If you no longer have shelter, you can contact the Waterloo Region Social Services Department to apply for Discretionary Benefits. This service, for both families and individuals, provides assistance to cover all or part of the cost of a hotel or motel room in emergency situations. To apply, call the Ontario Works application number 519-883-2100.
Because shelter for families is very limited, we suggest that you first try to apply for the Discretionary Benefits program mentioned previously. However, if you do not wish to do so, or do not qualify, there are shelter options that you can try.
From November until April there are extra shelter options available through the Out of the Cold programs in Kitchener-Waterloo. This program is a seasonal, volunteer run program that provides over night shelter in community churches for adults. For details on where the shelters are located each night, call us at 519-579-3800.
Many of the emergency shelters serve only a specific population such as women and their children, men, youth, or pregnant or abused women. The locations of some shelters are kept confidential for safety.
Most of the shelters listed offer showers to their clients free of charge. Some shelters and drop in centres also offer hygiene products available at little or no cost to the client.
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63 Charles St E, Kitchener
phone: 742-8327
84 Frederick St, Kitchener
phone: 744-0120
crisis: 744-0120
26 Simcoe St, Cambridge
phone: 624-9305
Cambridge
phone: 623-7991 (men's), 650-0452 (women's)
41 Weber St W, Kitchener
phone: 749-1450 ext 240
Kitchener
phone: 741-9184
crisis: 742-5894, 1-877-419-1517
Cambridge
phone: 653-2289
crisis: 653-2422, 1-800-410-4482
109 Young St, Kitchener
phone: 571-0722
231 Herbert St, Waterloo
phone: 743-0291
150 Ainslie St N, Cambridge
phone: 624-0481
37 Market Lane, Box 1652, Kitchener
phone: 744-2794, 744-0833 (Drop In)
97 Victoria St N, 2nd Flr, Kitchener
phone: 745-8928, 743-1151 (admin)
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151 Frederick St, Ste 300, Kitchener N2H 2M2
519-579-1096
enquiry@waterlooregion.org
Last updated January 2008.