Thanks to a matching donation of $50,000 from The James A. Burton and Family Foundation, your donation will have DOUBLE the impact!! Every dollar YOU donate to Home Horizon’s Barbara Weider House will be DOUBLED from now until January 31, 2025. With your support, we have the chance to make real change in our community and help vulnerable youth transform their lives and move forward with their hopes, dreams and life opportunities.
With warmest gratitude and best wishes for the upcoming Holiday Season.
Bridging the critical gap between emergency shelter & independent living
At-Risk of Homelessness
Living on their own-away from parents or caregivers-and unable to acquire a stable, safe, or consistent residence, most young people who experience homelessness do not choose to be, nor wish to be. From sleeping rough or in emergency shelters, to a range of precarious housing and shelter circumstances, the experience of homelessness is often negative, unhealthy, unsafe, traumatizing, and stressful.
Youth have a greater likelihood of being part of the ‘hidden homeless’ population. They may couch surf, stay temporarily with friends or relatives because they cannot go home and most likely haven’t sought out services to support themselves. For a lot of youth, they have a “home” but their living situation is abusive, unsafe, unsupportive, and/or inherently precarious.
Through transitional housing, the Barbara Weider House, and Youth Outreach Program, we work with youth at risk of homelessness to rebuild their lives and ultimately reach their full potential.
Homelessness has reached crisis proportions in Canada and is a real issue in our area, even if it isn’t always visible. We work with youth from Collingwood, Creemore, Meaford, Stayner, Thornbury, The Town of Blue Mountains, and Wasaga Beach.
Our mission:
Home Horizon creates a community where youth who are at risk of or experiencing homelessness are supported and empowered with the resources and skills to transition into adulthood. As a community, we break the cycle of youth homelessness with hope, safety, and growth.
These youth are in the process of transitioning into adulthood, and due to challenging circumstances, may not yet have acquired the health, personal, social, and life skills that make independent living possible. We offer access to counselling and programs to help these youth successfully rebuild their lives and transition to independent living and adulthood. Our support programs help them learn life skills, create positive relationships with peers and adults, and re-engage with school, employment training, and/or employment.
Transforming the lives of youth.
Watch our 2-minute video on the work that we do to support the vulnerable youth in our community.
“No one gave me a chance, no one would listen to me and no one gave a “crap” until I got here. I have a real chance of being a success now. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart”
Home Horizon Youth, Name Withheld
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