About Causeway

Causeway Work Centre is a community agency that has been helping people with chronic mental illness and various other disabilities for more than thirty years. Causeway offers a number of specialized programs and services to the Ottawa community that focus on helping individuals find their way back to employment and independent living.

Causeway Work Centre is a non-profit charity organization governed by a nine member volunteer Board of Directors. It is governed by Co-Executive Directors and employs a staff of thirty full- and part-time employees. Funding comes from the federal, provincial and municipal governments.

In 1998 the Causeway Foundation was incorporated as a charitable organization. The Foundation bought a building at 22 O’Meara Street, in west-central Ottawa, and renovated it to house Causeway Work Centre.

Our Mission:
To raise and distribute funds to support Causeway Work Centre programs and services to further the well-being of persons with a mental illness and other disabilities, and those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

Causeway Foundation is managed by a nine member volunteer Board of Directors. It has an employee responsible for managing the Fundraising program, writing grant proposals, updating this website and coordinating the quarterly newsletter, Causeway Connection.

During the twenty-five years that Causeway has been an active member of the Ottawa mental health community, it has changed and expanded its structure to keep pace with the needs of our community.

Over the years, Causeway has expanded services to meet the needs of persons with a variety of disabilities including those who are homeless, and individuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Causeway has also expanded its services to reach a wider geographical region: Supported Employment Services are now offered in Renfrew County and the five counties of Eastern Ontario.

As service gaps are identified, the Causeway Foundation pushes ahead with its commitment to find new money to support new services when funding from government sources is insufficient. Proposals to private foundations and granting agencies are continually being written – and with some success.

For more information on each of these programs, you can visit the Causeway Work Centre Website.