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Detailed Description of Project: Integrated Housing Program - Building II


Service Provider The In Community
Project Integrated Housing Program - Building II
Category Supportive Housing Units (SHU)
Address 475 Laurier Avenue West 
City Ottawa
Postal Code  
Nearest Main Intersection Bay & Laurier
Phone (613)724-5886 
Fax (613)724-5889
Email info@theincommunity.ca
Number of Consumers Served 14
Population 8 M. & 6 W.
Unit Type 14 one-bdrm. apartments
Services to persons with ABI No
Respite Services No
Bowel & Bladder Procedures Yes
Suctioning & Ventilators No
G Tube Feeding No
Augmented Communications Devices No
Other Services  
Catchment Area Ottawa-Carleton Region
Application Process Apply directly to VHA Health and Home Support
Applications - Contact VHA Health & Home Support
Applications - Address 1150 Morrison Drive, Suite 110 Ottawa, ON K2H 8S9 613-724-5886
Available Spaces Per Year 1
Self-Direction of Services Required Consumers must be able to direct own services.
Hiring Attendants Consumers are not involved in hiring attendants.
Training Attendants Consumers participate in orientation sessions for attendants.
Performance Appraisals of Attendants Consumers complete employee appraisal on each new staff & yearly thereafter.
Choice in gender of attendants Yes, except when project is single staffed.
Languages  
Consumer Representation on Board of Directors 33% of Board are consumers & 33% are PWDs. 40% of Board Executive are consumers & PWDs.
Rent Subsidies Available Yes
Are leases separate from personal support service contracts? Yes
Comments Ottawa-Carleton now has a centralized application process operated by VHA Health & Home Support