St Catharines, ON, L2R 2P8
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM is designed for individuals requiring long-term intensive support and who are experiencing serious mental health issues. These individuals are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. The program provides a combination of affordable housing and the ongoing, flexible supports needed to maintain housing. Consumers are linked with services, supports and resources in the broader community. The program supports over 80 housing units in the Niagara Region.
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING SUPPORT PROGRAM: provides therapeutic support to clients with concurrent issues. Life skills instruction and practice is an integral part of the program. The program is time limited to a period of 3 to 6 months. Assistance with finding permanent housing is a component of this program.
Clinical Case Management services are for individuals who are:
- Living with ongoing and serious mental illness
- Having difficulty managing medication and their side effects
- Needing help with life skills and activities of daily living
- Requiring education and counseling for themselves and their family
- 60 and older
- Offers education, support and counselling regarding mental illness, medication management and connection to community resources
- Need help accessing appropriate services
- Are not in a long-term care facility and does not have dementia
Welland, ON, L3B 5N5
Welland, ON, L3B 3Y4
Children's Mental Health Program:
A wide variety of services are available to assist children, youth and families coping with mild to moderate mental health issues. Individualized assessment, counselling, case management and follow-up services are available to French-speaking children who have been exposed both directly and indirectly to some form of trauma such as violence, abuse, intimidation, war or torture.
The Service Coordination Program provides assistance to children and youth who require specialized mental health services that are currently not available in French. Services in this program may include: accompaniments and interpretation services, assisting English-speaking mental health professionals in the development of case plans for French-speaking clients, carrying out client assessments, counselling/treatment and case management services as agreed upon and in collaboration with the English-speaking service provider.
Adult Counselling Services:
Counselling services for those facing issues such as depression, bereavement, relationship difficulties with children etc.
Provides counselling and transitional support services for individuals identifying as women and for women who have been or are currently victims of abuse and/or sexual abuse. Also offering services for men who have been victims of abuse and/or sexual abuse during their childhood. Practical assistance such as accompaniments to lawyers' appointments, referrals to shelters or other housing options and safety planning are available. Off site services may be available to abusive partners through the Partner Abuse Response (PAR) program.
The CSC also partners with a 24 hour French Language Crisis line for victims of woman abuse "Femaide" 1-877-336-2433 1-877-FEMAIDE.
Welland, ON, L3B 3V7
Continuum of employment opportunities including transitional employment(graduated step towards gainful employment), supported employment, and independent employment: career planning * accessing education * training and employment resources in the community * supports on-the-job or in-training/academic programs * prevocational setting * meaningful activity
Grimsby, ON, L3M 1P2
The service also offers an early psychosis intervention (EPI) service for individuals experiencing a first episode of psychosis between the ages of 14 and 35.
Additional services are available for transition age youth (16-25), substance involved youth with mental health difficulties (16-25), and adults with mental health and substance disorders.
Port Colborne, ON, L3K 3V7
Comprehensive supports include employment, education, housing, crisis intervention/prevention, entitlements, and much more.
Continuum of employment opportunities including transitional employment (graduated step towards gainful employment), group employment, supported employment, and independent employment: career planning * accessing education * training and employment resources in the community * supports on-the-job or in-training/academic programs.
The Lake House location is a separate Clubhouse.
