Building the Path to Home

Introduction

About the guide

What this guide can help you with

This guide provides:

• a simple way to identify if a person might have a developmental disability
• a simple way to recognize if a person with a developmental disability might have a mental health problem
• information to help you support a person with a dual diagnosis to find or keep housing, or to access support in his or her housing situation
• ideas about how to talk to someone with a dual diagnosis about his or her need for additional support or a change in housing
• general information about the key services in the developmental services and mental health sectors
• information on how to connect with the people and services you need.

What this guide cannot help you with

This guide can't:

• solve a serious shortage of affordable housing in the City of Toronto—particularly in the developmental services ensure easy access to services that have had trouble serving people who have a dual diagnosis and that often need support when they do accept a person with a dual diagnosis
• solve significant waitlist issues for people seeking support in both the developmental services and the mental health sectors
• solve the shortage of service supports that are needed to help people maintain their housing.

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