Supportive Housing
We offer two supportive housing programs for people with mental health or addiction challenges involved in the justice system. These programs provide housing stability, advocacy, and rent supplements to help participants stay in their community.
Forensic Supportive Housing
This program supports participants involved in the forensic mental health care system. The goal is to help people transition to the community and maintain their well-being and housing stability. Supports offered by this program include:
- psychosocial rehabilitation
- housing supports
- advocacy, and
- rent supplements.
Participants are referred from Transitional Rehabilitation Housing Programs (TRHPs), such as our own C.K. Clarke Centre, or the Southwest Centre for Forensic Mental Health Care.
Mental Health Justice Supportive Housing
This program supports people experiencing mental health and/or addiction challenges and who are currently justice-involved. The goal is to stabilize participants in the community of their choice, by
- providing housing stability support
- advocacy
- referrals to community partners, and
- a rent supplement to assist with rent payments.
Referrals can come directly from eligible persons or community partners supporting persons they consider eligible, including Mental Health Court (Adult Therapeutic Court), Release from Custody programs, probation officers, lawyers, and programs offering bail supervision.