St. Stephen’s Community House (SSCH) is a community-based social service agency that has been serving the Kensington Market area adjacent to downtown Toronto since 1962. This neighbourhood had the fifth highest number of overdose calls in the entire city of Toronto between January 2018 and June 2019. St. Stephen’s Urban Health and Homeless Service focuses on the provision of comprehensive, integrated services for individuals living with complex issues, including substance use, mental health issues, homelessness, poverty and isolation.
On April 25, 2018, St. Stephen’s opened a small overdose prevention site (OPS) with 2 injection spaces off the main drop-in space in the basement. In June 2019, the OPS moved upstairs to a larger room and added a third injection space. The objective of the OPS is to provide a safe space for people to use drugs under supervision, with trained staff able to respond to overdoses, provide support, safer drug use education and supplies, and to connect people to additional healthcare and social services as needed.
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The Toronto Drop-In Network (TDIN) is an active member-based coalition of 59 organizations that run at least 56 diverse drop-in centres across the city of Toronto. Our members work with people who are homeless, marginally housed, or socially isolated, including men, women, transgender and non-binary people, youth and seniors.
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