Description
Provides a Housing First program with intensive support for homeless families, ensuring they have the personal, social, physical, financial, and human resources to sustain long-term housing stability.

Service offers:

  • support with locating and maintaining stable housing, meeting basic needs, and developing life skills
  • assisting with overcoming poverty, navigating high rental prices, and accessing essential resources

  • support for addressing social isolation, addiction, mental health challenges, domestic violence, and past trauma
  • assistance with Children's Services involvement, dealing with geographic displacement, overcoming immigration barriers, and addressing transportation challenges

Affiliation: Calgary Homeless Foundation, Coordinated Access and Assessment
Eligibility
Yes, Service targeted to families:
  • experiencing homelessness
  • with unsustainable housing
Application Process
Service Access: Professional Referral Required, To access service:
  • seek  professional referral from a family shelter or the SORCe
  • contact SORCe to schedule an assessment 
Families must complete an assessment through a family shelter or through SCORCe to be placed with the Sustainable Families Program. Community referrals are not accepted. 
Referral Process: Yes,

Referrals are accepted from a family shelter or SORCe.




Waiting Period: N/A,
Web Site
https://www.growwithtrellis.ca/families/housing-support/sustainable-families
Languages
English; Interpreters / Translators
Fees
Fee: No


Fee Reduction: No


Membership Fee: No


Documents Required

Referrals are accepted from a family shelter or SORCe.

Accessibility
Wheelchair access: Yes - Accessible parking spots on the east side of the bulding.
Other disabled access: No -
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Agency Information
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Last Verified On
July 11, 2024
Address
2609 15 Street NE
Calgary, AB, T2E 8Y4
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Hours of Operation
Mon
08:30 AM to 04:30 PM
Tue
08:30 AM to 04:30 PM
Wed
08:30 AM to 04:30 PM
Thu
08:30 AM to 04:30 PM
Fri
08:30 AM to 04:30 PM

Hours listed above are for office operations, program hours may differ.