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• Operates a primary care medical clinic consisting of 18 family doctors
• Offers an after hours clinic component
• Provides access to other health care professionals within and outside of the Family Health Team, such as a dietitian, counselors, nurse practitioners and nurses
• Coordinates documentation if patient receives care from a member of the team

Offers primary health care including but not limited to:

• Chronic disease education and prevention
• Disease management
• Health promotion
• Palliative care
• Rehabilitation
• Well-baby and well-child child care (developmental assessments)
• Annual physicals
• Allergy shots
• Treatment of warts, minor skin lesions, and sun damage spots
• Immunizations

Telephone Health Advisory Service

• Provides access to a registered nurse that provides advice about urgent health care concerns
• Offers the opportunity to have family doctor receive a written summary of the call

• Gives immediate legal assistance to individuals who appear in court without a lawyer
• Provides information about legal rights, obligations and basic court procedure
• Helps negotiate or settle issues
• Reviews or prepares court documents to be filed
• Helps determines if further duty counsel services are required or if the matter requires Legal Aid Ontario's assistance in retaining a lawyer

Provides assistance in:

• The courtroom for child protection hearings
• Garnishment and support hearings
• Requesting adjournments
• Arguing motions
• Hearings for issues such as custody, access, or support where the issues are not complicated

• Operates a 24-bed emergency shelter for women who have been victims of physical, emotional, or sexual abuse, and their children
• Operates a 24-hour crisis support phone line and walk-in crisis service
• Offers long-term and crisis counselling for women who have been victims of sexual assault or abuse both current and historic
• Offers educational groups on topics such as self-esteem, self worth, exploring the cycle of violence, healthy relationships, safety planning, housing, and advocacy
• Offers client referrals for counselling and to government services
• Provides community education and awareness on the issues of abuse
• Provides on site child care for women who are residents of the shelter for court dates, doctors appointments, group sessions
• Offers on site child care for non-resident women during group sessions, Call for information on programs offering this service
• Offers parenting support and counselling sessions
• Offers a Family Court Support Worker Program

Note: A woman does not have to be a resident of the centre to access these services

Operates a 24-bed emergency shelter for women and children who have been affected by abuse and violence

Offers the following services:

• Advocacy
• Assistance in finding housing
• In-House Child Care
• Parenting Skills
• Short and Long-Term Counselling

• Offers on-site early intervention and crisis intervention
• Provides needs assessment, safety planning and referrals to community services
• Offers enhanced support for vulnerable victims
• Provides assistance with applications to VQRP+

Victim Quick Response Program+ (VQRP+)

Provides assistance with emergency expenses related to the eligible incident, including:

• home safety
• accommodation
• meals
• transportation
• basic necessities
• dependent care costs
• counselling
• traditional Indigenous health services
• cellular phones
• vision care
• dental care
• aids for victims with disabilities
• interpretation services
• crime scene cleanup
• government/medical documents
• funeral expenses

Additional assistance for victims of human trafficking includes:

• storage locker
• tattoo removal
• treatment at a recovery facility

Note: No direct reimbursement to victims for above supports

Financial support also available for:

• victims who sustained serious physical injuries during a crime
• parents of child homicide victims
• spouses of homicide victims

• Offers support services to promote mental health
• Provides counselling and services to manage mental health issues

Addiction Services

• A community treatment service that offers counselling services to adults and their families experiencing difficulties with alcohol and/or other drugs, and difficulties with problem gambling
• Provides help to alleviate psycho-social problems associated with the use and abuse of alcohol, drugs and/or problem gambling
• Offers support and education to family members in better understanding and coping with difficulties related to addictions
• Manages and operates the Addiction Treatment Clinic
• Manages and operates the Residential Withdrawal Management Services

Services Provided:

• Aftercare services
• Addictions treatment clinic
• Community treatment programs
• Concurrent disorders program and group
• Consultation
• Education and Awareness
• Family counselling
• Family support
• Group therapy
• Individual therapy
• In Home counselling
• Marital and couples counselling
• Presentations on gambling
• Relapse prevention
• Stagewise program

