A steady place
between chapters.
The Anchor provides temporary accommodation with mandatory support programming, intended to help participants develop the life skills needed to obtain and retain permanent, sustainable independent housing — on the 3rd floor of the historic SCITS building in Sarnia.
Submitting an application does not guarantee admission or occupancy.
Everything you need, thought through.
The Anchor is a structured support program first, with temporary accommodation provided as one part of it. Each participant has an individualized Transition Plan built around case management, life-skills programming, and housing-readiness work toward permanent independent housing.
Housing & daily living
- Furnished private room, secure key-card access
- Meal plan options — dinner only, or all three daily
- Laundry & personal hygiene facilities
Community & wellness
- On-site gym access and lounge rooms
- Community programming and communal responsibilities
- Referrals and linkages to external community services may be arranged where appropriate to the participant's Transition Plan
Support & planning
- Individualized transition planning and case-management meetings
- Life-skills programming and housing-readiness planning
- Regular progress reviews toward permanent housing
Safety & structure
- 24/7 security and camera monitoring
- Substance-free by design; intake interview and assessment
- Dignified, non-institutional setting
Program participation is mandatory.
Continued occupancy is conditional upon meaningful participation in case management, transition planning, life-skills programming and other assigned Program activities.
A supervised, temporary transitional living program.
The Anchor serves adults who require temporary transitional accommodation and structured support while working toward permanent, sustainable independent housing. The Program is substance-free by design — not a requirement of treatment — and open to adults (18+) able to live independently with minimal day-to-day support.
- Older adults working toward independent living
- Adults needing a structured step toward permanent housing
- Newcomers to Sarnia-Lambton requiring temporary transitional accommodation
- Working adults who need temporary accommodation while building housing readiness
- Veterans working toward sustainable independent housing
- Adults who will participate in structured, substance-free programming
Apply to the Program
Opening Summer 2026. Applications are reviewed through an intake interview and an eligibility and suitability assessment. Submitting an application does not guarantee admission or occupancy.
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Admission to the Program.
Admission is not automatic, and is not available solely because a person can pay or because a room is available. Every placement requires:
- An application
- An intake interview
- An eligibility and suitability assessment
- Willingness and ability to participate in the Program
- Formal acceptance by The Anchor
Why The Anchor?
- — Temporary and individualized, for up to 18 months, with the possibility of earlier transition or discharge based on the participant's Program objectives and participation.
- — A maintained substance-free community, by design.
- — From $1,275/mo, with meal plan options.
- — Mandatory support programming: transition planning, case management, life-skills, housing-readiness planning and progress reviews.
“A stable place to call home, while you plan your next step.
One step at a time.”