Life Skills Program
To provide intensive and short term life skill help/enhanced orientation to high needs GARs after arrival.
Help may be provided for:
- How to use appliances in a safe and appropriate manner
- Safe and secure dwelling space
- Laundry, Hygiene
- Use of domestic and personal cleaning products
- Canadian pluming systems and use
- Adjusting to life in a high rise apartment building (rights and responsibilities of tenants and landlords, garbage disposal, recycling, elevators, safety, use of common areas)
- Products and packaging and simple food preparation
- Referring clients to any needed services
- Budgeting
- Accompanying clients to appointments
- Any other practical life skills support that may help a GAR family or individual settle in the community
- Canadian cultural orientation
- Accompanying clients in their search for permanent accommodation
