Case Study: One Roof Youth Services

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Dear Family, Friends and Community Partners,

We are holding our very 1st Bowl-a-thon for One Roof, Kingston Youth Hub on December 1st at Cloverleaf lanes. We hope you will join us between 6:00pm – 9:00pm to help us raise money to fund our holiday season. The money raised from this event will be used to support young people in need during this holiday season.

One Roof Youth Services Hub opened October 9th 2017, and is located at 426 Barrie Street. Our main objective is to offer a single-site location for youth between ages 16-24 to access multiple necessary supports and services. One Roof ensures quick and appropriate supports are in place and easily accessible to marginalized youth in Kingston, in order to prevent and end youth homelessness. Our single-site agency assists youth with accessing multiple services, without the barriers of inaccessible locations due to transportation, repetition in their story; along with the education and employment services which are not developed effectively for these ages. Agencies that are part of One Roof Youth Service’s Hub team include: Home Base Housing, The Maltby Centre, Youth Diversion/KAIROS, Girls, Inc, St. Lawrence Youth Association, Resolve Counseling Services, Kingston Community Health Centres, HIV/AIDS Regional Services, KEYS Job Centre, Katarowki Learning Centre, Youthab, Addiction and Mental Health Services, Family and Children’s …show more content…
Our location offers range of options to receive assistance, from groups, one-on-one and drop in services. One Roof has The Loft, a drop-in space for youth to utilize during our hours of operations. The Loft is a safe-place for youth to be, to gather basic-needs supplies such as clothing and hygiene products. We also offer laundry and shower facilities for

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