About IHARC
Frontline outreach and navigation across Northumberland
IHARC, the Integrated Homelessness and Addictions Response Centre, is a frontline non-profit providing street outreach, safety checks, health and basic supplies, and service navigation with neighbours across Northumberland County. We do not operate shelters, treatment programs, or permanent housing; instead, we help people connect to those services and stay supported while they wait.
We work across Northumberland County alongside partners in Cobourg, Port Hope, Alderville First Nation, and rural townships.
STEVI (Supportive Technology to Enable Vulnerable Individuals) is our secure portal for clients and participating organizations to manage services, appointments, and documents. It is invitation-only and not a public ideas forum.
Reach and check in
Street outreach teams across Northumberland complete wellness checks, respond to safety concerns, and log consented needs in STEVI without publishing identifying details.
Navigate to services
IHARC coordinators help people connect to shelter, health care, income supports, and transportation. Referrals and appointments are tracked securely in STEVI for participating organizations.
Follow through together
Updates inside STEVI keep clients and partners aligned on upcoming visits, documents, and what changed so the next support step is clear.
What we commit to
- Neighbours shape decisions through their stories and consented feedback, never as data points.
- Evidence is shared in plain language and updated as soon as partners publish it.
- Decisions acknowledge risks, mitigation steps, and who is accountable for action.
- Respectful moderation keeps stigmatizing or punitive ideas from moving forward.
- Frontline teams, municipal staff, and people with lived experience review plans together.
Need to coordinate care?
Sign in to STEVI to review your plan, upload documents, or confirm outreach visits. Request access if you are already working with IHARC or are a partner organization supporting someone who is.