Mary Centre supports a variety of residential and outreach services for adults with developmental challenges - helping them attain greater self-confidence and personal independence so they can have fulfilling educational, employment and life experiences. The agency provides residential services to adults with a developmental disability in Brampton, the old City of York, Scarborough and Woodbridge, helping each person reach his or her potential.

St. Michael's Homes/Matt Talbot House
(416) 926-8267

Matt Talbot houses are recovery homes for older, displaced men dealing with addictions. The houses provide a long-term and sometimes permanent, stable solution for men who require the help offered by a sober, supportive community.

Our Place Community of Hope
(416) 598-2919 ▪  www.ourplacecommunityofhope.com

Our Place is a social centre for people with mental health issues. Membership is free with a referral from a psychiatrist, social worker, minister, etc. Our Place stresses the experience of community through interaction with others. The agency provides a peaceful, supportive and welcoming community to enable people to involve themselves with others, and to find meaning and personal growth in all areas of their lives. Our Place sees up to 100 clients a day at its drop in centre in downtown Toronto.

St. Bernadette's Family Resource Centre
(416) 654-9810  ▪  www.stbernadettesfrc.org

St. Bernadette’s Family Resource Centre,integrates children, youth and adults with developmental and/or physical challenges, such as autism, Down’s syndrome, cerebral palsy and blindness, with their able peers. Parent relief programs and support groups are available to help care givers better face the challenges they encounter. On average, 350 children are served, youth and adults in the city of Toronto. Youth/adults ages 18+ are also served through a day program called, St. Jude’s Academy of the Arts.

Saint Elizabeth Health Care
(905) 940-9655  ▪  www.saintelizabeth.com

Saint Elizabeth Health Care provides high-quality, compassionate professional nursing care to people in their homes and communities, promoting client independence, well being and quality of life. Home care clients can access St. Elizabeth’s services in their home, workplace, school or location of choice, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Services include: palliative care, mental health, gerontology and psychogeriatrics, mother and baby care, pediatric care, home chemotherapy, home infusion therapy, advanced foot care, respiratory care, enterostomal therapy. St. Elizabeth Health Care provides services in Toronto, York, Durham, and Dufferin-Peel.

Silent Voice Canada
(416) 463-1104  ▪  (416) 463-3928 T.T.Y.
www.silentvoice.ca

Silent Voice Canada is the only organization in the GTA offering community and family-based support to deaf children and adults in American Sign Language (ASL). Social-recreational programs are offered in ASL for deaf children and instruction is available for hearing family members wishing to learn to communicate in ASL. Tax clinics and counselling assistance are also provided.

Street Haven at the Crossroads
(416) 967-6060  ▪  www.streethaven.com

Street Haven serves the needs of women battling the challenges of mental, physical and emotional health problems, poverty, abuse, persistent street life, social isolation, under-housing and addictions. Aside from providing meals and a place to sleep, Street Haven has literacy and skills training programs to encourage them to live independently.

Catholic Cross-Cultural Services
(416) 757-7010  ▪  (905) 273-4140 ▪ www.cathcrosscultural.org

Catholic Cross-Cultural Services provides immigrants and refugees with a number of services to make transition and integration to their new life in Canada easier. Programs include counselling, English language instruction, job search, settlement and education partnership in Toronto, as well as the private sponsorship of refugees. CCCS also offers programs such as : Violence Against Women Awareness, House Search, and workshops on cross-cultural issues.

Office for Refugees
416) 287-0800  ▪  Fax (647) 468-6311 ▪ www.archtoronto.org/arch_offices/refugee.html

The Office’s main focus is the Private Refugee Sponsorship Program of the Archdiocese, which in the last year submitted cases to bring close to 150 refugees to Canada, thanks to the help of institutions within the Archdiocese participating in the program! The Office works to bring refugees overseas to Canada all the while fostering a sense of community within the Archdiocese, as parishes and religious orders are asked to work together to help newcomers integrate into Canadian society.