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• 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

Volunteers

• Recruits individuals to provide support to victims
• Provides individuals with specialized training at no cost

Volunteers will:

• Assist in developing a personalized safety plan for the victim
• Provide information about legal assistance and programs
• Offer referrals to long-term service providers within the community
• Provide temporary practical and emotional support

Provides services to female and male survivors of sexual assault and/or abuse, including human trafficking survivors

Service offered include:

Counselling

• One-on-one trauma informed counselling
• Crisis counselling and intervention
• Group counselling

Client Advocacy

• Accompaniment, advocacy and referrals to police, court, hospital, lawyers, social services and community agencies
• Support and assistance throughout the process

Support Groups

• Female and male survivors of sexual assault and/or abuse
• Youth and teens support
• Historic sexual abuse

Provides family members of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ People access to confidential, culturally responsive, trauma-informed and victim-centered assistance

• Supports families by facilitating connections with culturally appropriate referrals and supports
• Facilitates the gathering of case-specific information about police investigations, coroner's reports/reviews, court proceedings or other government processes and provides information to family
• Family Information Liaison Unit (FILU) staff members are of Indigenous ancestry, knowledgeable, culturally competent and responsive to the needs of the family members they serve

Note: If you don't live near an FILU location, call the Ontario Family Information Liaison Unit toll-free to arrange for FILU staff to travel to your location

• Provides services and support for Indigenous women who have experienced violence and for the families of missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW)

Services offered include:

• Assistance with understanding the criminal justice process
• Court support
• Crisis and emergency response due to violence/death
• Healing services including talking circles, cultural healing, Elder's guidance and referrals to other services
• Support at meetings with the police, the courts, and other service providers

• ​Assists Indigenous women and their families who have experienced family violence
• Promotes a healthy lifestyle, health awareness, and mental health wellness

Services offered include:

• Cultural supports and ceremonies
• Emergency support
• Land-based activities
• Prevention of family violence
• Referrals to other services
• Safety planning
• Traditional healing

Operates a trauma-informed care program for Indigenous women who have been impacted by trauma

Services offered include:

• Advocacy
• Cultural supports
• Holistic services
• Land-based therapy
• Referrals
• Safety planning
• Supportive and traditional counselling
• Traditional healing

• Provides individualized 24 hour emergency service to victims and survivors of sexual assault and/or domestic violence
• Provides emergency medical assessment and treatment
• Provides initial emotional and social support as well as ongoing follow-up care by specially trained nurses

Provides initial emergency care only with the patient's informed consent, and may include all or part of the following:

• Assessment and treatment of injuries
• Testing/treatment/prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STI) including HIV
• Emergency contraceptives
• Reassurance and emotional support
• Collection of forensic evidence including photographs
• Risk assessment and safety planning
• Referral for medical follow-up
• Referral to appropriate social services agencies
• Referral to shelter and or other relevant community resources
• Police involvement, at victims request
• Storage of forensic evidence for up to six months if the patient is uncertain about involving the authorities

Provides optional follow-up services accessible through the Sexual Assault/ Domestic Violence Victim Treatment Centre (SA/DVTC) that may include:

• Reassessment of injuries
• Further consideration of safety
• Continuing treatment and monitoring of STIs (including Hepatitis and HIV)
• Further photographs if indicated
• Appropriate referrals

• Offers emergency shelter for abused women and their children
• Provides emergency transportation to the shelter
• Offers a 24-hour crisis line
• Provides counselling to women and children
• Facilitates safety planning
• Provides crisis intervention
• Advocates and offers support to victims of sexual assault
• Provides information about legal and housing rights
• Offers community education and awareness

Also provides the following:

• Laundry facilities
• Prepared dinner meals
• Communal living environment where residents assist with chores
• Outside playground for children

• 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

Sexual Assault Counselling

• Provides individual counselling to victims and their families

Provides family members of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ People access to confidential, culturally responsive, trauma-informed and victim-centered assistance

• Supports families by facilitating connections with culturally appropriate referrals and supports
• Facilitates the gathering of case-specific information about police investigations, coroner's reports/reviews, court proceedings or other government processes and provides information to family
• Family Information Liaison Unit (FILU) staff members are of Indigenous ancestry, knowledgeable, culturally competent and responsive to the needs of the family members they serve

Note: If you don't live near an FILU location, call the Ontario Family Information Liaison Unit toll-free to arrange for FILU staff to travel to your location

• Offers culturally relevant victim services within all of the Healing and Wellness programs
• Strives to address, deter and end violence against Métis women and children
• Addresses the mental, physical, emotional and spiritual impacts of victimization

Services include but are not limited to:

