HART Hubs opening in Kitchener and Guelph after CTS locations close [Video]

New details have been shared about the province’s $378 million plan to create 19 Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hubs across Ontario, including locations in Kitchener and Guelph.

The Ford government announced last year it would be closing 10 consumption and treatment services (CTS) sites due to their proximity to schools and daycares.

Among them were 150 Duke Street in Kitchener and 176 Wyndham Street North in Guelph.

Guelph HART Hub

On Thursday, the province revealed the CTS site in Guelph will become a HART Hub.

The newly named Guelph-Wellington HART Hub will help teens and adults who are struggling with “moderate to severe mental health and/or addictions challenges and experiencing homelessness, being at-risk of homelessness, or requiring intensive services to main access to housing.”

Existing services offered by the Guelph Community Health Centre, which will be co-located or integrated into the Guelph-Wellington HART Hub, include “Rapid Access Addiction Medicine (RAAM), the …