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Provides information and assistance to support participation in and understanding of the criminal court process

• services begin once police have laid charges and continue until the court case is over
• information about victims' rights, the criminal justice process and their specific case (e.g., court dates)
• needs assessment and referrals to community agencies
• crisis intervention, emotional support, victim advocacy
• facilitates victim's input and liaises with Crown Attorneys, police, regarding bail, safety, resolution of charges, release conditions, publication bans, testimonial aids, trial preparation and court orientation
• information and support on Victim Impact Statements, Statement on Restitution
• facilitates access to court orders, such as bail conditions, probation orders, peace bonds
• debriefing and follow-up support

Vulnerable Victims and Family Fund

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

Provides information and assistance to support participation in and understanding of the criminal court process

• services begin once police have laid charges and continue until the court case is over
• information about victims' rights, the criminal justice process and their specific case (e.g., court dates)
• needs assessment and referrals to community agencies
• crisis intervention, emotional support, victim advocacy
• facilitates victim's input and liaises with Crown Attorneys, police, regarding bail, safety, resolution of charges, release conditions, publication bans, testimonial aids, trial preparation and court orientation
• information and support on Victim Impact Statements, Statement on Restitution
• facilitates access to court orders, such as bail conditions, probation orders, peace bonds
• debriefing and follow-up support

Vulnerable Victims and Family Fund

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

Delivers prevention and early intervention services to high-risk children and families of the community

• Administers child welfare prevention services in collaboration with Kina Gbezhgomi Child and Family Services located in Wiikwemkoong
• Evaluates short and long-term programs and workplans with individuals and families for adequacy and effectiveness
• Partners with community police officers and local nursing staff to identify and support troubled families

Prevention Services

• Teaches parenting skills and assisting children through difficult times
• Develops and administers healthy social and recreational programs for families such as after-school programs and babysitting courses
• Hosts community forums to address issues such as youth drug abuse, inadequate housing, and schooling problems
• Organizes elders meetings that address traditional child rearing methods
• Provides information sessions about understanding substance dependency and resulting family violence, and overcoming oppression by understanding cultural realities

• Provides on-site counseling services with visiting mental health professionals
• Offers referrals to services not available in community

Mental Health and Addictions program also oversees:

• Aboriginal Healing and Wellness
• Brighter Futures Building Healthy Communities
• National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program

• Offers a variety of programming to improve the physical, mental and social well-being of community children and families
• Works to improve the quality and access to culturally sensitive community programs which focus on healthy families and communities
• Activities support healthy pregnancies, child development and family living

Services and support offered include the following:

• Advocacy and referral
• Child development
• Community mental health
• Cultural (Anishnaabe) awareness
• Health promotion
• Healthy babies
• Injury prevention
• Parenting skills
• Solvent abuse

Assists 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

• 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

Serves as the health and social services administration office

• Administers the community health centre and community-based health programs
• Oversees the Niigaaniin (Ontario Works) program and community social services
• Receives advisory services from a Steering Committee
• Collaborates with the Sagamok Elders Council and Youth Council to gain direction and advice with regard to critical community issues relating to elders, youth issues and health/social issues
• Lobbies with external organizations and governments for the development of Health and Social Services

Northern Ontario Remote Telecommunication Health (NORTH) Network

• Provides medical specialists, consultations, continuing health education and patient education to rural and remote areas in Ontario using two-way television
• Helps patients gain access to medical specialists
• Reduces the need to travel to receive care

Promotes the development of good mental health and provides services for individuals with mental health issues to enrich their quality of life

Provides counselling, information and awareness activities including but not limited to:

• Addictions and substance abuse
• Anger management
• Anxiety disorders
• Depression
• Family violence
• Grief and loss
• Parenting issues
• Phobias
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Self-esteem
• Sexual abuse
• Stress management

Services include:

• Counselling services for stress management and crisis intervention
• Prevention services
• Referrals to appropriate supports
• Workshops

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

• Provides advocacy and support to women who have been victims of emotional, physical, sexual, verbal, and/or financial abuse
• Offers individual and group counselling

Group Counselling programs and services include:

• Community lectures
• Creating Connections
• PAR (Partner Assault Response) program for men
• Partner contact (PAR component for women)

Offers individual, family and group counselling for the following issues, including but not limited to:

• Anger management
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Grief
• Intergenerational trauma
• Parent/child relationship issues
• Self-esteem
• Stress management
• Suicidal ideation
• Traditional counselling

Member agency of Support Services Network for Male Survivors in Ontario (North Region)

• Offers a counselling and treatment program for adults with mental health concerns
• Provides individualized treatment based on a person's goals
• Offers both one-on-one and group treatment

Offers support for concerns or difficulties with:

• Intense feelings of hopelessness, worthlessness or helplessness
• Feelings of having lost touch with reality
• Overwhelming fears
• Depression
• Eating disorders
• Bipolar/Mood disorders
• Postpartum depression
• Schizophrenia

