Housing is an essential part of health care. In order to improve a person’s wellness, people need a safe place to live as well as access to supports. Our Housing First Response Team will connect with people who are unhoused, have mental health and substance use concerns and are in need of crisis support and wrap-around services.
In honor of National Volunteer Week we would like to pass along a great big thank you to our Board of Directors for giving their time, energy, skills, and passion […]
Passionate about building a community where individuals with mental health, and/or addictions have access to support services that meet their needs? Consider applying to our Board of Directors! Click HERE for […]
(L-R) Seth Compton, Mark Caldwell, Erin Russell and Kari Sterling are collaborating to train youth peer supporters. Read the article to learn about Lived Experience Recovery Network (LERN) and OUTLoud North Bay's partnership to bring peer training to youth in Northern Ontario.
Thank you to everyone who has participated in the Support House Lifeskills program! Lifeskills is taking a break over the summer, but will return in September 2022. Date to be […]
"The provincial budget released today neglected to recognize historical underfunding in the community-based mental health and addictions sector. The province has committed $40 billion to hospital infrastructure, while the budget speech remained silent on community-based mental health and addictions services..."
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Consultant We recognize that to create a healthy and diverse workplace and agency we need to benefit from the experiences, knowledge, and skills of all staff, […]
Starbucks recently spoke to Support House's Grace House Supervisor, Kim about how it's FoodShare program makes a real and tangible impact on Support House residents!
Support House call for Directors! Passionate about building a community where individuals with mental health, and/or addictions have access to support services that meet their needs? Consider applying! The Support […]
We celebrate Pride to acknowledge and honour the courage, strength, love and perseverance in the 2SLGBTQ+ communities who continue to fight for equality, visibility and inclusion.
The creation of this toolkit has been two years in the making as our Centre staff team invested their heart, soul, grit and determination to land on this final product. You will find this a resource that has been structured to include multiple parameters of engagement that involve sharing your personal lived experience (patient) and/or family (caregiver) experience for public disclosure.
The Centre's Betty-Lou Kristy speaks to Inside Halton about the opioid addiction and overdose emergency in Halton Region; and how the pandemic is helping to identify gaps and inequities in the system supporting mental health and substance use challenges.
Opening address for Ontario Peer Development Initiative's Peer Support Strong with MPP Vic Fadeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade; Mary Davis, CEO of Nippissing Mental Health, Housing & Support Services and Betty-Lou Kristy, Director of the Centre for Innovation in Peer Support.
Support House's Centre for Innovation in Peer Support has been working with CAMH on applying a gender- and trauma-informed lens to digital health solutions to support women.
In this 2020 edition of our Impact Report, we reflect on some of our most significant accomplishments of 2019/2020, and also look forward to what next year brings.
To participate, make a 45 second (max) video of your passes, shots, stops, decks, or dangles – no ice needed! Include the hashtags #StickTogether #JBY #YouthMH.
Maria Estrada, Youth Peer Support Worker at Support House, was quoted in the Toronto Star advocating for more youth supports for at-risk youth and those youth with mental health and […]
