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Since 1957, Forward House has been helping adults who have experienced or are experiencing serious mental health difficulties. Our programs, support services, and transitional housing afford these individuals the opportunity to learn how to cope with stressful situations and how to manage their lives more effectively and independently within the larger community.
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Our Services
COMMUNITY CENTRE
The community center on Girouard Avenue is much more than a gathering space: it boasts classrooms, computers, a workshop, a communal kitchen, a workout space, and Forward House’s administrative offices. Through the center, we provide support services via two programs:
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Day Educational Program (registration required) : offering courses, activities, and organized outings Monday to Friday.
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Vocational Support Services : implementation of PAAS-Action program with a diversity of partnerships in the community.
COMMUNITY SUPPORT
Forward House mental health workers contact and meet with individuals via three services:
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Long-term support is designed to assist individuals in their efforts to live productively and independently in their community.
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Sixties Suppport is designed to aid older individuals experiencing serious mental health difficulties which may be compounded when ageing. The team strives to help preserve client's autonomy.
RESIDENTIAL SERVICES AND MIR Plus
To help individuals regain their autonomy, Forward House Residential Services operate three coeducational group homes for a total of 22 adults and the MIR Plus group home for 11 adults.
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Each of these shared living environments provides different levels of support and on-site staff supervision based on the needs of the residents. All four homes share the same goal: to help each individual gradually regain the life skills and coping abilities needed to live autonomously in the wider community.
“Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.”
Joubert Botha