• Assistance to navigate available victim services
• Métis-specific resources and access to cultural supports, groups and circles
• Referrals to other programs and agencies including psychiatrists
• Assistance with the development of a safety plan
• Information on local shelters and safe-housing options
• Promotion of MNO Home Flee Kits for those who have fled an abusive or dangerous situation
• Assistance with court procedures including Victim Impact Statements
• Short-term peer support
• Workshops on issues related to violence/victim services

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

Office is accessible via appointment only; If you require assistance from Victim Services, you must leave a message with dispatch; non-urgent calls are responded to within one business day

• 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

• Provides services and support for Indigenous women who have experienced violence and for the families of missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW)

Services offered include:

• Assistance with understanding the criminal justice process
• Court support
• Crisis and emergency response due to violence/death
• Healing services including talking circles, cultural healing, Elder's guidance and referrals to other services
• Support at meetings with the police, the courts, and other service providers

• ​Assists Indigenous women and their families who have experienced family violence
• Promotes a healthy lifestyle, health awareness, and mental health wellness

Services offered include:

• Cultural supports and ceremonies
• Emergency support
• Land-based activities
• Prevention of family violence
• Referrals to other services
• Safety planning
• Traditional healing

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

Human Trafficking is a criminal offence and involves recruiting, transporting, transferring, receiving, holding, concealing or harbouring a person, or exercising control, direction or influence over the movements of a person, for purpose of exploiting them or facilitating their exploitation

Offers the following services to victims/survivors of human trafficking:

• Provides a confidential 24-hour Crisis Line
• Offers trauma counselling
• Provides outreach to individuals at risk of being victimized
• Offers education, prevention and community supports that will increase awareness and understanding of the causes of human trafficking
• Offers information on police investigation, medical and legal procedures
• Provides individuals advocacy and accompaniment through any procedures they choose
• Offers referrals when requested
• Provides information and support for families and friends of the victim or survivor of human trafficking

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 individual and group counseling for those who are experiencing problems in various areas of living

Addictions Counseling

• Provides assessments for various addictions for individuals
• Conducts case management studies
• Offers referrals to appropriate helps
• Provides therapeutic intervention and aftercare
• Provides public education to raise awareness of addictions

Family Violence

• Addresses and provides counseling for all forms of family violence including elder abuse, child and spousal abuse and sexual assault
• Provides referrals to other community services

Individual Counseling

• Provides counseling for many life issues including bereavement, mental illness, disability and traumatic childhood issues

Marital and Family Counseling

• Provides counseling for conflicts in family relationships, sexual issues, separation and divorce matters and communication skills

Partner Assault Response

• Offers a 12 week group education and counseling program on domestic violence and non-abusive ways of resolving conflict
• Offers victims/partners of the offender support including safety planning, referrals to community resources and information on offender's progress

Problem Gambling

• Provides individual and family counseling to deal with the harmful effects of problem gambling

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

Provides individual and group counseling for those who are experiencing problems in various areas of living

Addictions Counseling

• Provides assessments for various addictions for individuals
• Conducts case management studies
• Offers referrals to appropriate helps
• Provides therapeutic intervention and aftercare
• Provides public education to raise awareness of addictions

Family Violence

• Addresses and provides counseling for all forms of family violence including elder abuse, child and spousal abuse and sexual assault
• Provides referrals to other community services

Individual Counseling

• Provides counseling for many life issues including bereavement, mental illness, disability and traumatic childhood issues

Marital and Family Counseling

• Provides counseling for conflicts in family relationships, sexual issues, separation and divorce matters and communication skills

Partner Assault Response

• Offers a 12 week group education and counseling program on domestic violence and non-abusive ways of resolving conflict
• Offers victims/partners of the offender support including safety planning, referrals to community resources and information on offender's progress

Problem Gambling

• Provides individual and family counseling to deal with the harmful effects of problem gambling

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

Provides individual and group counseling for those who are experiencing problems in various areas of living

Addictions Counseling

• Provides assessments for various addictions for individuals
• Conducts case management studies
• Offers referrals to appropriate helps
• Provides therapeutic intervention and aftercare
• Provides public education to raise awareness of addictions

Family Violence

• Addresses and provides counseling for all forms of family violence including elder abuse, child and spousal abuse and sexual assault
• Provides referrals to other community services

Individual Counseling

• Provides counseling for many life issues including bereavement, mental illness, disability and traumatic childhood issues

Marital and Family Counseling

• Provides counseling for conflicts in family relationships, sexual issues, separation and divorce matters and communication skills

Partner Assault Response

• Offers a 12 week group education and counseling program on domestic violence and non-abusive ways of resolving conflict
• Offers victims/partners of the offender support including safety planning, referrals to community resources and information on offender's progress

Problem Gambling

• Provides individual and family counseling to deal with the harmful effects of problem gambling

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

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