Acts as a satellite office, providing community based counselling services by appointment only to individuals in Blind River

Offers the following programs:

• Addiction and Gambling Services for youth, adults and seniors
• Crisis Response Service
• Female Sexual Abuse/Sexual Assault Program
• General Counselling Program
• Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse
• Partner Assault Response Program
• Violence Against Women Support Services

Member agency of Support Services Network for Male Survivors in Ontario (North Region)

Promotes the development of good mental health and provides services for individuals with mental health issues to enrich their quality of life

Provides counselling, information and awareness activities including but not limited to:

• Abuse and addictions
• Anger issues
• Childhood trauma
• Depression
• Family violence
• Grief or loss
• Loneliness
• Stress management

Services can include:

• Advocacy including accompaniment to appointments
• Aftercare, offered on a voluntary basis for persons returning from treatment centres or abstaining on their own
• Assessments
• Counselling services for stress management and crisis intervention
• Prevention services
• Referrals to appropriate supports
• Transportation to attend mental health/addictions appointments

Psychiatric Services are NOT provided by the Mental Health Unit but available through Brian Nootchtai at the North Shore Tribal Council (NSTC), or the East Algoma Mental Health Clinic

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder/Child Nutrition Program aims to:

• Prevent Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE) births through educational workshops and resources
• Increase the knowledge, skills and quality of life of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) affected children and families
• Collaborates with existing community and agency partners to provide support to women and their families to have a healthy pregnancy
• Increase the awareness of the impact of nutrition on children's health, and to increase the access to healthy food
• Coordinates assessments for children and adults
• Offers case management and referrals to other supports

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder/North Eastern Aboriginal FASD Education Partnership Project:

• Works to develop and deliver a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) curriculum
• Provides education through FASD resources and material
• Offers advocacy and sponsorship to students attending the FASD Certificate Program
• Evaluates the FASD Certificate Program

Support services include:

• Advocacy for families attending the Health Sciences North FASD Diagnostic Clinic as well as support for the Clinic
• Networking with FASD groups on a regional, provincial and national level

Promotes the development of good mental health and provides mental health services

• Provides individual, family and group mental health/wellness counselling for issues such as but not limited to: addictions, anger management, anxiety disorders, depression, family violence, grief and loss
• Provides medical assisted treatment for Opioid Replacement Therapy, stimulants and alcohol
• Offers treatment services using both traditional and contemporary health care practices
• Coordinates services of a visiting psychologist
• Provides educational seminars and workshops to community members about various mental health and addiction issues

Naandwe Noojimowin (formerly Beauty from Ashes) Program

• Provides a voluntary five-day residential program for individuals struggling with childhood trauma issues
• Offers counselling, traditional talking and healing circles as well as cultural healing practices
• Partners with Benbowopka Treatment Centre in Blind River and the Dan Pine Healing Lodge in Garden River First Nation to offer the program

• Provides advocacy and support to women who have been victims of emotional, physical, sexual, verbal, and/or financial abuse
• Offers individual and group counselling

Group Counselling programs and services include:

• Community lectures
• Creating Connections
• PAR (Partner Assault Response) program for men
• Partner contact (PAR component for women)

Offers individual, family and group counselling for the following issues, including but not limited to:

• Anger management
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Grief
• Intergenerational trauma
• Parent/child relationship issues
• Self-esteem
• Stress management
• Suicidal ideation
• Traditional counselling

Member agency of Support Services Network for Male Survivors in Ontario (North Region)

Provides various programs and services including the following:

• Agency referrals
• Christmas assistance including toys and clothes
• Volunteer opportunities

Drop In Centre

• Provides lunch and coffee for free or by donation
• Mon, Wed, Fri Light Breakfast and Lunch served

Thrift Store

• Recycles and sells second hand clothing, small appliances, furniture and housewares in order to subsidize Salvation Army Programs

This organization is a registered charity

• Provides free legal advice and assistance to low income earners
• Offers representation in a court or at a tribunal, such as the Social Benefits Tribunal or the Landlord and Tenant Board
• Assists with preparing documents, such as an application to the Landlord and Tenant Board

Services are offered in the following areas:

• Consumer and Credit/Debt issues
• Employment Insurance (EI)
• Employment standards (ESA)
• Old Age Security (OAS)
• Health and disability
• Housing law for tenants
• Human rights
• Immigration law
• Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
• Ontario Works (OW)
• Wills and Power of Attorney (POA)
• Completing forms or advocating for seniors

Note: No representation is given regarding Family Law, Criminal Law, or Refugee Law

• Provides prevention programs/services to community families involved with the Child Welfare system
• Offers ongoing support and education to enhance the lives of young children and families

Provides the following:

• Assessments to determine needs of families and community
• Advocacy and case management
• Parental and family support
• Referrals to outside agencies
• Coordination of events to enhance lives of children and families