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Nawican Emergency Homeless Shelter

Provided by Nawican Friendship Centre
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Nawican Emergency Homeless Shelter

Provides year-round, low-barrier overnight emergency housing in men's and women's dormitories for 17 homeless adults, including transgender individuals. Also accepts non-binary individuals. Services include hot meals, snacks and coffee, showers, laundry facilities, access to computers and internet, personal hygiene products, clothing, first aid, advocacy, transportation, and referrals to mental health and/or addiction resources. Harm reduction focus; accepts inebriated individuals on condition of respectful behaviour. Provides opioid users with free Take Home Naloxone Kits (Narcan) that can be used to reverse the effects of overdoses from opioids like fentanyl, heroin, methadone, morphine, and oxycodone. Storage lockers are available. Pets are not allowed. Shelter and intake hours are 4 pm to 10 pm daily; beds are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Clients can call ahead or check in at the shelter by 10 pm for bed availability. Curfew is 10:30 pm; clients who have completed intake are encouraged to be at the shelter by curfew or their bed may be given away. If there are no beds available or the client cannot be accepted due to safety or health concerns, the shelter will assist them in finding a safe alternative, arranging transportation, or contacting the hospital. Referral accepted from self or other. Maximum stay is generally 14 days, but this can be extended in some circumstances if the resident is working with a case manager. Also provides a warming space during extreme weather where people living outside can take refuge from the cold. Shelter is wheelchair accessible.

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