- Description
- Various complex capable addiction treatment programs and services offered in the community utilizing a harm reduction philosophy. Community-based program and service options include:
Community Withdrawal Support Service: set of services offering an alternative to residential withdrawal management
Rapid Access Addiction Medicine Clinics (RAAM): Specialized medical clinic designed for people who are experiencing health issues related to their drug and/or alcohol use.
Drug Treatment Court: Specialized court process for non-violent offenders with addiction issues
Let's Grow Together: Half-day support group for women in the Guelph-Wellington community who are pregnant or parenting children (6 years and younger) and are dealing with substance use issues
Specialized Addiction Support Coordination: For specialized populations (geriatric, acquired brain injury, developmental disability, complex mental health) living with addiction issues; education and consultation to professionals working with these populations
Specialized Outreach Services: Integrated team of peers and professionals offering flexible outreach services to homeless or street-involved people with addiction, mental health, or concurrent issues
Supportive Addiction and Mental Health Housing: A range of supports for people with complex addiction and concurrent mental health needs who are homeless, at risk of becoming homeless, or who are considered inadequately housed, without secure and / or maintained housing
Supported Recovery Room: 72-hour stabilization program for people recovering from a mental health or substance related crisis. Eligibility criteria information is available through SRR (519-362-9855)
Addiction Court Support: Outreach-based support for community residents whose substance use has resulted in criminal charges.
Peer 2 Peer Overdose Response Programs: Matches Overdose Response peers with people who have overdosed by meeting them at the hospital Emergency Department to offer harm reduction and recovery support to them, their family and friends.
Rural Wellington Addictions Service: delivered in partnership with the Upper Grand Family Health Team. Provides clients with in-person assessments, treatment/care planning and counselling services.
This service works together with the Rapid Access Addiction Medicine Clinics (RAAM) and Community Withdrawal Support Service (CWSS) to provide addictions support to residents of Wellington County. - Eligibility
- Eligibility requirements vary according to program, see website for details.
Ages: 18 years and up. CWSS and RAAM support 16 years and up - Application Process
- See website or call for information. Detailed Stonehenge program information can also be obtained by calling the Connex
Ontario Drug and Alcohol Helpline at 1-800-565-8603.
- Office
- 519-837-1470
- Fax
- 519-837-8035
- Web Site
- Visit Website
- [email protected]
- Mailing Address
- Administration Building
60 Westwood Rd
Guelph, N1H 7X3
Canada - Languages
- English
- Contact
- Lindsay Klassen, Clinical Director, Community Services
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 519-837-1470 ext 241 - Fees
- None - with valid Ontario Health Card.
- Documents Required
- For fee coverage, valid Ontario Health Card required.
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- Copyright
- 211 Ontario North
- Last Updated On
- February 14, 2024
- Address
- Administration Building, 60 Westwood Rd
Guelph, ON, N1H 7X3
Cross street: Hanlon Expy (Hwy 6) and Westwood Rd
Open in Google Maps - Hours of Operation
- Mon8:30 am to 4:30 pmTue8:30 am to 4:30 pmWed8:30 am to 4:30 pmThu8:30 am to 4:30 pmFri8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Office hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm. Program times vary, see website for details. - Service Area(s)
- Dufferin County
- Guelph
- Waterloo Region
- Wellington County