Oakville, ON, L6J 0A9
COVID-19 Resources for Congregate Living Settings
Registered, charitable organization offering community-based housing, support and wellness programs to persons living with mental illness and/or addiction * qualified support coordinators provide support and services based on the consumer's level of need * all referrals for housing and support services are processed by one-Link
Rent-geared-to-income supportive housing options:
- transitional housing leading to independent living
- collaborative shared housing
- shared townhouse living
- individual apartments
Mental health community support programs:
Staff assist with:
- case management
- advocacy
- life skills training
- supportive counselling
- activities of daily living
- access to community services
- 24/7 access to telephone support for program participants
Community Outreach Team provides assertive outreach, builds supportive relationships, identifies an individual's unmet needs, supports their expressed wishes, builds circle of supports, navigates housing needs, and works from a harm reduction and trauma informed lens
Programs & services to support mental wellness
- Centre for Innovation in Peer Support - a peer-to-peer mental wellness initiative * provides wellness-based, peer-led self-help and social connections programming to community members; and support to organizations who have peer staff
- Virtual self-help resources, Social Connections, Youth Peer Programming and Peer Resource Hub
- call 1-833-845-9355 ext 390 or email [email protected] for more information
Information and Referral:
- provides information on how to access programs and services
- offers 24/7 access to crisis line support to all program participants
- provides support for people with mental and/or addiction issues who want to improve their wellness, independence and quality of life
Services and Programs:
- Support House - Supportive Housing
Oakville, ON, L6J 7W5
Programs and services include:
Case Management
- helps people manage symptoms in positive ways, get the right care, find a place to live, make healthy choices, and connect to others who can help
Information and Referral
- provides information on mental health, addictions, and services to promote improved health and well-being
- provides current and comprehensive information for people who have a mental health and/or addiction concerns as well as family members, friends, physicians, health care workers, or service providers
Crisis Outreach and Support Team (COAST)
- provides telephone support and mobile intervention to persons who are in crisis and have a mental health concern
- offer a range of workshops, courses, training, groups, and services to promote positive health and create a supportive community
Call-In Counselling
- Single session counselling available over the phone, video platform and in-person (select days)
- call 289-291-5396 to schedule an appointment
Groups and Workshops
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)-based skills groups and workshops: Develop skills such as mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation and interpersonal effectiveness
- AFFIRM: Group focused on developing new skills, meeting new people, and reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression for LGBTQ2S+ youth and adults
- Structured Relapse Prevention: For clients with moderate to severe substance use concerns looking to work towards changing alcohol/drug use, and learn how to cope with daily substance use triggers, cravings and risk situations
Transitional Case Management Program
- Dual Diagnosis Program: for people who have both a mental health concern and /or intellectual disability
- Justice Services: providing assistance and court support services for people who have a mental health/addiction concern and are involved in the criminal justice system
- Court Support: for people who have a mental health and/or addiction concern and are accused of an offence * help patients get the mental health and/or addictions support they need while they are in the midst of court proceedings, such as the community treatment court
- Release from Custody: help people to reintegrate back into the community in a safe and supportive manner
Peer Support Program
- virtual peer support groups * weekly drop-in groups * email [email protected] for information
Services and Programs:
- Education and Training
- Mobile Outreach Team - COAST - Crisis Outreach and Support Team
Oakville, ON, L6L 6R2
A community outreach program, serving the residents of the Region of Halton
- also known as a "hospital without walls" it is organized as a mobile interdisciplinary team that provides clinical treatment, rehabilitative, and support services to individuals with a severe and persistent mental illness, in their homes and the community
Services include:
- symptom assessment and management
- administration and monitoring of medication
- activities of daily living
- social and leisure skills development
- supportive counselling
- consultation
- support to caregivers
- addiction counselling
- vocational support
Oakville, ON, L6L 6R2
Provides supportive housing and outreach case management services throughout Halton for people diagnosed with a serious mental illness
- services are based on a flexible, rehabilitative model of support and are tailored to meet the needs of the people
Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT)
- for clients with severe and persistent mental illness, with priority given to people with schizophrenia, other psychotic disorders and with bipolar disorder
- for more information, see listing
Halton HOMES Program
- provides affordable housing and supports for adults who have been diagnosed with a serious mental illness who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless
Outreach case management/support service
- for clients 18 years of age or older with a diagnosed mental illness living in the community
Core supportive housing Program
- provides safe, secure, affordable, and decent accommodation in a variety of settings
- rent-geared-to-income housing
Justice Supportive Housing Program
- provides affordable accommodation and flexible supports for people with serious mental illness who have come into conflict with the criminal justice system
Volunteer Program
Burlington, ON, L7S 1C5
Provides a Full-Continuum Model of Care, planned and designed according to needs of the patients
- provides early detection and early intervention
- removes barriers and the unnecessary challenges for patients and families trying to navigate a complex system
Adult Mental Health Programs & Services:
- General Psychiatrist Consultation Clinic
- Short-term treatment
- Intensive Case Management
- Medication Clinic
Youth & Adolescent Mental Health Programs & Services
- Child & Adolescent Psychiatric (CAP) Program
- Youth Early Intervention (YEI) Program
Innovative Programs and Services
- Prioritizing Health Through Acute Stabilization and Transition (PHAST)
- Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT)
Burlington, ON, L7S 0A2
A community outreach program, serving residents of Halton
- also known as "Hospital without Walls" - brings mental health services to patients in the community on a long-term basis and with flexible levels of intensity
- a mobile interdisciplinary clinical team that provides round-the-clock clinical treatment, rehabilitative, and support services to individuals with a severe and persistent mental illness
- teams consist of nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, psychiatrists, case managers and peer support workers
- works with clients to support them in their journey to recovery and to integrate comprehensive services into their everyday lives
Services provided include:
- comprehensive case management with a rehabilitation focus
- crisis assessment and intervention
- symptom assessment and management
- administration and monitoring of medication
- activities of daily living
- social and leisure skills development
- supportive counselling
- education
- consultation
- support to caregivers
Hamilton, ON, L8N 2C3
Goals of the program are to:
- Reduce the likelihood of re-hospitalization
- Use appropriate community resources for client's maximum benefit
- Develop greater independence in areas of self-care, life skills, community and professional involvement
Hamilton, ON, L8A 2N1
Four agencies are:
- Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA)
- Community Mental Health Promotion Program (CMHPP) - City of Hamilton
- Hamilton Mental Health Outreach (HMHO)
- Hamilton Program for Schizophrenia (HPS)
Hamilton, ON, L8P 4V3
Emergency or crisis services not provided. For access to emergency or crisis services, contact COAST Hamilton or ConnexOntario.
