Outreach Programs
Wood Buffalo Wellness Society's Outreach Services provide community-based support for individuals and families experiencing barriers related to addiction, housing instability, health, wellness, family violence, and social challenges. Through a person-centered, recovery-oriented approach, our outreach team helps individuals navigate services, access resources, strengthen wellness, and connect to the supports they need to achieve their goals.
Services are available in the community, by phone, or through outreach visits, with no referral required. Whether someone is exploring recovery, seeking housing or healthcare supports, navigating complex systems, or facing a difficult life transition, our team provides compassionate, practical, and culturally responsive support to help individuals move toward greater stability, wellness, and independence.
Recovery & Wellness Outreach
The Recovery & Wellness Outreach Program provides individualized support for individuals experiencing addiction-related barriers, housing instability, or other challenges impacting their health and well-being. Outreach workers assist individuals in accessing treatment, healthcare, housing, income supports, and community resources while providing encouragement, advocacy, and practical support throughout their recovery journey.
Services may include service navigation, recovery planning, transportation support, crisis intervention, cultural connection opportunities, and ongoing one-on-one support. The program welcomes individuals at any stage of recovery and focuses on reducing barriers, strengthening community connections, and promoting long-term wellness and stability.
STBBI Outreach Program
The STBBI Outreach Program supports individuals in improving their sexual health and overall wellness through education, outreach, and connections to care. The program provides confidential support, safer sex education, prevention resources, referrals for testing and treatment, and access to sexual wellness supplies.
Through community-based outreach and one-on-one support, participants receive information on HIV, Hepatitis C, sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBIs), healthy relationships, consent, and safer sex practices. The program aims to increase awareness, reduce barriers to healthcare, and support informed decision-making that promotes individual and community health.
Family Violence Support Services
The Family Violence Support Services Program provides compassionate, trauma-informed support to individuals and families impacted by family violence. Services are designed to enhance safety, strengthen well-being, and connect individuals to the resources and supports needed to move forward with confidence.
Support may include safety planning, system navigation, transportation assistance, goal planning, peer support, family support and reunification services, healthy relationship education, and referrals to shelters, emergency services, and other community resources. Through a strengths-based approach, the program helps individuals build resilience, increase safety, and access the supports necessary to achieve long-term stability and wellness.