A multi-service, multi-site health centre that provides clinical and social services for people who have a higher risk of poor health because of language or cultural barriers, poverty or isolation.
EarlyOn (Allocations): Ensures that children aged 0-6 years get the best start in life. This is achieved by offering parents and caregivers free, drop-in early learning programs across twelve programming sites. Caregivers and parents attend early learning groups to learn and play with their children, meet new people, and get advice on child development.
Good Food Box (Allocations): The Good Food Box (GFB) is an affordable food access program that provides food boxes to low income individuals and families. It is available to everyone in the community with twenty-nine host sites from Kingston to Napanee to Denbigh and two packing sites. United Way funding provides for free food boxes to those unable to pay.
Portable OutReach Care Hub (PORCH) (Allocations): This program offers outreach services, counselling and select physical and mental health services in partnership with variety of community partners/providers, via a retrofitted recreational vehicle to reduce barriers and improve access for people in the community.
Seniors Food Box (Allocations): Provides low-income seniors aged 55+ with a free box of fresh produce and dry staple items delivered to their door. This program helps alleviate the food insecurity of local seniors by providing them with a box of healthy food.
Student Food Boxes (Allocations): The program provides low-income students, both at Queen’s University and St. Lawrence College, with a free box of fresh produce and dry staple items to help alleviate food insecurity.
Operation Warm Feet (Emergency): Warm winter boots are purchased and distributed to children and youth in need throughout Kingston and Lennox & Addington County.
Outreach & Client Shuttle Service (CIF): In addition to PORCH (Portable Outreach Care Hub), Shuttle Van service improves the ability for clients to attend medical, social, and pharmacy appointments. The program assists clients by giving them better access to these various other services through transportation and improves health outcomes while decreasing the number of missed appointments and increasing adherence to vital medications in clients.
Adelaide Needs Assessment (Reaching Home): A short-term on-site clinical project at Adelaide Warming Centre for the purposed of conducting a survey and completing a needs assessment around the health and other related needs of individuals accessing shelter.
Tel: 613-542-2949
www.kchc.ca
