Vancouver Intensive Health Outreach Team (IHOT) - Health Services for Housing Insecure
Healthcare Providers and Housing / Shelter
Provided by Vancouver Coastal Health
IHOT provides low-barrier interim health care, psychosocial support, and help accessing longer-term health services to people in the Vancouver inner city who are unhoused or newly housed.
IHOT is a short-term service that supports people aged 17 and up who live outdoors, in shelters, or are newly housed in supportive housing, including in the Supported Rent Subsidy Program. IHOT provides:
- Care for an immediate health concern
- Access to temporary health care, psychological and social supports (eg. Housing referrals, ID replacement)
- Referral to the most clinically appropriate health service(s)
- Referrals and support to access longer-term health services
- Harm reduction education and supplies
IHOT is an outreach team. There are two ways to connect with them:
- 1. Walk into the Episodic Care Clinic at the Molson Overdose Prevention Site
- 2. Call IHOT to refer yourself or someone else. They accept self-referrals or referrals from community service providers, such as shelters and other outreach teams working in Vancouver.
Website: https://www.vch.ca/en/service...
Molson Overdose Prevention Site - 166 East Hastings Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6A 1N4
Use the alley entrance. Hours: Mondays and Thursdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
604-839-0179
Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Cost: No cost
Referral options:
- Community service organization referral
- Self-referral
Associated Programs/Services
Also offered by Vancouver Coastal Health:
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- Vancouver Hospice Society (VHS Hospice) - End of Life Care
- Whistler Health Care Centre
Availability
Service area: Vancouver Coastal Health Area + show cities
Ways to Access
- Mobile Services
The listing of this service in Pathways is not a recommendation or endorsement by Pathways.