HSH recognizes Nonprofit Week in Ontario

Next week - February 15th to 21st - is Ontario Nonprofit Appreciation Week

Home Suite Hope is one of those non-profits making an impact in the community. This is our 21st year working to support single parents move from homelessness to self-sufficiency.

We are also a member of Community Development Halton (CDH) and the Impact Halton Coalition and are a United Way Halton Hamilton-supported agency.

We invite you to learn more about what we do at HomeSuiteHope.org

Did you know that nearly 850,000 nonprofit workers are dedicated to serving, connecting, and supporting all Ontarians.

• Nonprofit workers provide essential services, such as childcare, long-term care, shelters, community health centres, seniors support, and more.

• Much of the work is done by women workers who are the majority of the nonprofit workforce (77 per cent).

• Nonprofit workers are your neighbours, your friends, your family, and your community leaders.

Ontario’s 58,000 nonprofits help to create healthy and thriving communities and contribute

$65 billion to the economy.

• Ontario’s nonprofit sector is diverse – from arts and culture, housing, sports and recreation, faith, child development, community health care, the environment, and more.

• Nonprofits are leading advocacy and change for a better, greener, more equitable economy and inclusive society.

In Halton we have a nonprofit coalition - ImpactHaltonCoaltion. There are close to 1,000 nonprofits in Halton, supporting community health, creating opportunities through sport, recreation and culture, protecting our environment, welcoming newcomers, and supporting the well-being of residents from all walks of life.

HSH works with single parents and their families. It serves single parents who are homeless, facing homelessness or who are precariously housed. HSH programming is designed to move those single parents from poverty to stability with the goal that they are able to maintain market rent upon exiting programming.

We work from a housing first principle and providing rent subsidy and wrap around support.

That support includes counselling, life skills, academic upgrading, a bursary to a post-secondary diploma program and employment search support.

HSH offers a variety of programs that range from one year to the four-year Homeward Bound Halton program. These programs enable HSH to meet clients where they have the need... whether it's rebuilding after family crisis, regaining stability and employment or developing a new skill upon which future stability can be based.

Working with Halton Women's Place, HSH's new Haven to Home program assists women and children facing domestic violence get on their feet. Pathways Forward helps single working parents stabilize.

HSH relies solely on donations, fundraising and grants and in recent years housing affordability issues have significantly impacted its work.

Still, HSH has consistently achieved high success in stabilizing single parents - and that not only helps our community today but lays the foundation for families to break the cycle of generational poverty.

Nonprofits are essential community infrastructure in Halton.

Learn more about Home Suite Hope.

Learn more about Impact Halton Coalition and Community Development Halton (CDH) and learn about the work of the Coalition advocating for new funding models, policies that recognize the challenges faced by the workforce and need for deeper collaboration with decision-makers.