PROGRAMS
Metro
Street Focus Organization was
designed primarily to cater for
the needs of Street (homeless)
kids, their families and other
socially isolated persons in the
city of Toronto. The organization
intends to fulfill the following
objectives :
Existing
Programs
To
relieve hunger and deprivation in
the city of Toronto by the
following charitable methods:
- Providing
Support and assistance to
street youth, their
families and other
homeless people who may
be suffering from abuse,
mental or physical
disability or
debilitating medical
conditions.
- Providing
food, clothing, blanket,
Kleenex tissues, condoms,
personal hygiene items,
and in future, shelter to
street youth, their
families and other
socially isolated persons
in the city of Toronto.
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To Operate and
maintain a food bank where food
stuffs can be provided to street
youth, their families and other
homeless people in the city of
Toronto:
- To
maintain and operate a
food kitchen where hot
meals of breakfast and
dinner can be served
directly to street youth.
their families and other
homeless people in the
city of Toronto.
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Emergency
Shelter
(Future Plan)
- Due
to increasing number of
street kids, their
families and other
homeless people in our
community today, Metro
Street Focus Organization
intends to establish an
emergency shelter and
resource centre to be
equipped with beds,
showers, where we can
provide temporary
housing, meals,
supportive counseling,
referrals (medical,
housing, vocational
skills, employment,
treatment, etc.) to
community agencies,
education on health
issues and counseling.
Street youth will be
encouraged to learn
useful skills that will
reintegrate them into the
society.
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Vocational
Education
- Metro
Street Focus Organization
recognizes the need to
enhance, strengthen and
structure the lives of
the street youth so that
they can become
independent, healthy,
socially responsible and
useful members of the
society where they were
once social dependents.
To accomplish this, the
organization intends to
establish a
training/resource centre
within the shelter home,
which will be equipped
with computers, teaching
aides, books, audio
visual equipment and
professionally qualified
staff to teach them some
useful and employable
skills that will help
reintegrate them into the
society. While on this
program the organization
will arrange a co-op
program with some
industries and offices
where they will learn
basic filing, offices
procedures, assembling of
products and other work
related experience that
will prepare them for
challenges ahead on the
job market. The training
and experience in this
program will be useful
and prepare them for
employment when they
graduate.
- Each
candidate will be awarded
a certificate upon
completion of such
program.
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Transportation
- Research
has shown that street
youth and other homeless
people lack access to
public transportation due
to financial constraint,
thereby exposing them to
excessive walking often
with inadequate footwear.
This increases the need
for emergency
transportation services
for street youth and
other socially isolated
persons in the city of
Toronto. To address this
problem, Metro Street
Focus Organization has
acquired two vehicles
(Dodge Caravan Van and
Crown Victoria - Police
cruiser type) for its
street outreach services.
Another purpose for these
Vans is to enable street
youth, their families and
other homeless persons to
be transported to drop-in
centres, medical
appointments, job search
and housing support. The
vans will also be used
for the distribution of
items such as food,
clothing, blankets,
personal hygiene items,
condoms, etc. The
organization intends to
purchase more vans for
its operation as soon as
more funds become
available to do so.
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Funding
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