Doap Team

Downtown Outreach Addictions Partnership

DOAP Team is a harm reduction outreach program that focuses on transporting people dealing with addiction issues to appropriate places. The team makes sure people who are intoxicated and in the community get to a safe place to stay 24 hours - 7 days a week. Often referrals are made by CPS, EMS, Bylaw, Transit, other community agencies, businesses, the three major hospitals and concerned citizens. They also help people get to medical appointments, get connected to housing and engage people in the community.

In 2009 we added an outreach nurse to the team to help provide support to those experiencing homelessness and addictions in the health care system. They support social workers and nurses of the three major hospitals to come up with appropriate discharge plans for people of no fixed address. This service is essential when our healt care system is overloaded and what better way to help then improve the health of patients so they don't have to access acute care again.