General Information
Fees:
Free
Service Delivery Format:
In person in response to your call to 211 or 911
Eligibility:
Ages: 16 years +
Referral:
No referral required.
Service Duration:
Determined on an individual basis and is based on needs.
Services offered:
- In English
- In Spanish
- In Hungarian
- In Somali
- Mobile Clinician
- Black Focused Mobile Clinician
Hours:
Monday to Friday
Location:
We come to you.
Contacts:
TCCS Program Staff List
Abokar Mohammed – Manager of Outreach and Community Engagement
abokarm@yorktownfamilyservices.com
Sharmarke Mohamed, Mobile Crisis Worker
Sharmarke@yorktownfamilyservices.com
Kelley Adams , Mobile Crisis Worker
The Toronto Community Crisis Service (TCCS) is a non-police response with multidisciplinary teams of trained crisis workers who will respond to non-emergency calls.
The CMHA Toronto is the anchor agency for the Northwest Toronto pilot. The program is delivered collaboratively with seven organizations in the Northwest: Yorktown Family Services, Addiction Services of Central Ontario, Black Creek Community Health Centre, Black Health Alliance, CAFCAN, Jane/Finch Community and Family Centre, and Rexdale Community Health Centre.
Services Provided
The TCCS will provide mobile multidisciplinary teams of trained crisis support specialists who will respond to non-emergency calls from people experiencing a mental health crisis and requests for wellbeing checks. The TCCS team consists of community health nurses, crisis counsellors, Indigenous crisis workers, youth crisis workers, harm reduction workers and peer workers.