BASIC NEEDS SUPPORT
Financial, food, housing, and legal support.
Housing Support
360Kids
Offers programs and services aimed at assisting at-risk and homeless youth.
Addiction Services Central Ontario (ASCO)
ASCO Mobile RAAM
Rapid Access Addiction Medicine offers same-day, walk-in support for individuals seeking help with substance use, connecting them to treatment, counselling, and health services.
Blue Door
Provides emergency and collaborative housing, employment, and health programs aimed at addressing the root causes of homelessness.
Canadian Centre for Housing Rights
Work to advance the right to housing.
CCSYR
CCSYR’s Settlement Team helps newcomers with housing, healthcare, education, immigration, and access to community and government resources in 40+ languages.
Community Legal Clinic of York Region
Provides free legal advice and representation to low-income residents of York Region, particularly in cases of residential tenancies, social assistance, loss of employment and immigration.
Help a Girl Out
Addresses the issues of period poverty, including access to reusable and disposable period products and menstruation education.
Housing Help Centre
Assists individuals and families to find and maintain affordable, safe housing.
John Howard Society
John Howard Society
John Howard Society provides supportive services that promote justice, well-being, and successful reintegration through education, employment, and community programs.
Landlord and Tenant Board
A tribunal that resolves disputes between landlords and tenants in Ontario, offering services such as hearings, mediation, and information on rental rights and responsibilities.
LOFT Community Services
Provides customized support to people facing a combination of mental and physical health challenges, addiction issues, poverty, and/or homelessness.
Palmer Home Community Support Housing
A group home for young adults (17-21 years old) with a dual diagnosis of a developmental disability and emotional/behavioral challenges, providing supportive living and care.
https://www.centralhealthline.ca/displayservice.aspx?id=130440
Reporting Offences under the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006
A service for reporting violations of the Residential Tenancies Act in Ontario, providing support and guidance for resolving landlord-tenant disputes.
https://www.ontario.ca/page/solve-disagreement-your-landlord-or-tenant
United Way of Greater Toronto
Supports people and neighbourhoods impacted by poverty, by working with a network of agencies that function as the GTA’s social safety net.
York Region Housing
Information and resources related to housing support services offered by the Regional Municipality of York, including affordable housing programs, rental assistance, and housing-related initiatives for residents.
Emergency & Transitional Housing
Belinda’s Place (Emergency and Transitional Women’s Home)
A shelter and transitional home for women experiencing homelessness, operated by The Salvation Army, providing emergency housing, support services, and resources.
Blue Door
Provides emergency and collaborative housing, employment, and health programs aimed at addressing the root causes of homelessness.
Leeder Place Family Shelter
The only emergency housing facility in York Region for families experiencing homelessness, operated by Blue Door, offering shelter and support services.
Loft Crosslinks Street Outreach Van
A mobile service providing supplies, support, and resources to individuals who are street-involved, homeless, or at risk of homelessness, operating daily from 2 pm to 9 pm (excluding statutory holidays).
Porter Place Men’s Shelter
A shelter for men experiencing homelessness, operated by Blue Door, offering emergency housing, support services, and resources to help individuals rebuild their lives.
York Region Emergency and Transitional Housing
Information and resources related to housing support services offered by the Regional Municipality of York, including affordable housing programs, rental assistance, and housing-related initiatives for residents.
Food & Nutrition Support
Forster Collective Gardens
Plots of community gardens in Phyllis Rawlinson Park
Richmond Hill Community Food Bank
Provides temporary emergency food assistance to those in need.
The Food Bank of York Region
A network providing food assistance and support to individuals and families in need across York Region, with multiple locations and resources to help combat food insecurity.
York Region Food Network
Offers services and programs to support food security, and advocates to reduce food insecurity; providing drop-in meals, community gardens, community kitchens and reduced priced fresh food.