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"Social & crisis support services are now available in 12 Toronto Public Library locations across the city, in an effort to meet growing demand & reach people who may otherwise go without support in a [free and] welcoming public space."
"2023 survey: ... 37% of Torontonians ... reported feeling lonely at least three or four days a week"
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-library-crisis-services-1.7634871
Toronto Public Library expanding social, crisis support services to more branches | CBC News
As Toronto's libraries increasingly find themselves on the front lines of the city's homelessness and mental health crisis, a program that aims to help some of the most vulnerable people is expanding to more branches.