Welcome to Eva's Initiatives
Eva's Initiatives works with homeless and at-risk youth
ages 16 to 24 to get them off the streets permanently. We operate three
shelters in the Greater Toronto Area that house 122 youth each night.
Our shelters provide homeless youth with emergency and transitional
housing, harm reduction services to address drug and alcohol use,
counselling, employment and training programs, housing support and services
to reconnect youth with their families. Each year we help over 2,300
homeless and at-risk youth to get off the street, find housing and
community supports, and begin to rebuild their futures.
Information on our programs and services can be found on the following
pages:
Eva's Place
Eva's Satellite
Eva's Phoenix
Mentorship
Print Shop
National Initiative
Eva's Awards for Innovation
Prix Eva's Initiatives pour l'innovation
Youth Shelters Unite in Funding Issue
Eva’s Initiatives, like other youth shelters in Toronto is faced with
the daunting task of raising more money each year, just to cover the basic
operating costs of our three shelters. We must also raise additional funds
to operate our wide range of progressive programs and services for youth.
The gap between the per diem funding rate paid via the City of Toronto and the
actual shelter operating costs is growing significantly each year. Youth
shelters must currently subsidize the City of Toronto between 30 and 40 percent of
shelter operating costs, in order to provide this vital service for homeless
youth in our city. While shelters remain committed to fundraising, they
have reached their capacity to raise ever increasing amounts.
All youth shelters have joined together in a
collaborative and concerted effort to seek an increase in the very outdated
per diem funding rate currently paid to youth shelters. This rate has increased less than 1% in
the past twelve years. Please support our efforts to secure a more
appropriate per diem rate from the City. Phone or email your Councillor to
voice your support for youth shelters.
To download the position paper, please click here.
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Contact Information
Eva's
Initiatives
Administration Office
215 Spadina Ave Suite 370
Toronto ON M5T 2C7
Phone: 416-977-4497
Fax: 416-977-6210
E-Mail: info@evas.ca
Make a donation online or email: donate@evas.ca
Find out about Eva's Awards for Innovation or
email: awards@evas.ca
Information sur les Prix Eva's pour I'innovation
ou envoyez un courriel à : awards@evas.ca
Find Event Information here or email: events@evas.ca
Find Volunteer Information here or email: volunteer@evas.ca
For Career Opportunities, email: careers@evas.ca
Charitable Registration Number: 132239013RR0001
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