Plein Milieu
Description:
School-based intervention and street work.
* Active listening, welcoming, support, referral, mediation and accompaniment.
* Permanent site: needle exchange and recovery, distribution of condoms, inhalation and injection equipment.
* STI prevention.
* Toll free helplines to reach a community counsellor.
* Social mediation between homeless people and residents or shop owners to prevent police intervention.
* Assistance finding housing and follow-up for people referred by community workers.
* Drug addiction prevention and sexual education workshops in high schools.
* Naloxone kits distribution.
* Distribution and delivery of fentanyl test strips.
* Distribution of menstrual hygiene products.
* Support in obtaining the health insurance card for people experiencing homelessness who attend the organization and whose identity can be confirmed by the organization.
Customer base:
homeless people, youth and adults injecting or inhaling drugs
Costs:
none
Territory served:
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal
Capacity:
limited
Accommodation:
Without accommodation
Legal status:
non-profit organization
Language of service:
French; English