Nightlight Youth Services - Short Term Residence
Serving Niagara Region
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Office: 905-358-3678
5519 Ontario Ave
Niagara Falls, ON, L2E 3S4
Niagara Falls, ON, L2E 3S4
Short Description
Provides short term housing for youth who are homeless or are without secure stable housing. Provides for the basic needs of youth while supporting them with meeting their goals through the provision of 24 hour staffing, resources and the implementation of development program.
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Salvation Army Booth Centre (The)
Serving Niagara Region
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Office: 905-684-7813
184 Church St
St Catharines, ON, L2R 3E7
St Catharines, ON, L2R 3E7
Short Description
The Emergency Shelter provides dormitory accommodation for adult men. Three meals per day are provided to residents. Residents also receive assistance with finding and securing housing. Clothing vouchers and referrals provided for in-house residents.
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Emergency Housing Facilities - St Catharines - King St
Serving St Catharines
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Office: 289-273-4308
183 King St
St Catharines, ON, L2R 3J5
St Catharines, ON, L2R 3J5
Short Description
Provides temporary housing and shelter for women who are homeless, for any reason, in a safe, homelike environment.
Facility has 20 beds, shared washroom/bath/shower facilities and provides breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The centre is staffed by advocates who work with residents to assist them in goal planning and accessing community resources in their search for affordable housing.
On-Site Transitional Housing- Application, Personal Interview and Wait List
Facility has 20 beds, shared washroom/bath/shower facilities and provides breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The centre is staffed by advocates who work with residents to assist them in goal planning and accessing community resources in their search for affordable housing.
On-Site Transitional Housing- Application, Personal Interview and Wait List
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Emergency Housing Facilities - Family Units
Serving Niagara Region
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Office: 289-686-0927
Crisis: 905-988-3528 ext 0
Office: 289-686-4466
176 Oakdale Ave
St Catharines, ON, L2P 2K9
St Catharines, ON, L2P 2K9
Short Description
Provides temporary housing and shelter to families experiencing homelessness. This is a housing focused shelter where staff will work alongside families to secure housing.
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Emergency Shelter
Serving Niagara Region
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Office: 905-682-2477
201 Glenridge Ave
St Catharines, ON, L2T 3J6
St Catharines, ON, L2T 3J6
Short Description
Provides emergency housing-focused shelter for men and women who are homeless in a safe environment.
- gender specific dormitory-style shelter
- washroom/bath/shower/laundry facilities
- offer all meals
- assist with finding housing, applications for social assistance etc
- various recreation and recovery based programming is available
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Serving Niagara Region
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Office: 905-871-6059
183 Central Ave
Fort Erie, ON, L2A 3S8
Fort Erie, ON, L2A 3S8
Short Description
Provides immediate safe housing, food and clothing to refugees arriving into Canada. Social, emotional and practical support is offered to each guest of the Matthew House to deal with experienced trauma and the challenges ahead. The Matthew House's main goal is to prevent homelessness for refugees at the very first point of entry into Canada. The shelter also provides full housing needs to women, men and children in Niagara affected by family breakdowns such as divorce or domestic violence or sexual violence. The staff at Matthew House act as case managers for this at-risk population.
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Niagara Assertive Street Outreach (NASO) Team
Serving Niagara Region
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Referrals to NASO: 2-1-1
Short Description
Actively engages individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness to promote, connect, and coordinate access to the range of supports available across Niagara's Homeless-Serving System, including emergency shelter, housing and support services.
Proactively engages and responds to requests in the community for individuals in public spaces, who, for example, may be 'sleeping rough' or living outdoors (e.g. sleeping in a car, living in an encampment etc.). Assertive Street Outreach workers are focused on ending the experience of homelessness, particularly for those who would otherwise be underserved in traditional settings.
Street-based outreach ensures that trained workers respond directly and immediately to a person's needs by bringing coordinated services from across the Homeless-Serving System to the individual, rather than waiting for them to seek services on their own.
These services aim to:
Proactively engages and responds to requests in the community for individuals in public spaces, who, for example, may be 'sleeping rough' or living outdoors (e.g. sleeping in a car, living in an encampment etc.). Assertive Street Outreach workers are focused on ending the experience of homelessness, particularly for those who would otherwise be underserved in traditional settings.
Street-based outreach ensures that trained workers respond directly and immediately to a person's needs by bringing coordinated services from across the Homeless-Serving System to the individual, rather than waiting for them to seek services on their own.
These services aim to:
- Proactively engage with people sleeping rough to facilitate pathways into housing
- Minimize the harmful effects of rough sleeping while working towards long-term housing solutions
- Provide standardized intake, triage, and assessment to assess a person's vulnerability and assist in the identification of appropriate housing resources
- Deliver case coordination in collaboration with government and non-profit organizations to support those who may be reluctant to access traditional services
- Provide an intensive and coordinated team approach to identify and work towards personal goals
- Gateway Residential & Community Support Services of Niagara Inc. (in partnership with Southridge Community Church)
- Niagara Resource Service for Youth (The RAFT)
- Port Colborne Community Association for Resource Extensions (Port Cares)
- Niagara Region Community Services
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Riordon Street Shelter
Serving St Catharines
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Office: 289-783-6573
29 Riordon St
St Catharines, ON, L2R 4K2
St Catharines, ON, L2R 4K2
Short Description
Offers a 50-bed overnight temporary sleeping accommodation, using a common space for all genders.
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