Aims to strengthen and support families, children, youth and communities

• Provides programs that meet community specific needs and are rooted in traditional teachings
• Promotes cultural awareness and identity, language, customs and beliefs
• Relies on Elders to play a prominent role in teaching

Prevention and support services include:

• Community prevention and education
• Early intervention and support
• Crisis support and service coordination
• Healing and restoration
• Family and parenting counselling
• Advocacy by attending child welfare investigations on-reserve with the Children's Aid Society (CAS)
• Assistance to resolve child welfare crises and co-operatively plan out actions designed to divert future crises

Activities may include:

• Community feasts and celebrations
• Recreational activities and events such as powwows and summer festivals
• Educational and learning opportunities such as reading programs, sewing classes and cooking classes

• Provides a range of mental health services for infants, children, youth and their families
• Provides initial intake, assessment, consultation, treatment and referral to appropriate mental health services if needed

Programs and services include:

• Early identification, intervention and treatment services for children younger than 6 years of age
• Psychological assessments for children and youth experiencing a range of emotional, psychological or behavioural difficulties
• Counselling as needed including single therapy sessions, walk-in services or on-going regular treatment sessions
• Psychiatric consultation by videoconference (Tele-Mental Health) when required
• Crisis follow-up services
• Intensive treatment services, offered either as home-based or within schools, for children and youth with moderate to severe social, emotional or behavioural difficulties
• Day camps for youth unable to participate in other camps due to behavioural difficulties

Specific programs/groups offered may vary and include:

• Alternatives for Youth
• Genesis Day Treatment
• New Northern Mentality Youth Group
• Rebound North
• Resources & Integration for Survivor Empowerment (RISE)
• Student Nutrition

Offers a variety of professional counselling services to youth, adults and their families

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Provides essential wokplace counselling and consultation services for businesses, organizations and employees through its EAP
• Functions as short-term counselling for a variety of issues including stress, life changes/stages, separation/divorce, retirement and grief

Counselling services also offered for areas of concern that may include but are not limited to:

• Drug and alcohol use/abuse and mental health
• Past or present abuse against women (Violence Against Women VAW)
• Sexual abuse or assault experienced by men (Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse)
• Domestic violence impacts on children and their mothers
• Abusive relationships between partners (Partner Assault Response PAR)

Provides comprehensive assessments, consultations and treatment to assist individuals and families through a variety of mental health challenges

Services provided by registered psychiatrists, psychologists and counsellors include:

• Mental health and/or addiction counselling for children, youth and adults
• Counselling for women affected by violence in an intimate relationship
• Counselling for male survivors of sexual abuse
• Parenting/caregiver programs and support for families with children experiencing emotional, behavioural and mental health struggles
• Partnerships with other organizations serving children, youth and their families

Member agency of Support Services Network for Male Survivors in Ontario

Domestic violence program:

• 24 hour crisis line
• one-on-one counselling sessions
• intake
• assessments
• case plans
• referrals
• accompaniment to courts
• outreach services to women and men in the community and Cornwall
• six-week residential educational program for women and children who have experienced abuse
• transitional housing units for those who have completed the six-week program

Operates an emergency shelter for abused women and their children in a crisis situation

• Offers overnight shelter and the basic essentials required to be safe during a crisis time
• Provides a 24-hour crisis line

Provides education and services aimed at enabling children to grow up in their own families and communities

• Provides intensive in-home support to families where there is maltreatment of children
• Offers counselling services on more appropriate ways to raise children

Topics covered in support programs include:

• Anger management
• Healthy family relationships
• Healthy sexuality and sexual abuse prevention
• Impact of domestic violence on the home and community
• Parenting and life skills
• Self-esteem for children
• Youth and family violence

Provides individual, group and family counselling on the following issues:

• Domestic violence
• Relationship issues
• Child abuse
• Suicide prevention
• Drug and alcohol addiction

Offers the following cultural services:

• Cultural teachings
• Naming ceremonies
• Sweat lodge ceremonies