A supportive housing program for people with serious mental illness. The program assists tenants by providing appropriate housing and support services to achieve and maintain stability in a safe, affordable home. The aim is to improve and/or stabilize peoples’ physical and mental health and foster independence, while enhancing participation and integration into the community.

Community Connection Services is the first point of contact for those seeking assistance with mental health and/or physical health concerns. Intake workers can complete the necessary assessments for service determination for program and services within CMHA Durham. Intake workers provide information regarding system navigation & complete appropriate referrals to other service providers within the Durham Region.

Promotes mental wellness, self-care and self-empowerment for individuals across the lifespan through co-designed, in-class courses. Clients do not require a formal mental health diagnosis however, all clients must be able to appropriately engage in the mental wellness curriculum.

Peer Supporters are trained and prepared to support attendees of the Recovery College and Wellness Centre (RCWC) and those engaged in other HUB services. Peer Supporters support individuals in recovery and wellness working with other HUB services and with their RCWC curriculum work.

Individuals with severe and persistent mental illness, receive case management (brief, intensive and/or caregiver) supports to achieve their identified goals, inclusive of short and long-term. The supports are portable and flexible which move with the individual and include crisis, anticipation and response, assistance as well as linking and advocacy.

Various independent living situations accommodating people who have mental health difficulties. The service focuses on providing clean, safe, and affordable housing while staff provides support to the individuals that reside in the units. Services focus on skill building, self-reliance and community integration, so that individuals can keep their housing. The individuals unit is considered to be long-term without a timeline.

Five various group living situations, located in Oshawa and Whitby available for people that have mental health difficulties. The service focuses on providing clean, safe and affordable housing while staff provides support to the individuals that reside in the residences. Services focus on skill building, self-reliance, community integration and the maintenance and promotion of physical and mental health.

A client-centered, recovery-oriented mental health service delivery model for people aged 18 to 65 with serious and persistent mental illnesses, primarily schizophrenia, psychotic disorders and mood disorders. ACT services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Services are provided on a long-term basis with flexible degrees of intensity. Inclusion criteria: - individuals with serious and persistent mental illness or with severe functional impairments, who have not responded well to traditional outpatient mental health care and psychiatric rehabilitation services.