Please Note: Services may be impacted in response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus).
Please contact any service prior to visiting in person to receive up to date information on changes to their availability (e.g. hours of operation etc.)
Please contact any service prior to visiting in person to receive up to date information on changes to their availability (e.g. hours of operation etc.)
Ontario. Ministry of the Attorney General
Northern Region - Victim / Witness Assistance Program
- Description
COVID19 Update: Court case backlog -- clients may experience difficulties contacting local offices and should leave a message with return phone number; VWAP staff will return voicemail as soon as possible- Provides information and assistance to support participation in the criminal court process
- Services begin once police have laid charges and continue until the court case is over
- Case-specific information (court dates, bail conditions)
- Court preparation
- Needs assessment
- Emotional support
- Crisis intervention
- Referrals to community agencies
Provides financial and court-based supports to enable victims of crime and families of homicide victims to attend court, including:- Travel arrangements and expenses
- Language interpretation
- Real-time captioning or other equipment for victims with disabilities
- Comments
- Satellite office located in Kapuskasing (see separate listing) and Satellite courts located in Cochrane, Hearst, Hornepayne and Smooth Rock Falls
- Eligibility
- Victims and witnesses of:
- Intimate partner abuse/domestic violence
- Child physical and sexual abuse
- Sexual assault (including historical sexual assault and human trafficking)
- Intimate partner abuse/domestic violence
- Families of homicide victims
- Families of motor vehicle fatalities
- Elderly victims
- Victims with disabilities
- Victims of hate crime
Vulnerable Victims and Family Fund- Eligibility determined on case-by-case basis
- Victims and witnesses of:
- Application Process
- Referral by police, Crown Attorney, community agency, or self-referral
- Toll Free
- 1-866-843-9721
- Office
- 705-360-1905
- Fax
- 705-360-1565
- Web Site
- http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/ovss/
- Languages
- English, French
- Contact
- Suzanne Gadoury, Acting Manager
Email: suzanne.gadoury@ontario.ca - Fees
- None
- Documents Required
- None
- Accessibility
- Fully Accessible
- Legal Status
- Government - Provincial
- Topic(s)
- Agency Information
- View Agency Profile
- Copyright
- 211 Ontario North
- Last Verified On
- May 7, 2020
- Address
- The 101 Mall; 38 Pine St N, Suite 129
Timmins, ON, P4N 6K6
Located at Pine St N near 5 Ave at The 101 Mall
Open in Google Maps - Hours of Operation
- Mon0830 - 1700Tue0830 - 1700Wed0830 - 1700Thu0830 - 1700Fri0830 - 1700
Mon-Fri 8:30 am-5 pm - Service Area(s)
- Cochrane
- Cochrane District
- Hearst
- Hornepayne
- Kapuskasing
- Smooth Rock Falls
- Timmins
