Shelters
Salvation Army provides support to children and families in the form of shelter, clothing, and food. As well, they provide rehabilitation counselling to individuals battling addiction.
At Belinda’s Place, The Salvation Army provides basic needs, temporary housing, client-focused wraparound supports and follow up services to assist women who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. We help women find and keep housing and successfully reintegrate into the community.
Sutton Youth Services is an emergency shelter for youth and provides transitional housing supports, employment and education programs, housing and community supports and volunteer opportunities.
Yellow Brick House provides emergency shelter, crisis counselling, as well as, parenting support including program for moms of infants and toddlers.
Legal information and support, Transitional and housing support, and Community service referrals
Sandgate offers a wide range of services designed to support and empower women and their children who wish to transition to a life free of violence. You will find a home-like environment including;
Food, clothing, linen, personal items;
Housing support;
Access to legal and financial clinics;
Identification clinics;
Employment supports;
Personal needs allowance;
Support groups; and,
Child and youth services.
Located in Newmarket, Blue Door’s emergency housing services for youth offers a supportive environment for up to 12 male youth at a time. programs provide support for youth in housing placement, housing retention, and homelessness prevention.
Porter Place is the only emergency housing facility for men experiencing homelessness in York Region and can serve 30 individuals.
We are a resource and referral center and help connect people to registered agencies and then offer further assistance via their case workers. Delivery Hope program provides survivors assistance through product distribution. This includes clothing (women, children and sometimes men), housewares, toiletries, bedding and much more.
The Administration is in Markham and the programs are available throughout York Region. The organization provides comprehensive services for youth in crisis and at-risk, particularly when it is not safe for them at home. Programming ranges from interventions to meet the immediate needs of youth in crisis (shelter, trauma counselling, basic needs support) to more long-term development programs (afterschool programming, academic and Employment).
Resources include Crisis Counselling, Safety Planning, and case management for Women being exploited, and Human Trafficking.
The Assaulted Women’s Helpline is a free, anonymous and confidential 24-hour telephone and TTY crisis telephone line to all women in the province of Ontario who have experienced any form of abuse.
AWHL’s team of trained counsellors provide crisis counselling, safety planning, emotional support, information and referrals accessible 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
Toll-free, 24-hour telephone crisis counselling line 1-866-863-0511
Seniors Safety Line 1-866-299-1011
Leeder Place is the only emergency housing facility for families experiencing homelessness in York Region and can accommodate 60 individuals or 15 families.