The Réseau Maisons Oxygène piloted a project titled Entre-Toits, Renforcer le Réseau des Maisons Oxygène.
 
The objective of this 12-month project was to pilot and implement various strategies to promote the harmonization of the practices and knowledge of the eight Maisons Oxygène across the Quebec province, in order to better meet the housing and support needs of fathers in highly vulnerable, at-risk or homeless situations and who are accompanied by their children. An Information Guide was developed to include the main concepts and tools from the initial version written by the Montréal Maison Oxygène in 2010, but has been updated to include experiences and expertise developed more recently within the overall Maisons Oxygène network.
 
The guide was designed specifically for use by caseworker/management teams and contains information that is the result of over thirty years of work in the field. Réseau Maisons Oxygène provides the guide to its members free of charge to develop common practices and share expertise. In return, Réseau Maisons Oxygène gladly accepts suggestions for improvement and asks that people share the adapted tools in this Guide.
 
This project was funded by the Government of Canada's Homelessness Partnering Strategy’s Innovative Solutions to Homelessness program. The opinions and interpretations provided in the publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Government of Canada.