- Description
- Offers safe, supportive transitional housing for youth experiencing complex barriers to housing.
Service offers:
- safe, supportive transitional housing for youth experiencing complex barriers
- accommodation and support services through basic care, crisis intervention, and connection to internal (relationship building, goal planning, transition planning, and life skills development) and external (health care, substance abuse / misuse programs, education / training opportunities, or connection to independent living placements) support services
- 3 homes with a total of 15 beds in the communities of Parkdale / Cromdale, Lauderdale, and Kenilworth which can house up to 5 youth; each home has individual bedrooms for each youth, common spaces (bathroom, living room, and kitchen) and staff offices
Complex barriers may include:
- substance use / misuse / addictions
- legal
- traumatic histories
- mental health
- poverty
- homelessness
- Two Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer / questioning, and any other gender or sexual nonconforming identities (2SLGBTQIA+)
- newcomers to Canada and / or refugees
- Protection of Sexually Exploited Children Act (PSECA) concerns
Key Provider: transitional case co-odinators, transitional support co-orinators, transitional support workers, youth workers - Eligibility
- Yes, Service targeted to:
- 14 to 17 years
- Application Process
- Service Access: Application Required, To access service:
- call referral line during operating hours to self refer (self-referrals preferred due to voluntary nature of program)
- or professional referrals from Child and Family Services, Northern Alberta Child Intervention Services (NACIS), caseworkers, guardians, schools, and more also accepted
Referral Process: No
Waiting Period: Yes,There may be a waiting period.
- Telephone
- 587-598-7075 (Referral Line)
- Languages
- English
- Fees
- Fee: No
Fee Reduction: No
Membership Fee: No - Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: N/A -
Other disabled access: N/A - - Topic(s)
- Agency Information
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- Last Verified On
- November 8, 2022
- Location
- Edmonton
- Hours of Operation
- Mon08:30 AM to 04:30 PMTue08:30 AM to 04:30 PMWed08:30 AM to 04:30 PMThu08:30 AM to 04:30 PMFri08:30 AM to 04:30 PM