Wood's Homes Programs: Exit Community Outreach

EXIT Community Outreach and Resource Centre: (403) 262-9953

117 - 7 Ave SW, CALGARY

EXIT is a downtown storefront, outreach and mobile van service that assists young people who have run away, or who are at risk of self-harm, or are involved with prostitution. The young people may also be in conflict with community, family, or the legal system. EXIT serves any young person who is in need or wants support and assistance while on the streets of Calgary. Typically the age range is 11 to 24.

EXIT is committed to supporting self-sufficiency by coordinating resources to assist and support young people who exist on Calgary streets. The aim of EXIT is to reach youth who have been abandoned or are at risk on the street.

Through counselling and service referral, EXIT promotes the health of young people while they exist on the streets and provides assistance when they choose to leave the streets.

EXIT Van: (403) 512-9041

EXIT's Mobile Van Service operates throughout the downtown core as follows:

Monday through Thursday - 8 pm to midnight
Friday and Saturday - 8 pm to 1:30 a.m.

EXIT serves any young person who is in need or wants support and assistance while on the streets of Calgary.

EXIT Youth Shelter: (403) 509-2323

112 - 16 Avenue NE, CALGARY

Providing safety and basic needs for youth without accommodation, the Youth Shelter affords young people an opportunity to work with professionals in developing longer term living strategies.

Young people can access the shelter through Child Welfare with or without status. Youth 15 to 17 both male and female can stay at the shelter for up to 15 days. It opens at 8:00 each evening, and residents leave at 10:00 A.M., year round.

Services at the Youth Shelter include:

Basic needs: accommodation, food, clothing, washing facilities, including laundry
Safety: fully trained staff on site at all times
Medical help: by referral; transportation; bus passes can be arranged
Advocacy: support with family and other agencies;
Crisis counselling: immediate problem strategy and long-term planning:option exploration.

CATS - Calgary Adolescent Treatment Services (403) 237-5492

At EXIT Community Outreach and Resource Centre, 117 - 7 Ave. SW

Attending physician: Dr. April Elliott, pediatrician and adolescent specialist

The EXIT Community Outreach and Resource Centre provides on-site medical support to high-risk adolescents. A medical clinic, housed inside the storefront at 117-7 Ave. S.W., is known as the Calgary Adolescent Treatment Service centre (or CATS as we like to call it) and is available to youths ages 12-18 on a walk-in, or appointment basis.

With the support of the Calgary Health Region, the clinic provides a full range of medical services, including a pediatrician who comes once a week from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and an on-site mental-health therapist.