St. Leonard's Society of Toronto, Crossroads                             CSC Bed Capacity: 15                                                     

Executive Director:             Sonya Spencer
Address:                              419 Jones Avenue,
                                              Toronto, On.  M4J 3G6
Telephone:                           (416)-469-8312             Fax: (416)-461-0700               

History: Walter Huculak House - Crossroads Program is a 15 bed residential facility for federally sentenced adult males over the age of 18 on conditional release from a federal institution. Crossroads opened its doors in 1985 to provide ex-offenders with the transition resources necessary to re-enter the community and become responsible community members. The transition process gives Crossroads clients an opportunity to turn their lives around, while lowering the risk of recidivism and creating a safer community. 

Description: Residential facility, residents are housed two to a room, large kitchen and lounge, weight room, laundry facilities, close to Subway and downtown facilities.  

Residents Accepted: Males who are serving a federal sentence.

Exclusions (Criteria):  Upon receipt of a referral or application, the offender is interviewed while still in the federal institution and, if he meets the conditions required by Crossroads, his case will be heard by a Community Assessment Team (CAT) which consists of SLST Staff, Crossroads Staff, CSC parole officers (up to 5), CSC parole supervisor, up to three community members and the Community Liaison Officer from the Toronto Police Services (55 Division). Acceptance or rejection is based on assessing the following criteria:

Risk/needs assessments allow program staff to more accurately determine an applicant’s manageability within the Crossroads Program. This increased level of expertise provides Crossroads with the information to consider all applicants for residency based upon the above criteria.  

Admission Procedure: Written application to facility, Institutional visits conducted as required.  

Program:  Clients are provided with individual counselling in order to address personal and criminogenic factors contributing to their conflict with the law.  A focus is on relapse prevention for both substance abuse and criminal lifestyle behaviors.

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CSC Liaison Office :    Downtown Toronto Phone: (416) 973-3465