Emergency Shelters
Good Shepherd Martha House
Population
Women and their children
Services:
- Short-term accommodation, 15 units totaling 40 beds
- 24 hour crisis line
- Emergency transportation to shelter if needed
- Referrals and advocacy for legal, medical, financial, employment, housing and other community services
- Assistance for women and children seeking to re-establish in the community
Contact:
Other:
Good Shepherd Mary's Place
Population Served:
Women
Services Offered:
- Short term accommodation
- 20 bed shelter
- Support for diverse issues such as homelessness, poverty, mental illness and violence
- Referrals and advocacy for legal, medical, financial, employment, housing and other community services
- Drop-in educational and recreational activities for women in the community
Contact:
Phone: (905) 540-8000
Fax: (905) 540-8828
Web: www.goodshepherdcentres.ca/womens-services
Other:
Accessible location? Yes
French language services? Yes
Interpretation services? Off-site interpretation services available
Interval House of Hamilton
Population Served:
Women (16+) who are experiencing violence/abuse and
their children
Services Offered:
- 24 Hour/7 Day a Week Crisis Phone
- Emergency shelter providing meals, emergency clothing and personal needs at no cost to client
- Emergency transportation to shelter
- Counselling supports for women in house and in the community
- Child and youth support services
- Community Transitional Housing Support Program
- Support around access to legal systems (family, criminal, immigration, child welfare etc)
- Safety planning
Contact:
Crisis: (905) 387-8881
Business Line: (905) 387-9959
Business Fax: (905) 387-0019
Program Fax: (905) 387-0563
E-mail: [email protected]
Other:
Accessible location? Yes
French language services? Yes
Interpretation services? Yes
Mission Services - Inasmuch House
Population Served:
Women, youth and children
Services Offered:
- Accommodation for 37 residents
- 24 hour confidential support on the crisis line
- Safety planning and risk assessment
- Individual and group support for women and children
- Information and referral for services in the community, including legal supports
- Emergency transportation to shelter
- Transition and housing support
- Legal Advocate
Contact:
Crisis: (905) 529-8600
Business: (905) 529-8149
Fax: (905) 529-6156
Email: [email protected]
Web: https://mission-services.com/about-our-work/support-for-women/
Other:
Accessible location? Yes
French language services? Yes
Interpretation services? Yes – upon request
Native Women's Centre
Population Served:
All women and their children who are experiencing crisis
Services Offered:
- Emergency shelter, short term stay, 8 rooms totalling 15 beds
- Safety planning
- 24 hour crisis line
- Counselling for residents, non-residents and past residents
- Emergency transportation to Shelter
- Information and referrals to other community resources
- Woman Abuse Education Program
- Access to Traditional Native methods of healing, but remains sensitive to other cultures
- Referral to transitional housing; Honouring the Circle
- Transitional Housing Support worker on site
Contact:
Toll free/Crisis: 1 (888) 308-6559
Telephone/Crisis: (905) 664-1114
Fax: (905) 664-1101
Web: www.nativewomenscentre.com
Other:
Accessible location? Yes
French language services? No
Interpretation services? No