Youth Supports

Services Still Available

The 519 has developed an amazing list of youth resources still available by phone or online during the pandemic.

LGBTQI2S-Positive Help

• Tips for quarantining with homophobic or transphobic family (from Egale)
  
  
• Crisis supports, housing help for LGBTQ2S youth up to age 29
  Friends of Ruby (formerly Egale Youth Services)
  friendsofruby.ca 
  Phone / email support only: 416 359 0237 | info@friendsofruby.ca

Youth Housing and Homelessness

The Homelessness Learning Hub is sharing timely, relevant, and evidence-based information for the youth homelessness sector, and shows examples of what is being done in communities (e.g., case studies and how-tos). This page will continue to be updated. 

Financial Support

Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada’s COVID-19 Youth Support Fund offers grants of $1,000 to former youth in care to help support them through the COVID-19 pandemic.