From poverty to possibility

Catholic Family Services

Phone: 905-527-3823

Website: www.cfshw.com

Credit Counselling involves a consumer education, counselling and debt repayment program to assist individuals and families in acquiring skills necessary for financial stability.

Elizabeth Fry Society, Hamilton Branch

Phone: 905-527-3097

Website: www.efryhamilton.org

Opportunities for Women assist women who are in conflict or at risk of coming into conflict with the law to learn new skills to deal with issues and concerns around a number of issues.

Release Planning assists women with planning for release and follow up support during their incarceration and after their release. Anger Management Group supports women who have experienced abuse, anger, conflict with the law or at-risk behaviour through individual counselling and an anger management and awareness group.

Hamilton Literacy Council

Phone: 905-529-9907

Website: www.hamiltonreads.ca

Literacy and Basic Skills gives one-to-one tutoring on basic literacy upgrading in reading text, document use, writing, numeric, oral communication, thinking skills, working with others, computer use and continuous learning.

Living Rock Ministries

Phone: 905-528-7625

Website: www.livingrock.ca

Oasis Coffee House provides a hot meal and social-recreational programs for street-involved or at-risk youth that include positive recreational activities that build character, resilience and foundational skills required for healthy development and future success.

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St. Mattew’s House

Phone: 905-523-5546

Website: www.inform.hamilton.ca

Basic Needs and Practical Assistance provides access to food, information and referral services for housing, employment and counselling. Roxborough Basic Needs and Practical Assistance provides access to food, information and referral services for housing, employment and counselling in east Hamilton and McQuesten neighbourhoods.

Wesley Urban Minisries

Phone: 905-528-5629

Website: www.wesleyurbanministries.ca

Multicultural Seniors Outreach offers a unique, personalized, comprehensive case management approach to issues of income security and personal well-being affecting low-income seniors from many different cultural backgrounds. Wesley Youth Housing is a multi-staged transitional housing program for homeless youth and those at risk of becoming homeless and provides youth with access to mentors, life coaches and other appropriate supports leading to independent living.

YMCA of Hamilton / Burlington / Brantford

Phone: 905-529-7102

Website: www.ymcahbb.ca

Children, Youth Health and Fitness Membership provides children, youth and families access to health and wellness activities through the provision of financially assisted memberships.

YWCA of Hamilton

Phone: 905-522-9922

Website: www.ywcahamilton.org

Employment Support Services offers people in poverty the employment support services that they need to acquire the skills and tools to secure and maintain employment. Women Alive offers low-income newcomer women and their children access to recreational, health and wellness activities.

Compassion Society

Phone: 905-592-3722

Website: www.compassionsociety.net

Clothing Share is a drop-in store front that provides used clothing to individuals and families. They also provide job search supports and referrals to other services available in Burlington.

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Food for Life Canada

Phone: 905-510-5724

Website: www.foodforlife.ca

Community Outreach Project delivers food once a week to Halton Community Housing Corporation sites. Food for Life is a fresh food recovery of perishables from restaurants and grocery stores and food distribution to low income neighbourhoods and social housing sites.

Forest View Church & Partners

Phone: 905-825-2992

Website: www.forestviewchurch.ca

Community Food Distribution Program offers food to the community two evenings per week through the Food for Life and Refresh Food programs.

Supported Training and Rehabilitation in Diverse Environments (STRIDE)

Phone: 905-693-4252

Website: www.stride.on.ca

Supported Employment Program offers a variety of job readiness services to individuals who are dealing with mental health issues and are ready to either develop their careers in new areas or to return to a field in which they have had a previous experience.

YMCA of Hamilton / Burlington / Brantford

Phone: 905-632-5000

Website: www.ymcahbb.ca

Children, Youth Health and Fitness Membership provides access for children, youth and families to health and wellness activities through the provision of financially assisted memberships.