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Yellow Brick House- 37th year
Lorris Herenda
Executive Director
905-709-0900 ext. 2224
www.yellowbrickhouse.org
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YBH Mandate
Yellow Brick House is a not for profit organization providing programs and services to abused women and children
What is abuse: Any behaviour or action that is used to scare, harm, threaten, control, intimidate or injure another person
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What are our values?
• Feminist organization• Commitment to and involvement with the anti-violence
movement• Anti-oppression/anti-racism principles• Empowerment and choice. • Diversity, equity, and inclusivity• Respect for the abilities, opinions,
and needs • Confidentiality and safety • Integrity and compassion
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Types of Abuse
1. Psychological/Verbal
2. Financial/Economic
3. Sexual
4. Spiritual
5. Physical
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Types of Abuse
1. Psychological/Verbal
2. Financial/Economic
3. Sexual
4. Spiritual
5. Physical
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Stats in Canada• 51% of Canadian Women have at one point in
their life been abused.• Currently, 25 % of Canadian Women are living in
abusive home with their children.• 1 in 3 women worldwide are being abused• 1 in 5 children are sexually abused• Currently half a million children are living in
abusive homes witnessing their mothers being beaten
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What are the consequences of abuse?
1. Consequences to our society
• $ 7.3 billon spent a year
• Health-related costs alone cost more than $ 2 billion per year
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2. Consequences of abuse on women
• 2 women are killed every week in Canada• A woman is killed every 12 days in Ontario• 50% Women living in violent homes suffer PTSD
(post traumatic stress syndrome)• Lost days at work due to physical injuries and
psychological impact• 40% of physical abuse starts during pregnancy
resulting in health issues for the unborn child
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3. Consequences of abuse on children
• Getting killed or permanently disabled; high mortality rate
• 60% of children that witness their moms being abused suffer from PTSD: emotional trauma, depression,
• Criminality- 74% greater chance of committing crimes against a person
• Risk of being in an abusive relationship later in life or turning into abusers
• Children who witness domestic violence are at a risk of sustaining brain injury due to a high level of stress hormone that exist persistently in their system.
The children in fact become the primary 911 callers to protect their mom’s and siblings.
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YBH: 4 Core Programs
1. Two 24 hours Emergency Shelters & crisis phone
2. Second Stage Housing Program- Reta’s Place
3. Outreach Counseling Services
4. Public Education
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A Virtual Tour of our Shelters
• Location is confidential• Staffed 24x7• Security cameras surround the exterior• Bullet-proof windows • Alarm system respond to sound, forced
entry, breakage
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1. Emergency Shelter Services – Aurora:
• 24/7 safe shelter to abused women and children (25 beds, 7 cribs in 7 bdrms)
• Crisis counselling, safety plans, health, legal, immigration, financial, housing, and employment issues
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Aurora -The Intake office
Intake office and crisis phones 24 hours Crisis Line:
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The Family Room
The women have access to counsellors speaking 36 different languages as well as a variety of resources in many languages
Resource Room
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The Kitchen
• Women share cooking and cleaning chores
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Support Groups
• The women have the opportunity to share their experiences and strength during weekly support groups
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The Bedrooms
• Some women say they cannot remember when they slept so well before – they truly feel at peace.
