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Organization:
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Maggie's: Toronto Sex Workers Action Project - Toronto
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Location:
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No Physical Address available due to fire damage 18 Sep 2023
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Accessibility Notes:
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Contact for information: programming/services take place out of locations across the GTA
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Hours:
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Office/phone closed due to fire damage, email info@maggiesto.org for program schedule
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Service Description:
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Contact for information on availability of programming offered through a hybrid model of virtual/physical services for sex workers including sex worker parents as the space is under repair
Wraparound support services, public health programming and educational supportive services
Case management
Long term supports, accompaniment and broad-based life, financial and family planning services
Harm reduction supply delivery program
provide and educate communities on safer sex and safer drug use materials, protocols and testing frameworks, includes on site and home delivery service ; bad date lists
Public health services
monthly vaccine and testing clinics, referrals to community-specific, culturally-informed healthcare services and best practices training for healthcare providers
Low barrier vaccine clinics
Includes HIV self-testing kits and vaccinations for COVID-19, influenza, and sexually transmitted and blood borne infections (STBBI)
Legal support
Including support in navigating criminalization, stigma, discrimination and anti sex worker sentiments
Street outreach and community engagement programs
Specific to current/former sex workers navigating complex issues such as housing precarity/homelessness, drug use and more
Weekly drop in programs
community-specific spaces for parents, LGBTQ2s+ and racialized communities; social, political and legal advocacy for communities navigating precarious and complex circumstances related to criminalization, stigma and discrimination
Training and workshops for service providers
Best practices training and workshops available to a wide-range of stakeholders engaging current and former sex workers through their services: outreach and community engagement workers, non-profit organizations and social service agencies, service providers in the legal, healthcare and education sectors, and municipal, provincial and federal divisions of government
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Application:
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Email info@maggiesto.org or visit website for information on available remote and virtual services; building closed and phones out of service due to fire damage
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Eligibility / Target Population:
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Individuals with current or former experience in sex work, with focus on 2SLGBTQ+ communities, Black and Indigenous communities and People of colour, migrant sex workers, male-identified sex workers, and sex workers navigating gender-based discrimination; virtual workshops open to all sex workers
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Area Served:
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Halton Region, Peel Region, Durham, York Census Division, and Greater Toronto Area
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