Hamilton- Quick Guide to Services

Hamilton Quick Guide to Services

Hamilton is full of resources and the purpose of this book is to organize them so service providers can better serve the community. The book is supplementary to Hamilton Public Library’s Redbook and hnhbhealthline.ca. The benefit of having this supplementary book is so additional notes can be added to ease the process of workers accessing programs.

The original form is in Google Document and is intended to be constantly changed. The booklet is intended to be used by service providers. However, the general public may also use this

(links to download a PDF and a Plain Text accessible version of the booklet are at the bottom of the page).

Organizations involved in the development of this book include:

Disability Justice Network of Ontario

Hamilton Centre for Civic Inclusion

Hamilton Community Legal Clinic

Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton

Special thanks to Shaila J. from Mohawk College

The booklet has resources for:

COVID-19

Mental Health Counselling (everyone)

Refugee Health Supports

Mental Health Counselling (healthcare workers)

Women' shelters

Mens' shelters

Drop in supports

Community Meals (take away dinners)

Harm reduction services

Transit Passes

Bed Bug Support

Bereavement and Grief Services

Bankruptcy and foreclosure services

Birth Certificate Resources

Brain Injury Services

Child Services

Civil Law

Complaints against Cities

Complaints against Lawyers and Paralegals

Consent and Capacity

Credit Counselling

Criminal Law

Consumer Rights

Dental Supports

Education Benefits

Disability Supports

Employment Services

Evictions

Family Law

Financial Supports

First Nations, Inuit, and Metis Services

Food Banks and Community Food Centres

Francophone Supports

Guardianship/ Power of Attorney

Government Pensions for Older Adults

Health Services

HIV Services

Hoarding/Clutter Services

Hospitals

Housing

Human Trafficking

Immigrants and Refugees

Incarceration Complaints

Income Taxes

Internet Services for folks in City Housing

Labour Rights

Landlord Support

Legal/Advocacy Services

LGBTTIQQ2SA Services

Member of Parliament and Provincial Parliament

Migrant Workers' Rights

Pardons

Passport Support

Pet Supports

Public/Catholic School Boards

Provincial Offenses

Recreation Fee Reduction

Privacy Concerns in Ontario

Self Harm (Suicide)

Senior Services

Shelters

Small Claims Court

Specialty Clinics

Street Involved (Homelessness) Services

Services for Survivors

Warming Centres (winter)

Wills and Estates

WSIB

Youth Services

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A PDF OF THE HAMILTON- QUICK GUIDE TO SERVICES DOCUMENT

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A PLAIN TEXT VERSION OF THE HAMILTON- QUICK GUIDE TO SERVICES DOCUMENT

If you have any changes or suggestions, please contact:

chengd@lao.on.ca

Care-Mongering HamOnt: A Hamilton Response to COVID-19

Care-Mongering HamOnt: a Hamiilton Response to COVID-19

For more than a month now, the Disability Justice Network of Ontario (DJNO) has been working with the Hamilton Student Mobilization Network (HSMN) Erich's Cupboard, and the Hamilton Centre for Civic Inclusion (HCCI) to deliver food to people with disabilities or who can't afford groceries. We are run predominantly by young people who are students, racialized, or people with disabilities. Our work was shared locally, nationally and internationally, even mentioned in a Washington Post article. Background: We started off as a mutual aid project, with a Facebook group (see in signature line) for people to post when they need some support, and for Hamilton residents to offer that support. But with more than 6,000 residents in the Facebook group, we got worried that requests were being missed. We also wanted to make sure that we were prioritizing racialized and disabled people. So we created a centralized system with a phone number and a request form, translated flyers into Arabic, French, Spanish, Polish, and more, and dropped them in at risk buildings (see docs in signature line). Since then, we have been getting requests for 100 families a week, and have been delivering these kits Mondays Wednesday and Fridays. Because of family sizes, which range normally from 2-8 per household, we estimate that we have now fed close to 500 people. We do this work out of the New Vision United Church on 21 Main Street West.

Right now, we have over 200 volunteers signed up who have been helping with inventory runs, office sanitation, delivery runs, and flyer drops.  For more information, please feel free to email or call, and click through the links in our signature below to find our volunteer form, translated explanatory flyers, and more. To refer people to our system and get them food, have them fill out this form or call our phone line at (289) 768-3170. With love and in solidarity, Hamilton Student Mobilization Network (HamStu), Erich's Cupboard, and Disability and Justice Network of Ontario (DJNO)! Links: CareMongering-HamOnt: Hamilton Community Response to COVID19 Phone line: 289 768 3170 General inquiries, calls for support, e-transfer donations, and misc. offers can be sent to care@djno.ca. These are not emergency contact lines. Please give us 3-4 days to respond! Volunteers can sign up here!

Facebook group at CareMongering-HamOnt: Hamilton Community Response to COVID19 Request forms for support: https://linktr.ee/HamOntCare E-transfers can be sent to care@djno.ca Childcare: Fill this out if you need childcare / Fill this out if you can provide childcare! We have created a flyer to deliver around your neighbourhood for offline support. Flyers and their translations (Arabic, Spanish, French, Polish) can be found here. 

Annual Report (September 2018 to December 31st 2019)

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