• Average length of stay – 2-3 months
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The Children’s Area
• Our Children’s Recreation & Advocacy Worker as well as Art Therapist work with the children, provide respite care, support with CAS, subsidized day care, school enrollment
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Emergency shelter - Markham
Group room
• 16 beds, 3 cribs in a 5 bedroom home • Crisis counselling & safety plans• Support with legal, immigration, financial, housing,
and employment issues• 24 hours crisis phone line
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Markham -continued
Resource Room
• Living Room
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Markham -continued
Solarium
• Kitchen
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Markham -continued
Teen area
• Children’s playroom
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Leaving YBH
• When women are ready to re-integrate into the community, we ensure they feel ready and secure through our ongoing counselling and support
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2. Second Stage Housing - Reta’s Place
• Eight-unit, 2nd stage apartment building that houses women & children that leave our shelter
• Provides the family with an opportunity to live independently while paying below market rent. A woman with 1 child may get from $980- $1150 a month for rent, food, clothing. We charge $526. The stay is up to six months
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3. Outreach Services:
1. Counseling Services Women & Children plus Legal Support (immigration/family law/ criminal law), legal clinics
2. Transitional Housing Workers
3. Women’s Group Support “When Love Hurts”
4. Child Witness support groups “Let’s Talk” and Mother’s in Mind
5. Child Counselling
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1. Counselling and Legal Supports Program-
• Focus is on women who may still be living in abusive relationships
• Focus is on safety planning, legal and court support, short and long term individual counselling
• Organize 12-16 free legal clinics a year.• A counsellor situated at the Newmarket courthouse
and the FLIC office
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2. Transitional Housing Support Counselling:
• Focus on women who have left the abusive relationship
• They assist women to build stable lives by helping them establish a network of supports, find and maintain housing, financial literacy
• Advocacy with third parties (landlords, CAS, court appearances, children programs)
• Life Skills, budgeting, employment, education • Connect and accompany women to community
support agencies and resources.
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3. Woman Group Support – “When Love Hurts”
• The groups are psycho-educational and provide women with information about abuse and its effects.
• Teach them about cycle of abuse
• Assertiveness skills
• Anger management
• How to identify risk signs
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4. Child Witness Groups: “Let’s Talk”
• This early intervention program is designed to help children ages 4- 15 recover from witnessing abuse in their homes.
• Children talk about their experiences and receive support from other children and the group facilitators.
• Mothers are offered group at concurred time with children to help them understand the effect of abuse on their children.
• Groups run 10 weeks in length, one night a week
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5. Child Counselling:
• The children receive 1:1 counselling to help them deal with effects of abuse and to assist them in adapting to the changes in their family structure.
• The counsellors accommodate the family by meeting the children at school, at home or anywhere in the community.
• The program is designed to target children at risk of becoming involved with the system due to lack of resolution/assistance with their issues.
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4. Public Education
Workshops focusing on domestic violence and healthy dating relationships
Presentations to elementary and high school students
Trainings for Educators (Humber College) Presentations to community and corporate groups
• Past funders:
Status of Women Canada: Seneca College 4 campuses
Trillium Canadian Women foundation Region: financial literacy and social inclusion with
South Asian girls and young women
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Funding & Accountability
• MCSS – just over $2M• MCYS – $133,000• MAG – $81,000• United Way – $120,000
Budgeted for 2015-16• Fee for service: $25,000• Fundraising goal for 2015/16: $1.3M
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Auditor General Finding 3/12
2011/12, Ministry-approved annual funding for 10-bed emergency shelters ranged from $334,000 to $624,000. Consequently, the per-day cost of care at emergency shelters ranged from $90 to $575.
YBH gets $115 per day per bed for 25 beds. 16 beds are not funded.
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Auditor General Finding 11/12• Funding for a target of 1,200 direct hours of transitional
and housing support services (1 FTE) ranged from $67,000 to $141,000 per agency.
• Our funding is $71,500 per FTE and our cost is $114,100
• Our funding per women served is $665 and our cost is $1062
• Funding per shelter bed: Provincial median $39,500 with the range between $26,400–$63,200
• YBH is funded for 25 beds at 42,290/bed. Our cost is $43,240/ 41 beds.
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Auditor General Finding 12/12
Provincial Variations Median ($) Agencies ($)
• Counselling Services :• Cost per person $630 $ 20–
3,500• YBH funded $558/woman and our cost $761/woman served• Cost of hour of service : $84 $ 20–520
YBH funded for $ 93/hr and our cost is $ 128/hr of service
• Transitional and Housing Support Program • Cost per person $730 $90–
6,800 YBH funded for $665/woman and our cost is $1060/woman served
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Reality
• In 2014-2015, although we served almost 6200 women and children, we could still not accommodate 124 women and 144 children could not get a shelter bed.
• High percentage of women in the shelters are dealing with complexities of mental health and addictions in addition to effects of violence – the stays are longer as the issues are greater.
• MCSS has introduced new shelter standards removing the length of time stay.
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Thank you
Lorris Herenda
Executive Director
905-709-0900 ext. 2224
www.yellowbrickhouse.org