Street Health
From EndCanadianPoverty.ca
Street Health is an innovative, community-based health care organization providing services to address a wide range of physical, mental and emotional needs in those who are homeless, poor and socially marginalized. Support, education and advocacy are key components of our services.
We provide our services on the street, in alleys, along the lakeshore, in parks and ravines, and in homeless shelters and drop-ins. The people we work with have lives characterized by extreme poverty, chronic unemployment, insecurity in housing, poor nutrition, high stress and loneliness; they also have more frequent and serious illnesses, and die younger on average than the general population. Our services include outreach nursing, mental health support and case management, HIV/AIDS prevention, a secure mail service, identification replacement, clothing and sleeping bag distribution, and support for those with Hepatitis C and prevention strategies for those at risk for the disease. We adhere to a harm reduction model in our programs.
Street Health works closely with others within and outside the social service sector who want to learn about health and homelessness from our experienced staff. Presentations and training sessions are regularly given to the general public, as well as to workers in the health, social service and government sectors.
Finally, our belief that the services we provide should, ideally, not be required finds expression in our advocacy work, both as advocates for individual clients and in more general advocacy for enduring social and political solutions.
[edit] Website Address & E-mail
[edit] Address & Phone Number
- Digits: 416.921.8668
- 338 Dundas Street East
- Toronto, ON, M5A2A1
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[edit] Charity Status
- Street Health is a registered charity.
- Charity Registration Number: 119200541 RR0001
Categories: Toronto | Ontario | Charity
