Our Impact

What we do in numbers: 2017-2018

5,786 bed nights for emergency shelter for an occupancy rate of 99.1%
172 unique persons, ranging in age from infancy to +70 years, with shelter and support
17,880 meals to residents and visitors
3,112 visits to the Deja Vu clothing room
220 hours of programming
52 women with household items when they moved to housing
6 outdoor Free Sales open to the community
Bags of Christmas gifts to 110 Adsum clients and 49 children
Bags of Christmas toys to more than 400 children in the community and our annual community party for 155 women & children
Intensive Case Management support to 19 people who had experienced chronic homelessness
Bi-weekly on site access to a nurse from MOSH (Mobile Outreach Street Health)

27 women and trans persons with housing, rented at 30% of their income; tenancy ranged from a few months to 20+ years
800 meals prepared by residents together with staff
920 hours of programming
852 food bags from Feed Nova Scotia to supplement residents' groceries
154 meetings with an Adsum social worker

12 women and 5 children with affordable housing; tenancy ranged from 6 months to more than 5 years
216 visits to the Drop-In for showers and laundry
410 visits for supportive counselling, referral and advocacy
118 people, including 16 children, with housing searches and support
23 people, including 13 children, with support while transitioning to housing

29 women, youth and trans and 5 children with housing and 24-hour support
762 hours of educational, therapeutic and recreational programming
468 hours of one-on-one meetings to residents
13 mothers with the Strengthening Parenting Skills program
Program and support to mothers of 14 children and to 3 pregnant women
14 children with regular supervised access visits with their mothers
3 children with a home when they were returned to their mother's care while residing at the Centre
9 women and families with support to move on to independent housing
Outreach support to 14 women and 11 children; most visits were in person, bi-weekly
10 women and 11 children with ongoing outreach support as they are still housed 6 months after exiting the Centre

4 families including 7 children, with safe, quality housing and supplemented rent to make housing affordable
Stability, with 1 family celebrating four years housed and 1 celebrating two years housed
Services and social work support as needed
Diverting Families from Shelter to Home provided:
13 families with stable housing, including 14 adults and 26 children, in the first 7 months of the program
8 families with housing without any stay, not even a day, in emergency shelter
2 families with eviction prevention to stay in their homes
Short-term housing options and support sufficient that no child has stayed at the shelter, Adsum House, since May 2018