I am SO happy I am not homeless anymore. Thanks to SOY!!

 

 

YWCA Elm Centre resident upset with drug-using tenants

 

 

 

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http://www.torontosun.com/2012/07/09/ywca-elm-centre-resident-upset-with-drug-using-tenants

 

YWCA Elm Centre makes woman ‘feel like a little kid’

 

 

 

 

 

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http://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2012/05/28/ywca_elm_centre_makes_woman_feel_like_a_little_kid.html

 

 

 

 

 

Toronto drug users evicted from harm-reduction YWCA

This is another story about the YWCA Toronto. Toronto Star published a story about the YWCA Toronto. Read the comments section. Sue Taylor and others accuses the YWCA Toronto of exploiting the same people they are supposed to help.

Toronto Star published a story about the YWCA Toronto.




Read the full story here:


http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/canada/archives/2013/01/20130127-084351.html

 

 

Toronto Star claims YWCA Toronto  now offers interest-free loans to help women living with abuse establish themselves in safety.

 

Information gathered by FIX YWCA and Canada Court Watch  and Ontario Coalition for Accountability and a survivor by the name of Jessie McVicar and  a number of credible sources including information and testimony from former women residents, children who were residents and former shelter managers, clearly indicate the system gets all this funding from goverment and donations and their using it to protect themselves, and not the families, and they are only protending to help families but in reality they are only exploiting these families and only helping themselves. Is this the same case here? YWCA Toronto staff when you google your own name, find this post, can you be so good as to give us the REAL scoop. Ok? Thanks. YWCA survivors when you google about the YWCA Toronto, find this post, can you tell the world about your experiences with this new program? Thanks.





Read the full story here:

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/12/05/fund_named_for_montreal_massacre_helps_women_flee_domestic_violence.html

 

kicked out

 

Habitat Services Toronto boarding home has settled a human rights complaint

                               

                              

Jessica Larabee has been homeless off and on since aging out of foster care in 2006. After aging out of foster care in 2006, she moved to Toronto from Sudbury and directly into a Habitat Services Toronto boarding home for people living in poverty.

Jessica Larabee has been involved in a human rights complaint against the Toronto Habitat Services boarding home in Toronto, alleging Jessica was assaulted and experienced discrimination and ran away because of abuse and stayed at YWCA Toronto.  

“I almost tried to kill myself. I had no family to turn to for support. The YWCA Toronto and the 519 Church Street Community Centre was the only place I could go to for support”.

She alleged that she was abused at Habitat Services but received support at the YWCA Toronto. 

YWCA Toronto provided the support Jessica required.

Habitat Services and Thomas Tuah denied the allegations, but settled the case at mediation downtown Toronto.

Habitat Services and Thomas Tuah said the staff, and the individual officers who were involved, denied discrimination allegations.   

Habitat Services and Thomas Tuah has refused interviews.

Habitat Services agreed to receive training on human rights and LGBTQ issues. 

Kyle Scanlon provided the training from the 519 Church Street Community Centre in the year of 2009.

Jessica claimed damages of $20,000.

What was actually received has not been revealed.  

The cases have been settled out of court — but under the terms of the settlement the amount awarded will remain SECRET.

The case was settled at mediation in the year of 2009. 

"If they didn't think they did anything wrong they would not have agreed to a settlement. We live in a corporate kind of society where money does speak — and people don't like to pay people off for things they did right. So if they [Toronto Habitat Services] did anything right we wouldn't be here talking today," said Larabee.