Update: Pathways Forward receives OTF funding

Home Suite Hope's pilot program, Pathways Forward, made possible through a grant from the Robert Kerr Foundation and the Halo Fund, a division of the Minto Foundation, has received funding to expand thanks to funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF).

This new funding is a grow grant across three years for a total $285,400.

Home Suite Hope will use a $285,400 Grow grant over three years to expand its

Pathways Forward Program to serve more single parent families through extended

housing-first supports that build stability, independence, and longterm financial

security.

The Pathways Forward program serves single mothers and single fathers who need assistance stabilizing in housing while pursuing employment opportunities through routes other than college, such as employment, micro credentials or re-skilling.

Home Suite Hope (HSH) is known for its signature Homeward Bound Halton program. This program houses and stabilizes singe parents and their families as they face homelessness or precarious housing.

After stabilizing a family that includes housing, child care, academic upgrading, if needed, all with wraparound support and counselling, it moves a single parent into a two-year diploma program through a bursary at Sheridan College.

Upon graduation, up to a year of support for employment search connects a participant with employment that enables them to continue after HSH on a stable path for themselves and their families.

One of HSH’s newest programs is the pilot program Pathways Forward…made possible

through grants from the Robert Kerr Foundation and the Halo Fund, a division of the Minto Foundation, offers similar support but in a different format.

Pathways Forward provides targeted wraparound supports to help single-parent families stabilize in housing while actively working toward education and employment goals.

It is designed for single parents who are ready to pursue education, training, or employment while receiving housing stabilization supports.

Participants receive wraparound support including intensive case management, life skills and professional development workshops, psychotherapy, and access to rental subsidy support.

The program also assists participants in maximizing community and income resources while working toward education and/or employment. Pathways Forward allows us to support families who may not fit the Homeward Bound Halton model but still require strong, structured support to achieve long-term stability and independence.

Pathways Forward is open to single parents with at least one dependent in primary care.

For more information, visit HomeSuiteHope.org