Hamilton, ON, L8P 4V3
Emergency or crisis services not provided. For access to emergency or crisis services, contact COAST Hamilton or ConnexOntario.
Hamilton, ON, L8P 4W6
Offers care for mental health and addiction issues to young people in a safe environment. Clinical mental health care is offered in an early intervention stream, a transition support stream, and from a mobile team. Drop-in counselling is also available. The Centre has staff who are from the LGBTQA+ community and offers psychiatrists with expertise in working with trans youth.
Oakville, ON, L6M 0L8
Services include:
- psychiatric assessment and treatment
- medication and symptom management
- case management, group and individual counselling
- relapse prevention planning and strategies
- collaboration and referral to community partners
- family/caretaker education and support
Oakville, ON, L6M 0L8
Comprehensive clinical services include:
- psychiatric assessment and treatment
- medication and symptom management
- case management, group and individual counselling
- family education and support
- relapse prevention planning and strategies
- addictions counselling
- peer support
- community program referral and illness management instruction after discharge
- assistance with education, work, and housing
Oakville, ON, L6M 0L8
Inpatient services include:
- inter-professional assessments including psychiatric, medical, behavioural, educational, social and family
- optimal stabilization, treatment and recovery in a safe environment
- group programming, life skills training, and behavioural therapy
- academic programming in partnership with the Halton District School Board
- discharge planning for ongoing treatment and transition back to the community
Outpatient services:
- offers outpatient mental health services to children and adolescents up to the age of 17 experiencing moderate to severe mental health issues
- to access outpatient care, contact one-Link, 905-338-4123 or 1-844-216-7411
Services include:
Oakville, ON, L6M 0L8
Services include:
- community case management
- collaboration and referral to community partners (connecting children, youth and their families to the most appropriate service provider, liaising with other parts of the health care system, accompanying clients to their appointments with psychiatrists and mental health workers, etc)
- crisis intervention and outreach
- in-school support to children and their teachers
Hamilton, ON, L9C 0E3
Offers programs that assist people with serious mental illnesses, living both in and out of hospital, to gain or regain valued roles through evidence-based rehabilitation. A program of the Schizophrenia & Community Integration Service (SCIS).
Programs include:
- Therapeutic Recreation: Utilizes functional intervention, leisure education, and recreation participation processes to provide rehabilitation services. Service is focused on the acquisition and maintenance of resources, skills, knowledge, and behaviours which allow for independent functioning and optimal benefits of a balanced leisure lifestyle. Provides services within physical, social, cognitive, spiritual and effective domains, on-site and in the community.
- Family Pet Fostering
- Family Pet Visit
Hamilton, ON, L9C 0E3
Accepts and processes referrals for the following clinics:
- Anxiety Treatment and Research Clinic
- Mood Disorders Program
- Women's Health Concerns Clinic
- Schizophrenia Outpatient Clinic
- Cleghorn Early Intervention for Psychosis Clinic
- Youth Wellness Centre
- Seniors Mental Health
- Outpatient Eating Disorders
- Concurrent Disorders Program
- Community Psychiatry Clinic
- Bridge to Recovery Program
- East Region Mental Health Service