of older children. Also provides bus tickets.
Contact: (613) 789-1500
https://www.sandyhillchc.on.ca

Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA)
Advocate and provide client-directed services and programs with and for people with mental health problems. Enhance, promote and maintain the mental health of individuals and communities through education and awareness.
Contact: 613-737-7791
https://www.cmhaottawa.ca

Carlington Community and Health Services
Provides a walk-in clinic, employment guidance; youth programs; newcomers support and nutrition and cooking together.
Contact: (613) 722-4000

Centretown Community Health Centre
Support for people living on the street or in shelters; health care, outreach and assistance to obtain a health card. Support for people without health insurance.
Contact: (613) 233-4443

Ottawa Inner City Health Project
Provide health care services to men and women who are chronically homeless and unable to use regular services due to lifestyle or complex health needs. Four main health services are provided to chronically homeless individuals in Ottawa’s downtown core:
Contact: (613) 562-4500
https://www.med.uottawa.ca/ichpsuo/

Royal Ottawa Hospital
Our mission is to look for better ways to improve the delivery of services to better meet the needs of the homeless and mentally ill populations.
Contact: (613) 722-6521 x6
https://www.rohcg.on.ca

Somerset West Community Health Centre
Provides clients with primary health care, education, technical training, life skills, and employment skills that are tied to today's world.
Contact: (613) 238-8210
https://www.swchc.on.ca

Miscellaneous

Alliance to End Homelessness
A coalition of community stakeholders committed to working collaboratively to eliminate homelessness by gaining a better understanding of homelessness and developing and implementing strategies to end it
Contact: (613) 241-7913 x 205

Centre 507
Association of Ottawa Provides services to people who are disadvantaged both economically and socially, responding to their changing needs through a variety of free programs.
Contact: (613) 233-5626
http://centre507.ncf.ca/

Financial and Employment Support
Provides financial assistance in emergency situations, offering numerous services and programs for senior citizens, immigrants/refugees, the disabled, the homeless, and others.
Contact: (613) 580-2400
http://city.ottawa.on.ca

Housing Help (Ottawa)
Assists homeless families and individuals living in shelters in finding find affordable housing.
Contact: (613) 563-4532
https://www.housinghelp.on.ca

National Anti-Poverty Organization
Works to ensure that the concerns of low-income people in Canada are heard and respected.
Contact: (613) 789-0096
https://www.napo-onap.ca

Rideau Street Youth Enterprises
Creating opportunities for street and at-risk youth to develop the practical skills and experience they need to enter (or re-enter) the work force, and to become active, contributing members of the local community.
Contact: (613) 562-3864

Salvation Army
Offers rehabilitation to men suffering from drug and alcohol addiction through a residential twelve-step recovery program and other addiction services; assists men who are homeless or living in poverty in achieving a substance abuse free lifestyle.
Contact: (613) 241-1573

Toronto 211
Your connection to information about community, social, health and government services.
https://www.211toronto.ca

The Out Of The Cold program
Provides emergency food and overnight shelter during winter months.
http://ootc.ca

Youth Link Inner City
Provides drop-in and outreach services to street involved and homeless youth.
https://www.youthlink.ca/innercity.htm

Working arts for street involved and homeless youth.
http://sketch.ca/

The Meeting Place
Offers drop-in services to homeless and underhoused adults.
https://www.stchrishouse.org/adults/meeting-place/

Toronto Disaster Relief Committee
Political advocacy group working to end homelessness with a national housing strategy, and to relieve suffering of homeless people by advocating for better emergency relief measures in Toronto, including increased shelter space and public health services * no individual case work
http://tdrc.net

Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
Direct action anti-poverty organization * campaigns against regressive government policies * advocates for individuals facing eviction, termination of social assistance, deportation
http://ocap.ca/

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