The Community Crisis Response Program (CCRP) works across Toronto providing support and resources to communities impacted by violent and traumatic incidents. By providing immediate supports, the CCRP mobilizes local resources to address individual/group needs, coordinates community debriefings and facilitates information sharing. Long-term supports offered by the program include establishing training and education sessions, facilitating community safety audits, and fostering the development of innovative, community safety projects.
Apply today for a General Community Crisis Response Fund or a Youth-Led Community Crisis Response Fund, which help communities respond to the impact of violent traumatic incidents.
The Community Crisis Response Program (CCRP) works across the city of Toronto in partnership with community members, agencies, and internal City divisions to enhance community safety and wellbeing.
The CCRP team supports communities with the development of safety networks that create neighbourhood strategies which focus on Crisis Intervention, Crisis Prevention, and Crisis Preparation.
CCRP works with communities to identify concerns and develop localized strategies including the development of a coordinated community crisis response protocol.
When communities have been impacted by violent and traumatic incidents, the CCRP further supports communities with the recovery and healing process.
Violent and traumatic incidents include: shootings, shots fired, stabbings/slashings, swarming, community conflicts, gun/gang related activity, and raids/ execution of major search warrants.
The CCRP is not a first response program. Members of the public are reminded to call 911 in emergency situations. The program is automatically activated 12-72 hours after a violent incident occurs.
Each day, the CCRP staff gather and receive information on critical incidents from the police, news media, municipal services, community organizations and local place-based networks. CCRP staff communicate with community stakeholders to arrange needs assessments for crisis response activities and to mobilize supports where necessary
Management
| Stephen Linton
Manager 437-238-9521 |
Kevin Bourne
Supervisor 416-677-5094 |
| Destiny Guthrie
Supervisor 437-385-1094 |
Joya Mukherjee
Supervisor 437-218-0534 |
Community Crisis Response Program
The Community Crisis Response Program (CCRP) works across Toronto providing support and resources to communities impacted by violent and traumatic incidents. CCRP also works with communities to identify concerns and develop localized safety and well-being development strategies.
| West District | Central District | East District |
| Saleha Nahdi
647-210-8189 |
Abdi Hussein
416-918-6437 |
Anah Aslam
437-655-6846 |
| Temesgen Ghebremicael
Temesgen.Ghebremicael@toronto.ca 416-206-0439 |
Stephanie Mazerolle
Stephanie.Mazerolle@toronto.ca 416-526-0588 |
Shannon Ashman
416-566-7239 |
| Chelsea Davis
437-226-7203 |
Olivia Wilks
416-302-6430 |
Jerome Leach
437-552-8582 |
| Jermal Humphrey
437-238-7730 |
Abel Tesfaldet
437-551-0297 |
Nneka Perry
437-533-6972 |
| Mikaila Morales
416-454-2863 |
Sharon Jones
416-454-3297 |
Christene Lewis
437-551-1173 |
| Trisha Morrison
416-454-1305 |
Community Violence Wellness and Recovery Project
The Community Violence Wellness and Recovery Project connects individuals and communities impacted by community violence to community agencies that provide culturally appropriate and trauma-informed well-being and recovery supports
| West District | Central District | East District |
| Ama Ackon
647-308-5865 |
Katherine Marhong
437-331-2637 |
Emad Alarashi
437-928-5816 |
Name/Agency |
Phone |
|---|---|
| Toronto Police Services | Emergency: 911
Non-Emergency: 416-808 2222 |
| Toronto Community Housing | 416-981-5500
416-921-2323 |
| What’s Up Walk In Youth (13-29 yrs)
Free Walk-In Mental Health Counselling. No fee. No appointment. No Health Card. Six locations across Toronto. |
1-866-585-MHTO (6486) |
| Toronto Public Health – Community Support Team | 416-338-7600 |
| Victim Services Toronto
Victim Services Toronto provides 24/7 Immediate Crisis Response, intervention and prevention services which are responsive to the needs of individuals, families and communities affected by crime and sudden tragedies. |
416-808-7066 |
| Province of Ontario – Victim Witness Assistance Program | 416-325-3265 |
| Crisis Outreach Services for Seniors (COSS) | 416-217-2077 |
| Crime Stoppers
Crime Stoppers takes anonymous information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Calls are not recorded and Crime Stoppers does not have call display, guaranteeing your identity remains anonymous. People providing information will be given a secret code number. You will never be asked to identify yourself or testify in court. |
416-222-TIPS (8477) |
| Toronto Distress Centre
Provides 24-hour telephone support, 365 days a day. Offer round the clock response to those experiencing emotional distress or in need of crisis intervention and suicide prevention. They also provide face to face support and counselling to people dealing with the effects of suicide and homicide. |
416-408-HELP (4357) |
| Kids Help Phone Line
When young people reach out for help, either by phone or online. Kids Help Phone is there for them with the immediate, caring, professional, anonymous help and hope they need and deserve. Kids Help Phone doesn’t trace calls or IP addresses, and they don’t use call display. |
1-800-668-6868 |
| Gerstein Centre
The Gerstein Centre provides crisis intervention to adults, living in the City of Toronto. The Centre provides supportive counselling for immediate, crisis issues and referrals to other services for on-going, non-crisis issues. Our service is a community mental health service and is non-medical. |
Crisis line: 416-929-5200
Referral line: 416-929-9897 |
| Emergency Shelter | Central Intake: 416-338-4766 or 1-877-338-3398 |
| 211Toronto
Web-enable local data to create a fully searchable, bilingual point of access to over 60,000 community, social, health and related government programs and services in Ontario. |
211 |
| 311
Information about City Services. |
311 |
The Enhanced Safety Network Model will provide residents and community members with resources to support engagement and special project activities. The new model supports the transition to a community led safety network comprised of 70 per cent residents and 30 per cent community agencies and stakeholders. An anchor agency will be assigned for each district (central, east, and west) that will oversee six to eight community safety networks. Each anchor agency will receive funding to support local community initiatives and projects geared towards violence prevention.
This model aims to invest in community leadership and local community prevention efforts. By leveraging the network model, investments will go to community groups that are connected at the local level, many of which are resident-led and less likely to receive funding through larger grant streams.