Services
Services
Volunteer Services
Our Volunteers participate in meaningful and innovative work in our community as well as within our local correctional facilities by providing some of the following supportive services:
- Board membership, administrative and computer support, community advocacy, and assistance with
Society programs and services. - Volunteers support federal and provincial inmates through letter writing by participating in the
Mailbag Program. - Volunteers work with inmates to prepare for their release by providing
counseling, life skills coaching,
and information about agency programs and community resources.
Post Incarceration Housing Support Services
- We provide pre-release housing support planning services to individuals currently incarcerated in our
local correction facilities. - Post incarceration housing support services are provided to the homeless clients recently released from provincial and federal facilities to receive assistance to obtain and retain housing.
- As individual circumstances dictates, housing help will be available though partnerships and referrals
to private landlords, public housing providers, and, other agencies that offer housing assistance and
follow-up support services.
Transitional Housing Support Services
We also operate transitional housing in partnership with the Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) for clients of the Toronto Drug Treatment Court. This transitional housing provides clients with
on-going addictions counseling and access to permanent accommodations.
Domestic Violence and Partner Services
- Treatment programs are available for men who have been mandated due to domestic assault charges. To determine eligibility, men are invited to an assessment/orientation session (culturally-specific and generic groups are available evening's and Saturday's).
- Information, referrals and support, counseling and safety planning are offered to women whose
partners attend Domestic Violence Programs.
Institutional Services
Pre-release planning, supportive counseling, and institutional programs and/or groups are offered at
the Toronto East Detention Centre, the Toronto West Detention Centre, the Toronto Jail and Mimico
Correction Centre.
Transportation Service
We provide low cost transportation service to local provincial and federal correctional institutions to assist inmates in maintaining relationships with family members and friends.
For more information, please call 416.408.1618
