SOS schedule and other community supports click here

Goal:

Supportive Outreach Services (SOS) is a mobile outreach program that brings health and social services directly to Grey County’s most vulnerable residents. 

SOS provides care for individuals experiencing homelessness, mental health challenges, substance use issues, or who have difficulty accessing traditional services. Operating seven days a week, the team works to deliver medical care, mental health support, harm reduction services, and help connecting to housing and other supports. By building trust and removing barriers to care, SOS helps prevent emergencies and connects people to ongoing support. 

This no-cost program runs regular clinics across the county with a mobile team available throughout the week. Find the schedule here:

Team Members:

• Nurse Practitioners (Brightshores Health System) – Primary Care and Addictions
• Mental Health Counsellor – CMHA
• Community Paramedics – Grey County
• Social Navigator – United Way Bruce Grey

Services Provided:

The collaborative mobile SOS team supported by physicians engaged with addictions medicine will partner with healthcare and social service organizations (outlined in visual representation below) to offer the following:

• Medical care and mental health counselling 
• Harm reduction supplies (including naloxone kits) 
• Basic needs (food, clothing, hygiene products) 
• Help finding housing and navigating services 
• Case management support 

The mobile team includes paramedics, a nurse practitioner, mental health counsellors, peer support workers, and social navigators. 

SOS is supported by across the community with partners including Canadian Mental Health Association Grey Bruce, Brightshores Health System, United Way of Bruce Grey, OSHaRE, Grey Bruce Public Health, Safe ‘N Sound, and more.

Operations

• 8:30am-6:00pm @ 519-379-8743 or @ sos@cmhagb.org (please note that messages are not reviewed 24/7.
• For emergency response call 9-1-1, or the Mental Health Crisis Line of Grey Bruce 1-877-470-5200)
• For First Responders or Front Line Workers looking to make a referral, with client consent the team can call or drop by in person at the SOS Markets in Hanover and Owen Sound on opposite Wednesdays or check the online calendar for the closest pop-up clinic

Rogers Grey County with Safe n Sound has produced a show called We All Belong. Host Carol Merton interviews community members on their experiences. In the video below she interviews the mobile SOS team.

You can help fund the additional resources the SOS team needs:

You can support the SOS team by bulk purchasing homelessness supplies here or by participating in a Kits for Cause team-building event!