Chow launches Toronto Community Crisis Service city-wide

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Toronto – Mayor Olivia Chow was joined by Toronto Community Crisis Service (TCCS) agency partners and community crisis workers to formally launch the service city-wide and ahead of schedule, as the City of Toronto’s fourth emergency service.   Over the last two years, the TCCS has quickly developed from a pilot program into a city-wide service and has responded to …

Mayor Chow welcomes new Toronto Community Crisis Service

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Toronto – Mayor Olivia Chow celebrated and welcomed more than 100 new Toronto Community Crisis Service (TCCS) workers who have completed their formal training. This marks the next milestone in the delivery of the TCCS program as workers officially join Toronto’s fourth emergency service.   The City of Toronto and its partners accelerated hiring and training, working ahead of schedule, …

TPH, Toronto Police Service launch Downtown CORE Team pilot program

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Toronto-Toronto Public Health (TPH) and the Toronto Police Service (TPS) launched the Downtown Community Outreach Response and Engagement (CORE) Team, a one-year pilot program to support vulnerable people, as well as other residents, visitors and businesses in the Yonge and Dundas area.  Designed to address the complex health, mental health, substance use and housing needs of vulnerable individuals in this …

Toronto Community Crisis Service supports mental health

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Toronto  – The City of Toronto held a job fair to kick-off recruitment for more than 100 new staff to scale up the Toronto Community Crisis Service (TCCS) in support of its city-wide expansion this year. Positions will sit across the service’s five partner agencies with positions for mental health and frontline crisis workers, office staff and more. Held today, …