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Where to Find support in WAterloo REgion

Please note: This page is just a starting point to guide you. Services and aids are provided by the service providers themselves. Please refer directly to the resource to obtain best information. Please also feel free to contact me to correct, add or remove information. Updated on an as needed basis. Built with best intentions, likely missing much. 
REgion of WAterLoo Covid-19 Supports list

REgion of Waterloo Covid-19 Community Supports (Source of below links)

  • Crisis and distress lines
  • Mental health resources
  • Support to cope with stress and anxiety
  • Food hampers and meals
  • Emergency foster care
  • Emergency child care
  • For people experiencing homelessness:
    • Washrooms
    • Emergency shelters
    • Drop-In Programs​
  • Safe Voluntary Isolation Site
  • Animal care services
  • Spiritual supports
  • Additional services that have been adapted due to COVID-19 
  • About the Community Support Control Group

Food Assistance

"Shelters, Services, and Outreach" Row Pocket card

Community meals and hamper resources can be found in sheet below:

Above document sourced from Region of Waterloo page HERE

Food (In addition to services listed above)

Ray of Hope
  • Hot meals and Community Support

Waterloo Wayside
  • Bridgeport Cafe - Hot meals available Tuesday-Friday from 1-3 PM

Food Not Bombs (Facebook) 
  • Take away meals available at City Hall in Kitchener on Saturdays 430-6:30 PM

Tiny Home Takeout
  • "Grab a bite - Give if you can" meals on Tuesday-Saturday from 5-6:30 PM 
  • Located on Young Street, right near Duke in front of St Mary's Church in downtown Kitchener Young street

Food Bank Waterloo Region 
Resource Map and Support services list 
 
519 Community Collective (Facebook)
  • SOS Emergency Hamper Program (Email)
  • 519 Little Free Pantry  (Facebook pages with info & locations)
    • Kitchener
    • ​Cambridge
    • Waterloo

Community Fridge KW
  • Located at the Downtown Kitchener Farmers Market 
  • ​Facebook

Going Mobile - Unsheltered Food Support
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House of Friendship
  • ​Community Centre Family Outreach Workers
  • Emergency Food Hampers

Stanley Park Eats
  • Take away meal available from Stanley Park Community Centre  

KW Pet Food Bank - Facebook


Emergency Shelter
To seek emergency shelter assistance please call the Prevention and Diversion Line (519) 624-9133. They are available 24/7 to assist in directing you to shelter.
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Shelter services are provided in collaboration between many local agencies and the Region of Waterloo. Some of these partners include: 
  • House of Friendship
  • The Working Centre
  • oneROOF
  • Safe Haven
  • A Better Tent City
  • Bridges 
  • ​Mary's Place 
  • Argus Residence ​
  • YWCA
Overflow shelter is often as well provided in collaboration between the above agencies, the municipality and variety of local churches through the Out of the Cold program. 
Housing
Lutherwood
  • Families in Transition
  • Rent Fund
  • Housing Services
  • PATHS 2 Home Program

Social Development Centre Waterlo Region
  • Eviction Prevention Waterloo Region

Urban Native Wigwam Project

Region of Waterloo
  • Housing & Shelter
  • Find Affordable Housing
  • Help to find and keep a home​

The Working Centre
  • Housing at The Working Centre
  • For Tenants

​Community Legal Services
  • Tenant Issues

Community Justice Initiatives
  • Housing Mediation
  • Home Share
 
Thresholds
  • How we help

Reception House Waterloo Region
  • Resettlement Assistance Program

519 Community Collective
  • New Beginnings - Email
Social Services - Financial
Ontario Disability Supports Program
  • Apply online at the link above
  • The Kitchener-Waterloo office is located at 715 Fischer Hallman Rd., Unit 301, Kitchener
  •  Reach them by phone at (519) 886-4700, or toll free at 1-800-441-9820. 

Ontario Works - Region of Waterloo
  • Applying, Receiving, and appealing a decision found at the link above
  • Phone (519) 883-2100 to apply by phone between the hours of 9 AM and 3PM, Monday to Friday
  • Local office locations are:
    • 235 King St. E., Kitchener
    • 99 Regina St. S., Waterloo
    • 150 Main St., Cambridge
  • Locations are open 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Monday to Friday

Ontario Energy Support Program
  • Provides low income households with a credit towards their energy costs, applied directly to the bill
  • ​Apply at above link​
Physical, Mental, and Dental Health 
Counselling and Mental Health Supports
  • Carizon
  • KW Counselling
  • Front Door​
  • Kids Help Phone
  • Here 24/7
  • Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo Wellington

​Pregnancy & Health Supports

  • Kitchener Downtown Community Health Centre
  • SHORE Centre
  • ​The Pregnancy Center

Dental Health

  • Region of Waterloo - Dental Health

MEdiation. Inclusion, and Community Building
  • Community Justice Initiatives 
  • Waterloo Region Community Legal Services 
  • Social Development Centre Waterloo Region 
  • Spectrum
  • Reception House
  • ​Civic Hub
  • Healing of the Seven Generations
  • Anishnabeg Outreach
  • Caribbean Canadian Assiociation of Waterloo Region
  • Kitchener Waterloo Multicultural Centre
  • Coalition of Muslim Woman Waterloo Region
Senior Citizens
  • Region of Waterloo - Older Adults 
  • Adult Recreation Centre 
  • Community Support Connections - Services
    • Homemaking
    • Meals on Wheels
    • Fee Chart
  • Programs and Services for Seniors - Government of Canada 
Addiction
  • Region of Waterloo - Consumption and Treatment Services
  • Sanguen 
  • ​ACCKWA
  • Here 24/7 - Addiction Services
  • House of Friendship - Addiction Treatment
Families and Children
  • Kids Ability
  • KW Habilitation
  • Family and Childrens Services
  • Childrens Needs Distribution Centre
  • Front Door Mental Health Services
  • Healthy Smiles Dental Program
  • Family Outreach Program - House of Friendship
  • Region of Waterloo
    • Families, Children and Youth  
    • Childcare Subsidy
  • Food for Kids WR
    • Offers two programs that provide food support for children, both enrolled into via school referral.
  • Nutrition for Learning
    • Provides food supports for children within schools across the region and a communally accessible daily (weekdays) nutrition support program during COVID related school closures.


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