Provides a safe place for women escaping domestic violence. Offers public educational programs on relationship prevention in family violence. Offers 24 hour crisis line for the community.
Increases knowledge of care management, community resources and health issues/diseases relevant to caregiving. Enhances the coping skills of cargivers. Provides opportunities for ongoing social and emotional support.
Forms a community-based agency which addresses the needs of the women of Toronto who are homeless or underhoused, living in poverty and isolation. Offers a drop-in centre and an outreach program for women who are living in unacceptable circumstances.
Provides confidential shelter, support and advocacy to women and children in crisis on a twenty-four hour basis. Also provides emergency shelter to transient women and their children, and acts as emergency foster home for the Dept. of Health and Social Services. Outreach Services include home visits, Youth Centre activities, and a weekly childcare drop-in program.
Home for women and children in crisis. Open 24 hours a day and provides a 24 hour telephone crisis support line. Provides support groups, children's programs, advocacy, education, referral, resources, outreach and support. Promotes awareness and empowerment.
Offre une maison d'hébergement pour femmes et enfants victimes de violence conjugale et un service de consultation téléphonique d'urgence 24 heures par jour, 7 jours par semaine. // Offers a shelter and counselling centre for women who are victims of conjugal violence, as well as a telephone consultation line, 24 hours, 7 days a week.
The Community Outreach Partnership Program (COPP) is a collaborative project between VCMHS and ST. Paul's Hospital. This program has been developed to serve the need of two different client populations. The core group of clients are people who suffer from a severe and unrelenting eating disorder of lengthy duration. These clients have tried several other forms of treatment without relief of symptoms. The program focuses on Quality of life and harm reduction. This is not a palliative care model of treatment. We expect the clients in this program will make a significant recovery even though they may not be free of eating disorder symptoms. Clients in this program are not required to set goals around eating disorder behaviours or nutrition. However, there is a dietician on staff who monitors their nutritional status and is available to assist them in making changes should they desire to do so. We work with the client to insure medical safety and to minimize crisis driven hospital admissions. The client learns to manage their illness. Clients in this program receive services in their own homes and communities. Staff work with clients to assist them to identify goals for quality of life that are meaningful to them and then support them to achieve those goals. This program also offers short term transitional support to clients who require assistance with establishing independent living skills post Vista program or who require assistance in preparing to enter the Vista program.
The program has a multidisciplinary team involved in the assessment and treatment of eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia and related disorders) in children and adolescents and deals with adolescent health and mental health issues in the context of eating disorders. The program accepts out patients up to 19 years if age. Services also include: advocacy, community education/ development, consulting, clinical/ health care services, information provision and referral, publishers, research, and training.
Shelter to women and their children who are leaving abusive relationships. Offers no cost thirty day crisis level stay and independent second stage level housing in a secure environment. Weekly women's support group for residents and non-residents, Legal Advocate and Child Care worker on site, 24 hour crisis line and drop-in outreach service.
