Searching for Transitional Housing

An agency working to end interpersonal violence and abuse by supporting individuals and families who have experienced domestic violence, intimate partner violence, or gender-based violence through the provision of crisis intervention, emergency shelter, transitional support, children's programs, and counselling; and by fostering accountability for those who harm through intervention, counselling, public education, and systemic advocacy

Programs and services include:

• Crisis Line, Online Chat Service and Emergency Shelter - Offering a 24-hour crisis and support line and an online chat service. The agency operates a 33-bed emergency shelter (including two fully accessible rooms) for women and children escaping violence, abuse or homelessness and providing a safe haven, meals, support, information and referrals to community resources

• Transitional and Housing Support - Assisting women who have experienced violence or abuse in their relationship and are transitioning. Support workers help to develop a plan to leave an abusive relationship, to transition into a shelter, to transition from a shelter to the community, or to transition from an abusive living environment to an independent, violence-free life. The second-stage housing program offers transitional units with additional wrap-around support for women and children

• Counselling Services and Family Programs including:
  • Trauma-informed counselling for individuals who have experienced violence or abuse in their relationships to support their healing journey
  • Caring Families program to help parents/caregivers create respectful adult relationships and a positive co-parenting approach with their children
  • Child Witness program for children who have witnessed violence or abuse against their mothers
  • Challenge to Change program for individuals who have been abusive towards their partners or are at risk of using abusive behaviours and includes partner contact, youth support services, PAR (for men and women) and SCRIBE

• Family Court Support - Providing information, resources, support and accompaniment for clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, to family court, lawyer's appointments and also assist in navigating the family court system

• Community Engagement and Public Education - Raising awareness through presentations/seminars/webinars delivered to community agencies, schools, businesses, clubs, religious institutions and other groups on domestic violence, teen dating violence, human trafficking, sexual harassment and healthy relationships

• Volunteer Program - Volunteers play a major role with fundraising and special events and assist staff in providing services and programs to clients. Positions include Child and Youth Program Assistant, Donations Facilitator, Special Events Volunteer and Receptionist

Offers private and semi-private suites that encourage an independent lifestyle

Services include:

• 24-hour staff care
• home-cooked meals and snacks
• recreational activities and exercise
• religious activities
• housekeeping
• weekly laundry services
• administered medication
• 24-hour emergency response system
• nursing assessments
• dietary assessments
• wellness program
• hair salon services

Co-operative housing complex with 50 townhouses

• 2, 3 and 4 bedroom units available

Community-based, 74-unit co-operative housing complex

Substance abuse program that accommodates up to 11 male federal offenders on unescorted temporary absences (UTAs), day parole, statutory release with residency and long-term supervision orders referred by Correctional Services of Canada (CSC)

Programs offered include:

• release planning
• individual counselling
• transition planning/follow-up

122-bed long-term care home

• 24-hour nursing and personal care
• access to a doctor and other health professionals
• bedding and furniture
• laundry and housekeeping
• meals
• personal hygiene supplies
• medical supplies and equipment (such as catheters, ostomy bags, or wound care supplies)
• assistance with medication and activities of daily living
• recreation and social programs

Additional services and facilities:

• hairdressing
• foot care
• dental care
• physiotherapy
• pastoral care

Residence for older adults

Services include:

• 24-hour support
• activities program
• home-style cooking
• catering to special diets
• semi and private accommodation
• elevator
• parking
• exercise program on-site

Co-operative homes

• 2 bedrooms (accessible)
  
• 3-bedroom units
  
• some subsidized units
  
• units include one and half baths, fridges and stoves
  
• hook-ups for washers and dryers
  
• driveway and garage
  
• pets welcome
  
• fenced in backyards

Co-operative homes with 2 bedrooms (accessible) or 3 bedrooms. Playground and visitor parking are available

Units include:

• fridge and stove
• private fenced yards
• laundry hookups
• two parking spaces

Group living for adults with mental health challenges and developmental disabilities

Retirement home

• 24 hour nursing staff
  
• private or shared rooms and suites
  
• social events
  
• offers a variety of services

Emergency housing services for adults

Shelter services for individuals experiencing homelessness in Brantford and Brant County

• uses the Housing First Model
• provides shelter services as well as developing programs to assist people in overcoming the root causes of their homelessness

Rent geared-to-income housing for men and women living with a serious mental illness in Brantford and Brant County through various funding agreements with the federal or provincial government

Lyons Avenue - cooperative setting for 8 adults

• staff are available to assist tenants to live successfully in the community
• each tenant has a private, furnished bedroom and common areas are shared
• tenants are required to share weekly chores
• rent is geared to income according to the social assistance scale approved by the federal government

Phoenix Place - affordable one-bedroom and two-bedroom units for adults living with a serious mental illness, and who are homeless or at risk of being homeless

• rent is set at the maximum allowed by Ontario Works or ODSP

Rent supplement units are available at a variety of locations across Brantford and Brant County through referral agreements with private landlords. Rent is the maximum shelter allowance set by Ontario Works or O.D.S.P., including utilities where applicable

