Good Shepherd Non-Profit Homes Inc.
Supportive Housing, Toronto
In 1989, Good Shepherd Non-Profit Homes Inc. was founded by the Brothers of the Good Shepherd to develop supportive housing in Hamilton and Toronto. This housing would add to the continuum of services offered to the hungry, the homeless and the hard to house.
Good Shepherd Non-Profit Homes, Toronto, provides both on-site and mobile housing support services to men and women who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
All services are offered using a recovery model of psychosocial rehabilitation practice. The on-site supported programs are Brother Joseph Dooley Apartments and McNeil House. These programs provide supportive, rent-geared-to-income housing for 30 persons with a mental illness.
Support staff is available Monday to Friday from
9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Tenants are provided with an on-call service after hours. The building superintendent and relief superintendents are also available seven evenings per week to respond to building-related issues.
All those involved with Good Shepherd
Non-Profit Homes:
- Strive to provide services that will support individuals to recover from the effects of mental illness, homelessness and poverty.
- Value each person’s inherent goodness and potential for growth.
- Strive to enhance the quality of life for all those who seek our assistance and support.
Brother Joseph Dooley Apartments
Location: 10 Tracy Street, Toronto, ON M5A 4P2
Phone: 416-869-3974
Brother Joseph Dooley Apartments is a 30-unit supportive housing complex for special-needs adults. The fourth floor is St. Joseph’s Residence, a harm-reduction program for frail, older men who suffer from serious mental and/or physical health problems. Residents are supported 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by staff from Good Shepherd Ministries, Toronto and by Community Care Access nurses.
The remaining units are supported by Good Shepherd Non-Profit Homes On-Site Community Mental Health Workers for adults who experience mental illness and require daily support.
McNeil House
Location: 205 Gerrard Street E., Toronto M5A 2E7
Phone: 416-869-3974
McNeil House is a 10-unit apartment building for adults who live with mental illness and benefit from support by Good Shepherd Non-Profit Homes Community Mental Health Workers up to 7 days per week.
History
1992 McNeil House opens at 205 Gerrard Street in Toronto with 10 units of supportive housing
1993 Brother Joseph Dooley Apartments at 10 Tracy Street in Toronto opens with 28 units of supportive housing
2000 The HOMES Program in Hamilton (100 units) and the HOST Program in Toronto (100 units) are initiated to help get homeless, mentally ill individuals off the streets
The Residences