Street intervention in Tiohtià:ke
Do you know about street work and the resources available in Tiohtià:ke?
Street workers are people who work with youth or adults experiencing difficulties on the street, in a neighbourhood or in any other place of belonging. Although the basis of street work is to create meaningful connections with the users of their services, not all have the same approach; some use a harm reduction approach, distributing condoms and safe consumption material, for example. Others respond precisely to the primary needs of the people they meet, providing food, water, personal hygiene products and blankets. Many offer information, referrals and support services.
We have prepared a non-exhaustive list of organizations that offer street work. Before coming to their offices, it’s a good idea to give them a call to make sure the organization offers services in the neighbourhood of your choice and that correspond to your needs.
Indigenous organizations
Indigenous support workers project (ISWP)
Indigenous support workers can be found on the streets of Plateau-Mont-Royal and Milton-Parc, where they walk daily.
The ISWP’s mandate is fulfilled by providing :
- Peer services by and for community members using a rights-based harm reduction approach centered on Indigenous ways of being, knowing and healing.
- Resources that respond to community needs
- Rudimentary nursing services are provided on the street. The nurse accompanies the street team on Saturday afternoons and can provide follow-up during the week.
https://sites.google.com/iswp.info/home/iswp?authuser=0
Native Friendship Centre of Montreal
KA’WÀHSE STREET PATROL
The Ka’wàhse Street Patrol (K1) provides mobile interventions, harm reduction items, information, support and referral services to Indigenous and non-Indigenous people experiencing homelessness in downtown Montreal. The patrol’s goal is to stabilize and improve living conditions for people at risk of violence and abuse while living on the streets.
Schedule :
- Monday and Tuesday: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Wednesday: 12:00 to 20:00
- Thursday: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
1 855 499-1854 or 514 499-1854
2001 Saint-Laurent blvd. (Downtown)
https://www.nfcm.org/en/our-work/kawahse-street-patrol/
Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal
SQUARE CABOT PROJECT
The objective of this program is to create a safe space for community members, facilitate cohabitation and encourage cultural teachings.
Services offered include :
- Referrals
- Mediation
- Listening
- Individual support
- Hygiene items
- First aid
- Support for victims of domestic violence
514 933-4688
robertahmad.mediator@gmail.com and tristin.nwsm@gmail.com
Confidential address
https://www.nwsm.info/en/cabot-square-project
Makivvik
Makivik’s front-line workers offer services to members of the Inuit community :
- Airport escort
- Orientation and referral to other services
- Prevention
- Individual support
Day team: Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
514 466 5255
Evening team: Monday to Friday, 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
514 641 5255
ladams@makivvik.ca or aarreak@makivvik.ca
Non-Indigenous organizations offering programs dedicated to Indigenous populations
Doctors of the World
INDIGENOUS HEALTH NAVIGATION – UITSHIEU / IKAYUKTU
The Navigation team collaborates with nurses from the mobile clinic and the outreach clinic, who provide punctual nursing services, including:
- Vaccination
- Screening for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI)
- Wound care
- Counselling
- Distribution of harm reduction material
For the mobile clinic schedules, click here
514 281-8998
https://doctorsoftheworld.ca/our-work-in-canada/indigenous-navigators
Plein Milieu
STREET WORK WITH FIRST NATIONS, INUIT, ADN MÉTIS PEOPLES
Street workers offer :
- Listening and referrals
- Individual support
- Voluntary and confidential accompaniment to people in need on the street.
- Harm reduction items
Service area: Plateau-Mont-Royal
1 877 257-0477 (toll-free) or 514 659 5432 (cell)
4677 Saint-Denis Street (Plateau-Mont-Royal)
https://pleinmilieu.qc.ca/en/our-actions/adults/
The Open Door Montreal
The community and mediation worker program is designed to respond to needs in the field, such as :
- Support in crisis situations
- Access to essential health and hygiene resources (hydration products, first aid, clothing, menstrual products, safe consumption material)
- Referrals and follow-ups
- Psychosocial, legal and medical support.
581-982-1401
3535 Park Ave(Plateau Mont-Royal)
Non-Indigenous organizations
Cactus Montreal
Street workers :
- distribute sterile material and recover used equipment
- provide prevention information
- accompany individuals in their steps with other community organizations, with the health and social services network and with the legal system.
514 847-0067
1300 Sanguinet Street (Downtown)
Downtown YMCA
DIALOGUE PROGRAM
The Dialogue Program offers street work, a front-line intervention service that aims to:
- accompany people in their steps
- refer them to the appropriate resources to facilitate access.
514 971-7802 or 438-229-5285
1440 Stanley Street (Downtown)
FIRST-STOP PROGRAM
This program includes community workers, based at the Montreal Bus Station, who offer front-line services to vulnerable people arriving, transiting or gravitating in the vicinity of the bus station.
Their fields of action are as follows:
- Identify and approach vulnerable or at-risk individuals
- Refer and accompany individuals to appropriate resources (food bank, emergency shelter, legal support, etc.)
- Offer psychological support (ponctual and emergency intervention)
- Repatriate people to their home environment or an environment more conducive to their reintegration (family home, therapy, etc.)
514 284-2247
1717 Berri Street (Downtown)
PACT de rue
Program of 13 street workers in 8 Montreal neighborhoods: Villeray, Saint-Michel, Parc-Extension, Rosemont, Petite-Patrie, Mercier-Ouest, Saint-Léonard and Anjou.
514 278-9181
8105, de Gaspé ave. (Villeray)
Spectre de rue
Spectre de rue offers local services such as :
- Street workers
- Peer workers
- Community work
- Safe consumption services
514 528-1700
1280 Ontario st., East (Downtown)
administration@spectrederue.org
TRAC
Street workers cover the following Montreal neighbourhoods: Saint- Henri, Ville Émard / Côte Saint-Paul, Pointe-Saint-Charles, Verdun, Lachine / Saint-Pierre.
514798-1200
Safe consumption site : 400 de l’Église st. (Verdun)
L’Anonyme
Mobile unit offering outreach services. The bus travels around Montreal, close to where people gravitate, offering psychosocial support, protection equipment and access to a safe consumption space.
1 844-381-2455
https://anonyme.ca/en/interventions/mobile-units/
Dopamine
Street workers roam the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district, reaching people directly in their environments, such as parks, private residences, businesses and community organizations.
Street workers build relationships on a voluntary basis:
- They inform, refer and accompany to relevant resources.
- They provide individual follow-up outside of the formal settings.
- They offer harm reduction items and services.
514 251-8872
3591 Sainte-Catherine Street East (Hochelaga)
Need other resources?
You can also call the Information and Referral Centre of Greater Montreal at 514 527-1388. They can help you find organizations, services and programs that best meet your needs.
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