SAFE AT HOME HAMILTON

Helping You Stay Safely In Your Home

Welcome to Safe at Home Hamilton, a housing program for women-identifying and gender-diverse people experiencing partner violence residing in Hamilton, Ontario. Safe at Home Hamilton is a program run through Mission Services of Hamilton in collaboration with an active Steering Committee.

WHAT SAFE AT HOME HAMILTON OFFERS

Safe at Home Hamilton assists individuals experiencing intimate partner violence by supporting them to stay safely in their homes or move to a home of their choosing.

This program provides:

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SAFETY & SECURITY

Safety audits and financial support for home security measures.

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HOUSING SUPPORTS

Supports to make the home safe and affordable whether staying in the current home or moving to a new home

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WRAP-AROUND SERVICES

Case management, including referral and advocacy support, including for children

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*Safe At Home Hamilton is not equipped to respond to high risk or crisis situations.

WHO IS THE PROGRAM FOR?

Safe at Home Hamilton is available to women-identified or gender diverse people who are residents of Hamilton, Ontario – with or without children – who are experiencing intimate partner violence and are seeking to safely remain in the home of their choice.

Who Is Eligible?

18 years of age or older (excluding dependent children)
Low to moderate risk of (re-)experiencing physical harm
Experience threatening, controlling or coercive behaviour from partner
Willing to undergo a safety check of their home and accept adjustments
We consider support around pets when leaving a violent relationship. We feel that this model is uniquely positioned to provide support to those with pets by allowing participants to bypass the shelter system, which generally does not allow pets.

Who Is Not Eligible?

High-risk situations
Living outside of the Hamilton area

Working with perpetrators of violence

With the permission of the participant and consent of the former partner, Safe at Home staff will also provide referrals, offer case management and system navigation to perpetrators with the goal of safety homelessness prevention for all involved.
We anticipate that providing holistic services in this way will have a ripple effect and provide a significant and positive impact for participating families.

HOW TO BE REFERRED

Clients enter Safe at Home Hamilton via referrals from established referral partner agencies. We are not able to accept self-referrals or applications from individuals at this time. If you are interested in finding out if you are eligible, we suggest you ask your Social Worker or Caseworker if their agency has a partnership with Safe at Home Hamilton.

If you are a Hamilton agency serving individuals experiencing partner violence who would like to become a referral partner, please use the ‘Contact Us’ form to get in touch.

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