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Operates as a program under the Healing and Wellness Branch

• Developed as a new program aimed at supporting healthy and whole Métis families
• Works to reduce family violence, the number of youth involved in the justice system and the number of children in care
• Focus is on providing direct one-on-one client services and educational resources and family wellness planning

Services provided can include but are not limited to the following:

• After school safe places and homework clubs
• Assistance in navigating the community support system
• Assisting children and youth to foster self-identity and to develop life skills
• Court-related supports
• Empowering parents to be their children's best advocates
• Ensuring families have their basic needs met
• Guidance for building healthy relationships and raising awareness of personal safety issues
• Peer support for youth involved in justice and correction issues
• Referrals for employment and training programs
• Supports for children and youth who have experienced or witnessed violence
• Supports for Métis youth to stay in school
• Support in case meetings and conferencing

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) initiative to assist each Indigenous community to design and deliver their own holistic, prevention-focused services/programs and cultural supports to promote a healthy community and support families as needed in the community

• Focus is on improving the overall health and well-being of communities and to empower families to build healthy relationships
• Works to eliminate family violence, the number of youth involved in the justice system and the number of children in care

Activities and programs provided can include but are not limited to the following:

• Activities that revitalize Native language
• Alcohol and drug abuse prevention and intervention
• Community events such as feasts
• Family circles, counselling and child/youth support groups
• Referrals to other programs and services
• School programs
• Traditional land-based healing events

Provides a variety of Child Welfare, Children's Mental Health, Youth Justice and Prevention programs for children, youth, and their families

• Provides an alternative living arrangement for children and adults with an intellectual disability by matching the individual to a family
• Offers a long-term individualized program that meets the physical, behavioural, social and medical needs of the individual

This program may be a stepping-stone for individuals who wish to live independently in the community

• 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 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

• Bilingual services for children/youth with emotional and behavioural problems
• Family consultation: therapy, parent counselling, assessment/treatment of children
• Protection and foster care services
• Residential service for emotionally disturbed adolescents (12-16 years) and young offenders
• Psychiatric and psychological assessment
• School consultation
• Host agency for Integrated Services for Northern Children

This organization is a Registered Charity

• Provides pre-assessment, prioritization and service coordination
• Offers crisis intervention
• Defuses and debriefs community sessions to reduce the risk of post-traumatic stress after a critical incident
• Provides individual, couple and group counselling/psychotherapy

Counselling is available for but not limited to:

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Grief and loss
• Post-traumatic stress

Functions as a branch office, main office located in Timmins
Serves as an access point to full spectrum of all Child Welfare programs and services administered from the main office

Offers the following programs and services:

• Adoption Services
• Autism Program
• Child and Family Intervention Program
• Community Support Team
• Family Services
• F W Schumacher - Residential Treatment Program
• Foster Care Services
• Intensive Service Coordination
• Mobile Crisis
• Nick Kuzmich Residence, Open Custody Program
• Ontario Early Years Centre
• Pathways to Family Growth
• Supervised Access Program

• Offers counselling and support services for Indigenous individuals with mental health issues
• Integrates contemporary intervention with a holistic traditional healing approach that promotes spiritual, emotional, mental and physical wellbeing

Offers assistance through the following services:

• Advocacy
• Assessment and supportive counselling
• Referrals to other community agencies including cultural, traditional resources
• Help in navigating the health care system

• Offers child welfare services, ongoing support and education to enhance the lives of young children and families
• Provides services through Kunuwanimano Child and Family Services

Offers the following services:

• Intake and assessments to determine needs of families and community
• Case management
• Coordination of customary care and foster care
• Parental and family advocacy and support
• Referrals to outside agencies
• Coordination of events to enhance lives of children and families

Provides crisis intervention services to individuals affected by family violence and suicide

• Offers immediate on site or telephone assistance
• Dispatches call to police when deemed necessary
• Ensures victims receive support and assistance to secure their safety
• Arranges meeting family members at centre or agreed upon location to discuss possible crisis resolutions

Also coordinates:

• Crisis plan to follow in response to suicide intervention, domestic violence intervention and any other form of crisis situations that may arise in community
• Information sessions and workshops on techniques for healing strategies

Support Services

Includes the following services:

• Debriefing and stabilization following crisis situation
• Advocacy on behalf of individuals and families dealing with various agencies
• Information about/referrals to appropriate resources and services
• Spiritual support upon request

• Offers counselling and support services for Indigenous individuals with mental health issues
• Integrates contemporary intervention with a holistic traditional healing approach that promotes spiritual, emotional, mental and physical wellbeing

Offers assistance through the following services:

• Advocacy
• Assessment and supportive counselling
• Referrals to other community agencies including cultural, traditional resources
• Help in navigating the health care system

• Provides an alternative living arrangement for children and adults with an intellectual disability by matching the individual to a family
• Offers a long-term individualized program that meets the physical, behavioural, social and medical needs of the individual

This program may be a stepping-stone for individuals who wish to live independently in the community

• 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 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

• Bilingual services for children/youth with emotional and behavioural problems
• Family consultation: therapy, parent counselling, assessment/treatment of children
• Protection and foster care services
• Residential service for emotionally disturbed adolescents (12-16 years) and young offenders
• Psychiatric and psychological assessment
• School consultation
• Host agency for Integrated Services for Northern Children

This organization is a Registered Charity

• Provides a culturally based program to support and address concerns of Indigenous youth who are at risk of negative behaviors
• Provides youth with the support, tools, and healthy activities to improve their quality of life

Programs and services include:

• Addiction prevention
• After school programs
• Confidence building
• Homework club
• I Am a Kind Man Program
• Leadership skills
• Life Skills
• Peer support
• Referrals
• Workshops