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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.)
First Step Women's Shelter
Emergency Women's Shelter
- Description
- Provides emergency shelter and support for abused women and their children
- Offers a 24-hour crisis intervention line
- Provides long and short term counselling as well as sexual assault counselling
- Offers transitional housing and support including emergency clothing
- Provides information and referral
- Covers transportation costs when necessary
- Eligibility
- Women 16 years of age and older and their children up to the age of 18 years who have been physically, sexually or emotionally abused either recently or in the past, and/or are in an abusive situation
- Application Process
- Call or text for assistance
- Toll Free
- 1-800-465-3623 - 24 hour Crisis Line
- Office
- 807-737-1438
- Crisis
- 807-737-1438
- Fax
- 807-737-3177
- After Hours Phone
- 1-844-899-8444 - By Text
- Web Site
- http://www.fsws.ca/
- firststep@fsws.ca
- Mailing Address
- PO Box 1208
Sioux Lookout, ON, P8T 1B8
Canada - Languages
- English
- Contact
- Tana Troniak, Executive Director
- Fees
- None
- Documents Required
- No documents required
- Accessibility
- Fully Accessible
- Legal Status
- None or unknown
- Topic(s)
- Social Media
- Agency Information
- View Agency Profile
- Copyright
- 211 Ontario North
- Last Verified On
- October 23, 2021
- Hours of Operation
- Mon0000 - 2400Tue0000 - 2400Wed0000 - 2400Thu0000 - 2400Fri0000 - 2400Sat0000 - 2400Sun0000 - 2400
Mon-Sun 24 hours
Office: Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm - Service Area(s)
- Kenora District
