Community Paramedics participate in weekly targeted street outreach with the City of Toronto’s Streets-to-Homes outreach workers to provide medical and social support to clients experiencing homelessness. City outreach workers identify individuals who would benefit from a Community Paramedic assessment, and the joint Community Paramedic-outreach worker team perform targeted visits. City-wide outreach typically occurs at locations such as encampments, shelters, or areas where clients are known to be located. The partnership provides opportunity to build and maintain positive relationships and connections between clients, Paramedics, and the healthcare system.
As an extension of Toronto Public Health's
"The Works" program, Community Paramedics provide free Naloxone (also referred to as Narcan) kits and training to clients at risk of opioid overdose, as well their family and friends. Kits are available for distribution to eligible clients across the city to help address the increasing opioid overdose crisis.