Services include:

• community support is available to all tenants in Supported Housing if needed
• goal planning assistance
• referral to other needed services
• monitoring of symptoms and medications
• advocacy
• peer support

Immigrant services that support successful settlement and integration into Canada and in the community

Services include:

• introduction to Canadian life and culture
• one-to-one advisement and support
• help with various immigration forms and documents
• settlement information and referrals to community programs, services and resources

Community Connections services and activities help newcomers establish new social and professional networks. Community Connections helps to organize the following:

• english conversation groups
• homework support for newcomer youth
• peer mentorship groups for newcomer youth and adult

Other Initiatives Include:

• 'Youth Fusion' - peer-mentorship newcomer youth group
• Youth In Transition Worker Program
• Youth Gambling Awareness Program

Retirement living offering

• Assisted living (studio, private and 1-bedroom)
• Independent living (studio and 1-bedroom)
• Convalescent care
• Short-term and trial stays
• Enhanced Care packages specific to individual care and service need

Services and amenities include:

• three meals per day in a full-service dining room
• Home and Community Care Support Services site for physiotherapy
• lab services
• Rev It Up fitness program
• Sit-2-B-Fit Exercise program
  
• theatre lounge
• chapel lounge
• kitchenette on each floor
  
• recreation

Additional services include:

• assistance with activities of daily living

Program is a partnership between the Government of Canada, the Province of Ontario, the City of Brantford, and the County of Brant. Through it, qualifying home buyers to receive a down payment loan of up to 5% to a maximum of $20,000

Housing application program

• allows people seeking affordable housing in City of Brantford and the County of Brant to apply to a large number of housing providers at the same time
  
• applicants complete a single application and can choose the locations and providers, which include over 13 housing providers and over 2,000 housing units, where they would like to be housed
  
• maintains the waiting list for these Social Housing / Rent Geared to Income units across Brant County

Responsible for the administration and management of housing units and provides rent supplements within the City of Brantford and the County of Brant

Administers homelessness programs:

• Ontario Renovates program - a homeowner's financial assistance home maintenance repair program, for low to moderate-income households
  
• B-Home (Brantford Home Ownership Made Easier) program - gives financial assistance for a down payment on a home, to low-income earners

Municipal Housing - a division of the City of Brantford Housing Department

• provides professional property management services for city-owned residential housing located within the City of Brantford and County of Brant County, including both subsidized and non-subsidized residential housing properties
  
• provides contract management services for municipal and private non-profit housing corporations on a fee-for-service basis

Resource centre supporting individuals and/or families in securing permanent housing within the City of Brantford and Brant area
Services include:

• support with referrals to internal and external resources including addictions and mental health services, employment services, legal clinics, identification and tax clinics, income support services, and food bank services
• completing applications including Brant Access to Housing (BATH, Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit (COHB), and the Housing Stability Fund
• housing searches
• landlord liaison
• education on rights and responsibilities as a tenant

Helps prevent individuals and families in Brantford and Brant County from becoming homeless

The fund may be able to help with:

• utility arrears
• utility deposits
• housing-related arrears
• last month's rent

Emergency shelter for men who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless
Services provided:

• meals
• emergency accommodation
• transitional housing
• intake, assessment and referral services
• counselling on-site (group/individual) on a short/long term basis until alternative arrangements can be made for housing or treatment needs - formal/informal, collaboration with community partner organizations and agencies

Financial and employment assistance to individuals and families residing in the City of Brantford and in Brant County who are in need

Assistance includes income support for basic needs and shelter for eligible persons as well as access to benefits such as:

• drug coverage for most of the cost of prescription drugs for eligible family members
• special diet requirements due to a medical condition
• pregnancy nutritional/breastfeeding allowance for coverage of dietary needs during pregnancy and for 12 months after delivery if breastfeeding
• health-related Items such as diabetic supplies, surgical supplies and, dressings, approved medical transportation of $15 or more per month, and a guide dog benefit
• employment-related benefits when starting a new job or employment assistance activity

Employment supports help individuals become job-ready. Service Coordinators can help individuals access employment supports and provide more information

Ontario Works recipients who are actively involved in an employment assistance activity or have started a job may also be eligible to receive assistance with related expenses

Eligible low-income Brantford and Brant County residents and residents receiving Social Assistance benefits can get help with the cost of funerals, cremations, and burials. Eligibility is determined on the deceased person's income and assets, not the family member who is making the application

A licensed group home providing accommodation for 15 residents

• 24-hour assistance provided by staff
• double residence provides separate living for both men and women, with men residing at the 226 Darling location and women at 230 Darling

A transitional home for Indigenous men who are experiencing homelessness or at-risk of homelessness with a focus on addiction recovery

Transitional home for Indigenous women with or without children who are experiencing homelessness or at-risk of homelessness

Women with Indigenous children in their custody would also benefit from the program