The Umbrella Society, a non-profit that provides mental-health and substance-use supports to individuals, saw about 12,000 clients last year, an unexpected jump of 1,000 over the previous year.
He said the work of the society, which offers outreach, recovery housing, counselling, harm reduction and education, falls on the shoulders of staff members who have experienced substance-abuse or mental-health issues. The society has opened transitional housing, offering its Housing Overdose Prevention Peer Support model, which provides support and addiction resources, along with training and education.When a resident relapses in other houses, they are usually expelled. At the Umbrella Society, it’s the opposite.
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