Grande Prairie’s Emergency Shelter & Supportive Housing Centre
For women and children in need of safety and support
Our Services
Emergency Shelter
42 beds in a private, secure, welcoming facility. For women and children in need of short-term emergency accommodation.
Serenity Place
An apartment building for women, with or without children, in need of safe, affordable housing and specialized programming.
Community Support Services
The healing journey can be long and difficult. It wasn’t made to be walked alone. Programs open to residential and outreach clients.
Childcare Support
Get the help you need. After-school and respite care for children is provided for residents. Outreach clients can also access childcare during group support.
Public Education
Community awareness is key to the prevention of family violence. Our Public Education Coordinator is active in the community, advocating healthy relationships.
Volunteer
You only need two things to make a difference: a desire to help, and a decision to act. Share your interests and talents with the residents at Odyssey House.
About Odyssey House
Odyssey House is a non-profit organization and registered charity. We provide safe, secure, and supportive accommodation for women and their children who are victims of domestic violence, are in crisis, or in need of a housing alternative. Odyssey House is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
In the 2020/2021 year, we supported 130 women and 123 children at our emergency shelter. We facilitated 58 groups attended by 208 people. Our Trauma counselors provided 748 hours of therapy to 147 individuals. Our second stage shelter supported 18 women and 28 children. Public Education delivered 385 presentations with a total of 7,172 individuals in attendance.
Our Family Resource Centre provided 1018.75 total hours of direct childcare to 66 unique children. Out of those total hours, 17.5 hours were provided to support moms accessing support group sessions and 10 hours were provided to moms accessing community support services. Serenity Place Daycare provided 3018.74 hours of direct childcare to 8 unique children. We had 3,647 calls to the crisis line. These statistic were affected compared to years prior due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Serenity Place provides comfortable, affordable accommodations to help you get back on your feet.
Past Testimonials
How You Can Help
There are multiple ways you can donate to support Odyssey house, from online donations to Gift-In-Kind contributions and more.
Volunteers support almost every program at Odyssey House, including Public Education, Child Care, Administration, and kitchen support.
As a legal member, you can vote at our Annual General Meeting (AGM) and help guide our course over the years to come.