City of Hamilton - Residential Care Facilities Subsidy Program & Emergency Shelter Services

List of emergency shelters for: families, men, women, youth.

Residential Care Facilities (RCF) Subsidy Program: prevents homelessness by providing a subsidy for safe and affordable supported housing in a communal setting (Residential Care Facility) for people who require assistance with the daily activities of life.

Indigenous-Specific: No

De dwa de dehs nye>s (Aboriginal Health Centre)

678 Main Street East Hamilton, Ontario L8M 1K2

905-544-4320 ext. 450

info@aboriginalhealthcentre.com

Homeward Bound: provides street and peer outreach services, cultural supports, wellness and community resource referrals, as well as housing resources to the chronically and episodically homeless urban Indigenous population in Hamilton.

Indigenous-Specific: Yes

Good Shepherd - Martha House

25 Ray St. North, Hamilton, ON

905-523-8895

40-bed emergency shelter for women and their children who are homeless and fleeing violence and abuse.

Programs & Services offered: safe, short-term accommodation for women and their children in private family-style units, safety planning and emergency transportation to the shelter, referrals and advocacy for legal, medical, financial, employment, housing and community services.

Indigenous-Specific: No

Good Shepherd Centres - Notre Dame House

14 Cannon Street West, Hamilton, ON L8R 2B3

905-308-8090

24-hour emergency shelter providing 21 beds for youth between 16 and 21 years of age. Helping youth who are street-involved or homeless due to family violence, conflict, abuse, neglect, poverty and exposure to mental health and addiction issues.

Community Outreach Service - Help with getting back into school or finding employment, Assistance obtaining or replacing ID, Access to housing workers, Help with applying for or maintaining social assistance, Hot meal program, seven days a week (lunch and dinner), Ontario Works Youth Trustee Program, Connections to community supports, Free laundry facilities and clothing/household donations, Access to all on-site mental health, medical care, addiction/substance use services, Recreational and life skills programming, Early diversion and family mediation.

Indigenous-Specific: No

Good Shepherd - The Family Centre

143 Wentworth Street South, Hamilton, ON L8N 2Z1

905-528-9442

Housing focused shelter for families experiencing homelessness in the Hamilton area. All of our services and supports are focused on helping families secure housing in a timely manner. Shelter diversion and eviction prevention services are also available to families that qualify. Our specialized housing staff work with each family to create a housing plan with a 30-day goal.

Indigenous-Specific: No

Living Rock Ministries

30 Wilson Street, Hamilton, Ontario L8R 1C5

905-528-7625

Case Managers will support the youth (16-25 years) by attending apartment viewings, building relationships with landlords and facilitating with Ontario works and Ontario Disabilities Support Project.

The Homelessness Prevention Case Manager (HPCM) works with street involved and homeless youth.

The Intensive Community Case Manager (ICCM) works with youth experiencing chronic or episodic homelessness.

The Housing Engagement Support Worker (HESW) worked alongside the ICCM, co-ordinate key tasks that are required for a youth to successfully transition from experiencing homelessness into safe and stable housing.

Indigenous-Specific: No

Mission Services of Hamilton - Insamuch House

Call: 905-529-8600, Text: 289-212-6399

An emergency shelter for women and children experiencing domestic abuse, or homelessness. 24 hour crisis support.

Indigenous-Specific: No

Native Women's Centre

1900 King Street East P.O. Box 69036, Hamilton , ON L8K 1W0

905-664-1114

24hr Crisis Line: 1-888-308-6559

Safe, emergency shelter 24/7 (including all meals, emergency clothing and personal need items for all residents); 24-hour counselling for residents, non-residents and past residents; Transitional Housing Support; Counselling services (one-on-one & group counselling sessions); Emergency transportation to our shelter can be arranged upon request; Temporary transportation assistance is available to residents for appointments; Provides information and/or referrals for legal, medical, financial, housing, and employment services; Provides access to Native Traditional methods of healing; Woman Abuse Educational Program (weekly in-house educational and informative groups).

