2012 Guide to Services for People who are Homeless
Youth Services
For youth shelters, please see the complete shelter listings.
Drop-ins
Yonge Street Misssion
Evergreen Centre for Youth
416-929-9614
381 Yonge Street
Mon-Fri noon - 6 p.m. (Oct-May)
Mon-Fri noon - 5 p.m. (June-Sept)
16-24
www.ysm.ca/evergreen
YMCA of Greater Toronto
Youth Drop-in Program
416-603-6366
7 Vanauley Street
Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
16 - 24
www.ymcagta.org
Employment
Eva's Initiatives
Eva's Phoenix
416-364-4716 ext 233
11 Ordnance Street
Mon 1-4 p.m., Tues, Wed 4-8 p.m. Fri 10 a.m.-3 p.m
www.evasinitiatives.com
Drop-in resources centre; Youth Succeeding in Employment Program is a series of employability and career-oriented workshops.
Horizons for Youth
Employment and Training Career
Horizons
416-483-8400
411 Duplex Avenue
Mon-Thurs 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
www.horizonsforyouth.org
Four week pre-employment progam for youth 16-24. Sessions run six times per year.
Yonge Street Mission
Evergreen Centre for Youth
416-929-9614 ext 2278
381 Yonge Street
Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
by appointment;
12:30 - 4:30 p.m. drop-in employment
www.ysm.ca/evergreen
Next Step or Connecting with Youth pre-employment programs for youth 16-24.
Youth Employment Services (YES)
Job Central
416-504-5516
555 Richmond Street W Suite 711
Mon, Tues, Thurs 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Wed 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Fri 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Youth Collaboration
416-656-8900
2652 Eglinton Avenue W Suite 201
Mon-Thurs 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Friday 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
www.yes.on.ca
Employment services include job postings, counselling, assessment and assistance getting work experience through individual and group-based sessions..
Housing Help and Other Supports
Humewood House
416-651-5657
40 Humewood Drive
www.humewoodhouse.com
Residence, education and counselling for pregnant teens and mothers age 13-21.
Jessie's
The
June Callwood Centre for Women and
Families
416-365-1888
205 Parliament Street
www.jessiescentre.org
Support for pregnant young women and young mothers and fathers, 19 years and under with their children.
Native Child and Family Services
416-969-8510
30 College Street
www.nativechild.org
Provides counselling and other programs for children and families in the Toronto Native Community.
Informal drop-in for Aboriginal street youth.
Youth Drop-in Centre
1 Wood Street.
Oolagen Community Services
416-395-0660
65 Wellesley Street East, Suite 500
www.oolagen.org
Children’s mental health centre with programs for youth age 13-18 and their families.
Eva’s Initiatives
Family Reconnect Program
416-441-1414
360 Lesmill Road
www.evasinitiatives.com
Counselling and support for youth and families to reconnect.
Eva’s Phoenix
Housing Program
416-364-4716 ext 229
11 Ordnance Street www.evasinitiatives.com Workshops and hands-on programs help youth develop skills to live safely and independantly.
Sherbourne Health Centre
Supporting Our Young (SOY)
333 Sherbourne Street
416-324-5077
www.sherbourne.on.ca
Provides lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and transgendered youth with mentoring, supportive housing programs, skill building and employment supports.
YMCA YSAP
Youth Substance Abuse Program
485 Queen Street West
416-504-1710 ext 206
www.ymcatoronto.org
Community treatment program for youth aged 14-24 with substance abuse problems. Assessment, counselling, referral, outreach and education.