Thrive’s Programs & Services Education GED Youth at Promise Leadership Blue Door Case management Counselling CASEY Velocity StreetReach Individual support Drop in Outreach

Participant Identified Issues: Housing and Homelessness* Financial – poverty* Food insecurity Transportation* Health Sexual health Physical health Mental health* Addictions* Education Employment Sexual Exploitation

What Outreach looks like at Thrive Outreach walks System Navigation Food Personal Care Items Drop in Support AES Support SWAP needle exchange Crisis Intervention Housing Support Transportation assistance Supportive Counselling Advocacy How do we do it…

Trauma Informed Practice “What’s wrong with you?” vs. “What happened?” TIP shifts the question from “What’s wrong?” to “What happened?” This shift allows us to understand how traumatic experiences inform mental health and coping mechanisms like addiction, self harm, violence and aggression, etc. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE), developmental trauma and our relationships inform how we are in the world and how our brains are wired. Don’t take it personally! Only 1/10 people who have experienced significant trauma and who are living with trauma effects ever receive trauma specific services All people working in human services have an ethical duty to be trained in Trauma Informed Practice.

Harm Reduction Harm reduction is a paradigm of care that reduces negative consequences of high risk activities like drug use, sex with multiple partners, and overdose. Harm reduction also reduces stigma. We all practice harm reduction in our daily lives when we put on a seat belt or a bike helmet or look both ways before crossing the street. Safer Sex

When we do outreach, harm reduction creates an environment where people are comfortable talking about difficult topics like drug use, overdose, and sex. Safer Drug Use Safer Overdose

Anti-Oppressive Approach Acknowledges that poverty, race, education, socio-economic status, gender, sexuality, social connection, ability, age etc. limit access to resources for those who need it most. Analyzes these barriers in order to better advocate on a case-by- case basis within our systems.* Challenges internalized oppression and reflect a different view of participants who may have internalized the messaging that their oppression is deserved.

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