Indigenous-Specific: Yes

Good Shepherd Women's Services

905-523-8895

For women and their children.

Services offered: Violence Against Women Community Counselling, Child & Youth Counselling, Wellness Program, Learning Effective Anti-Violence in Families (LEAF), Legal Advocate, Family Court Support Worker, Good Shepherd Health Clinic, Comfort Foot Care.

Second Stage Services: furnished, affordable housing to both single women and women with children for up to one year. Supports are geared to creating greater physical, emotional and financial stability in the aftermath of violence and abuse.

Indigenous-Specific: No

Hamilton Health Sciences - Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Care Centre

1200 Main Street West, Hamilton ON

905-521-2100 ext. 73557

sadvcarecentre@hhsc.ca

Provides compassionate, confidential health care for children, adolescents, women, transgender persons, and men who have experienced sexual assault and/or domestic violence. Their mission is to ensure that care is provided with sensitivity and privacy for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence.

Indigenous-Specific: No

Interval House of Hamilton

Head Office: 630 Sanatorium Road, Hamilton, ON L9C 7S7

905-387-9959

info@intervalhousehamilton.org

24/7 crisis line for women experiencing domestic violence. Emergency shelter 24/7 for women aged 16+ with or without children who are fleeing relationship violence/abuse (includes all meals, emergency clothing, personal needs, emergency transportation at no cost).

Services offered: Safety Planning & Threat Assessment/Risk Management, housing support, financial and employment support, Outreach Transitional Services, counselling programs (individual or group), legal advocacy services.

Indigenous-Specific: No

Sexual Assault Centre Hamilton (SACHA)

Counselling Program: offers con­fi­den­tial sup­port ser­vices for sur­vivors of sex­u­al vio­lence, 16 years of age and old­er, who have expe­ri­enced sex­u­al vio­lence at any point in their lives.Indi­vid­ual and group counselling, Imme­di­ate sup­port appoint­ments available, Non-judg­men­tal sup­port that sees sur­vivors as the expert, Trau­ma-informed and fem­i­nist approach, Sur­vivor-cen­tered, Advo­ca­cy

24-Hour Support Line: 905-525-4162

Sup­port for sur­vivors of all gen­ders who have expe­ri­enced sex­u­al vio­lence any time in their lives, Sup­port for friends, fam­i­lies, neigh­bours, co-work­ers, and class­mates of sur­vivors, as well as pro­fes­sion­als who may be sup­port­ing sur­vivors and seek­ing information, Non-judg­men­tal listening, Help with explor­ing options, Infor­ma­tion and resources, Help to see that it was not the survivor’s fault, Accom­pa­ni­ment to hos­pi­tal and police

The Diverse Com­mu­ni­ties Out­reach Pro­gram: offers sup­port­ive pro­gram­ming for sur­vivors of sex­u­al vio­lence from Hamilton’s diverse racial and cul­tur­al com­mu­ni­ties, in par­tic­u­lar women who are Black, Indige­nous, Queer, Trans, Peo­ple of Colour.

Public Education: offers excit­ing work­shops and events that cre­ate space for peo­ple to explore pre­ven­tion, edu­ca­tion for change, and tak­ing action to end sex­u­al violence.

Indigenous-Specific: No

Women Abuse Working Group Hamilton

Emergency Housing

Inasmuch House: 905-529-8600

Interval House: 905-387-9959

Martha House: 905-523-9895

Mary’s Place: 905-540-8000

Mountain View Place Shelter: 905-318-2666

Safety planning and support services for women and children experiencing violence.

List of the following services and resources in Hamilton: 24/7 helplines, Indigenous support services, Criminalized Women & Women Involved in Sex Work, Criminal Law & Victim Support, Emergency Shelters, Family Law services, Immigration, Settlement & Newcomer Support Services, Public Health & Sexual Health services, Second Stage Housing for Women, Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Medical/Forensic Services, Sexual Assault Counselling & Support, Transitional & Housing Support Services for Women, Transitional Housing.

Indigenous-Specific: No