“I could not be more proud of Cota’s staff and leadership team for the work they do and what they’ve accomplished - it gives me great confidence in Cota’s future! ”
Cota is an accredited, not-for-profit, community-based organization that has been supporting adults with mental health and cognitive challenges to live well within their communities for over 50 years. We provide person-centred supports that assist individuals to find inspiration and hope in their inherent strengths and support them to pursue meaningful change in their lives, as they define it. We also work collaboratively with our funders, our partners and other stakeholders, across the provincial health and social service systems, to inspire positive change in the way that services are delivered to individuals living with mental health and cognitive challenges.
The Things We Do
Case Management services
Diversion services for hospital EDs
Interdisciplinary Service Teams
Quality of Care and Service Coordination
Supportive Housing / Housing with Supports
Site Support Services
Day Programs
Short-Term Accommodations with Supports
The People We Help
Cota offers a wide range of services:
Mental health services
Acquired brain injury services
Developmental services
Homelessness services
“Our goal is to inspire meaningful change in the lives of our clients by helping individuals to recognize and build on their strengths and skills so that they can achieve their goals.”
OUR SERVICES
Case Management Services
Integrated Service Teams (IST)
In 2015 Cota reorganized our various case management services into four Integrated Service Teams (ISTs). This was done in an effort to improve our ability to serve people presenting complex support needs. As a result, we now have ISTs in each of North York, Scarborough, Toronto West and Toronto East. Each team is comprised of:
Acquired Brain Injury Case Managers
Addictions Case Managers
Dual Diagnosis
Geriatric Mental Health Case Managers
Mental Health Case Managers
Nurse Case Managers
Consulting Psychiatry
Our ISTs work as a team and benefit from the knowledge and expertise that each member has to offer. We consider our ISTs as a solid foundation on which to build locally integrated “one team” service responses at a LHIN sub-region level. As we move forward, we intend to develop rapid response short-term support and step-up/step-down capacity within each IST. In addition we will strive to add complementary expertise of other disciplines to Cota’s ISTs, through partnerships or other means.
Court and Justice Related Services
Brain Injury (ABI) Behavioural Therapy
Day Programs
Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Adult Day Service at Providence Healthcare
Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Day Program at West Park HealthCare
Diversion Services for Emergency Departments
Access to Resources and Community Supports (ARCS)
Diversion Services for Emergency Departments
Keys to Recovery Assertive Community Treatment (act) team
Flexible Outreach Collaborative Urban Supports (focus)
Quality of Care Oversight and Service Coordination
Transitional Aged Youth (TAY) Program
Specialized Care Program
Short-Term Accommodation With Supports
Short-Term Residential Beds Program
Safe Beds at Bailey House
site support services
Boarding Home Site Support
Community Paramedic-Led Clinic Program
Health, Home & Community (HHC) Program
Lawrence East Partnership Program (LEPP)
supportive housing/housing with supports
Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Supportive Housing - Collegeview Site (Residential)
Adams House Supportive Housing
Bailey House Supportive Housing
Dual Possibilities Supportive Housing (Residential)
Mental Health & Justice Supportive Housing Program
Short-Term Residential Beds
Step-by-Step Supportive Housing
Streets to Homes Intensive Follow-Up Supportive Housing