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Outreach Housing Team
The sole purpose of the Outreach Housing Team is to locate, engage, and house people who are homeless. Consisting of seven outreach workers, the team will work in under-serviced and unreached areas of the city where homeless people congregate.
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Housing Services
Being homeless means seldom being safe, both on the streets and in shelters. There are few safe spaces for the homeless. We believe that everyone deserves to have a safe place to call home. Our range of housing services includes our Homeless to Homes, Community Bridge and our Outreach Housing Team.
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Employment Services
Workforce Development Program
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Workforce Development is our robust, employment training program. We have temporarily paused our intake for new students. This means that we cannot accept new applicants for this program right now. Please check back for more information and updates on when we can once again accept new applicants. -
Mental Health Services
Our Mental Health support staff work with individuals who have mental health concerns, and often concurrent addictions issues, who do not have appropriate supports to address their daily living needs. Mental Health Services staff help people to function successfully in the community by reducing the barriers involved in meeting their economic, social and personal needs.
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Supportive Housing for Adults with FASD
Bissell Centre provides supportive housing for people with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). This is the first such facility in Canada that offers 24 hour support services for people with FASD.
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum of Services
Through community development, advocacy and intensive supports, Bissell Centre’s Fetal Alcohol Spectrum of Services (FASS) program enhances the community’s awareness through education, and supports for the well-being of individuals, families affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and their caregivers.
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Financial Empowerment Services
Financial Empowerment Services
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Financial Empowerment is essential to improving the lives of low-income Canadians. Bissell Centre trains its front-line staff to deliver financial empowerment services to people accessing Bissell Centre programs. The services we offer include: -
Community Bridge (Eviction Support)
The Community Bridge is a rapid response intervention providing support to stop an eviction, disconnection or foreclosure. It is a one-time assistance program to be used as a last resort once all other options have been explored. Households working with Community Bridge need to be willing to explore with us all resources available to prevent their loss of housing.
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Free Tax Filing
Tax Clinic Update
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Our tax clinic is open Mondays from 1 pm to 3:30 pm, except holidays for the rest of the year.