Harm Reduction

Outreach

Often accompanied by a Nurse, Street Outreach Teams distribute sterile drug use equipment, naloxone, and condoms to reduce disease transmission and build relationships with individuals who may be isolated and not currently receiving care. Many clients’ first touch point with Street Health is through our outreach efforts.

Drop-In Programs

Drop-ins offer vital support and connections for people who are precariously housed or experiencing homelessness. Drop-ins provide essential support including food, personal care, hygiene, and harm reduction supplies and information/referrals. Each drop-in offers a safe space where community members are welcome and gain support from others with lived experience. Most importantly these drop-ins reduce isolation and build community connections.

• Tuesday 1:30 – 4 PM – East End Prevention Project, 194 Gerrard St
• Wednesday 5 – 7 PM – All Saints Church, 315 Dundas St. East. Enter through the door accessed from the ramp in the parking lot on Sherbourne St

Women’s Drop-In

A weekly Drop-in for non-binary people, trans and cis women who are homeless and/or street involved.

• Thursday 5 – 7 PM – All Saints Church, 315 Dundas St. East. Enter through the door accessed from the ramp in the parking lot on Sherbourne St

Kit Making Group

Volunteers who have lived experience of homelessness and/or substance use meet weekly to assemble safer drug use kits.

Hepatitis C Clinic

Street Health is a partner with Vircan, to offer free, monthly Hepatitis C Clinics.

Community Clean up

Street Health is a partner in the Community Care Project, an initiative funded by the City of Toronto where community members clean up discarded harm reduction supplies in the downtown east.