Transitional Housing
Involves supports around attaining temporary or permanent housing. This support can involve assistance with subsidized housing applications, planning around home visits, safety planning and helping with a move to a new residence.
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Native Women’s Centre
YWCA Hamilton
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
YWCA Hamilton
Population Served:
Women
Services Offered:
- Temporary housing, encompassing 65 units, for up to eleven month stays by women aged 16 and older struggling with homelessness, poverty and violence
- Case management support, goal planning, skills building, employment support, supportive counselling and crisis intervention
Contact:
Phone: (905) 522-9922 ext 114
Web: www.ywcahamilton.org/womens-housing-services/#1542650472262-34a953fe-58ae
Other:
Accessible location? Yes
French language services? Yes
Interpretation services? Yes