To cope with the rising numbers of people becoming homeless, Social Housing in Action has supported, assisted and helped the development of emergency services that help people meet their immediate survival and shelter needs. These include:

• YWCA Harbour House Women’s Shelter for women and their children that are homeless and/or fleeing family violence
• Lethbridge Shelter and Resource Centre
• Emergency Youth Shelter

These emergency shelters are all vitally important to the day-to-day survival of people who have no housing. As long as there are people without housing, these services will be required. Emergency Shelters, however, are not a long term solution to homelessness in our community. 

Services provided at Harbour House:

• 24 bed Emergency Shelter for victims of domestic violence
• Emergency Shelter for women and children
• safe and secure environment
• 21 days stay
• full-time school for children
• Children's Services
• Outreach
• support groups
• referrals to different agencies

     phone: (403) 329-0088
     crisis: (403) 320-1881
     toll free: 1-800-296-0447

Services provided at Lethbridge Shelter and Resource Centre:

• 85 bed co-ed emergency shelter for adults
• safe, secure and friendly environment
• free coffee/tea all day
• evening meal (7:00 p.m.)
• lunch, Sunday only – 12:00 noon
• referrals for clothing, food and furniture
• transportation to Detox
• Outreach by Mobile Urban Street Team
• Outreach nursing care
• mental health support
• addictions counselling
• job-find board
• housing availability
• assessment and referral to other community services

phone:   327-1031

Services provided at the Emergency Youth Shelter (for children under the age of 18):

• 15 days stay
• staffed by professionals
• private sleeping space
• children are provided a hot meal in the evening, a breakfast and a bag lunch for the day
• showers
• laundry facilities
• transportation
• help to find solutions
• telephone
• clothing
• crisis counselling
  
  phone:   317-1777

Additional Emergency Shelter Services to be in place by 2011 include the following:

• Emergency Shelter for Families