Please Note: Services may be impacted in response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus).
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.)
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Confidential Support Services for Women
Greater Sudbury
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Short Description
Until we can reopen our offices, we continue to offer individual and group services by phone, email and virtual meetings.
You can reach us by phone and email: www.centrevictoria.ca/nous-joindre
Our 24/7 Fem'aide service is always available 24/7 at 1-877-336-2433.
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If you are looking for a shelter, call Fem'aide 1-877-336-2433 or the accommodation closest to you:
Operates a counselling centre dedicated to providing services to Francophone women who have experienced any type of violence including sexual, physical, psychological, verbal, economical
Offers an array of services including the following:
You can reach us by phone and email: www.centrevictoria.ca/nous-joindre
Our 24/7 Fem'aide service is always available 24/7 at 1-877-336-2433.
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If you are looking for a shelter, call Fem'aide 1-877-336-2433 or the accommodation closest to you:
- Maison Genevra / YWCA Sudbury - www.ywcasudbury.ca - 705-673-4754
- Maplegate House for Women (Elliot Lake) - www.maplegate.info - 705-461-7977
- Women In Crisis (Sault Ste. Marie) - www.womenincrisis.ca - 705-759-1230
- Chadwic Home (Wawa) - www.chadwichome.com - 705-856-2848
Operates a counselling centre dedicated to providing services to Francophone women who have experienced any type of violence including sexual, physical, psychological, verbal, economical
Offers an array of services including the following:
- Fem'aide, a 24-hour crisis telephone service
- Individual counselling
- Support groups
- Referrals to other community agencies and services
- Crisis intervention services
- Accompaniment to various appointments and meetings
- Public education and awareness campaigns
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Northern Region - Victim / Witness Assistance Program
Greater Sudbury
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144 Pine St, Unit 206
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3C 1X3
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3C 1X3
Short Description
COVID19 Update: Court case backlog -- clients may experience difficulties contacting local offices and should leave a message with return phone number; VWAP staff will return voicemail as soon as possible
- Provides information and assistance to support participation in the criminal court process
- Services begin once police have laid charges and continue until the court case is over
- Case-specific information (court dates, bail conditions)
- Court preparation
- Needs assessment
- Emotional support
- Crisis intervention
- Referrals to community agencies
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
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Outreach Program
West Nipissing
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- Provides safety planning to women leaving abusive partners
- Educates women about their rights
- Provides the opportunity to discuss issues surrounding domestic violence in a group setting
- Accompanies individuals to appointments such as court, lawyers offices, police, and the hospital
- Refers individuals to appropriate community services
- Advocates to ensure individuals receive appropriate services
- Offers individual support at the Outreach office, by telephone, or by home visits (if deemed safe for worker)
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Crisis and Support Line
West Nipissing
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Short Description
- Provides a 24-hour crisis response telephone service
- Provides immediate crisis assessment and intervention, referrals and follow-up
- Provides pre-crisis support and wellness planning
- Offers a listening ear to individuals in need of support
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Northern Ontario - Impaired Driving Prevention, Sudbury
Greater Sudbury
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1-800-665-6233 Ext 262
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- Promotes awareness and education on the issue of impaired driving
- Supports victims of impaired driving
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Women's Centre
Greater Sudbury
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174 Douglas St, Suite 201
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3C 1V8
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3C 1V8
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- Provides a safe and welcoming space for all women who have been impacted by violence and/or difficult life circumstances
- Provides access to resources and services that remove barriers and promotes self-esteem
- Offers My Sister's Closet, providing used women's and children's clothing
- Peer Support Work
- Safety Plans
- Self Compassion Program
- Healthy Relationships and Boundaries for Women Program
- Collective Kitchen Program
- Sewing Circle
- Library and computers in Centre
- Domestic Abuse Workshops
- Employment Workshops
- Credit Counselling
- Groceries and Basic Needs (delivery and gift card pick up -- funding dependent)
- Healing and Empowerment Support Group
- Supporting Our Sisters (SOS) Northern Ontario Anti-Human Trafficking Alliance
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Community Legal Clinic
Greater Sudbury
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40 Elm St, Unit 272
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3C 1S8
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3C 1S8
Short Description
- 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
- Employment Insurance
- Canada Pension Plan (CPP and CPP Disability)
- Housing law for tenants and co-op members only
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
- Ontario Works (OW)
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Restorative Justice
Greater Sudbury
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238 Elm St, Suite 203
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3C 1V3
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3C 1V3
Short Description
- Provides restorative justice dispute resolution services to resolve the effects of crime and conflict
- Facilitates public education presentations upon request
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Northeastern Ontario - Legal Aid Services
Greater Sudbury
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224 Elm St
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3C 1V3
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3C 1V3
Short Description
Provides legal assistance for low-income people
Services include:
Services include:
- Legal representation for eligible clients who appear in court without a lawyer
- Legal aid applications and information over the phone
- Legal resources and referrals to other social assistance agencies
- A certificate program for complex and serious cases
- Criminal
- Domestic violence
- Family
- Wrongful dismissal
- Change of name
- Personal bankruptcy
- Power of attorney
- Money lent to others or money owed to others
- Sponsorship of relatives
- Commercial litigation
- Real estate matters and libel
- Defamation and slander
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Criminal Justice Services
Greater Sudbury
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705-673-9576
204 Pine St
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3C 1X5
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3C 1X5
Short Description
Provides various services including the following:
- Individual counselling and referrals to other resources
- Library Services for inmates
- Community Education through displays, discussions
- Guest speakers to speak on various topics
- Visits people at the local jail in response to requests
- Advocates with legal aid and involvement with the family
- Meets with inmates, at their request, to develop an individual plan of action that can be followed upon release
- Develops a plan based on individual need and may involve networking and collaborating with service providers to assure assistance to clients
- Provides follow-up and support once released
- Provides an option to jail sentences and can be a condition of a probation order for adult and youth offenders
- Works a specific number of hours of community service work
- Focuses on assistance for seniors, non-profit organizations, and physically challenged persons
- Facilitates reconciliation between victim and offender where both parties are willing to undergo a group conference to discuss the offence, the effects of the offence on the victim and appropriate consequences for the offender
- Determines the most appropriate consequences with the alleged young offender, parent(s)/caregiver(s), John Howard Society and the police
- Teaches people to use appropriate thoughts and actions to express anger
- Teaches skills to help understand themselves and how to identify and express their anger appropriately
- Provides community based post charge sanctions for youth, outside of formal judicial proceedings, where a young person cannot be adequately dealt with by police cautions, warnings or referrals to community support programs
- Provides music lessons to youth who are at risk of conflict with the law or who do not have the opportunity to play a musical instrument and who want to learn music and join a band
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Northern Region - Family Information Liaison Unit
Greater Sudbury
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161 Applegrove St
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3C 1N2
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3C 1N2
Short Description
- Provides family members of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) 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
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Women's Sexual Assault Support Services - Voices for Women
Greater Sudbury
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127 Cedar St, 7th Fl
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3E 1A9
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3E 1A9
Short Description
During COVID-19 pandemic, the office is closed to the public. However, staff are working from home and continue to provide intakes and counselling by telephone or video conferencing. Anyone new looking to access services are encouraged to call 705-671-5495 or email VFW@hsnsudbury.ca to make an appointment.
Provides community-based, ongoing, longer-term sexual assault counselling and support services for women including:
Provides community-based, ongoing, longer-term sexual assault counselling and support services for women including:
- Crisis intervention
- Individual and group counselling
- Safety planning
- Community outreach
- Court support
- Drop-in resource room
- Information and referral to community resources
- Public education and training
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Northeastern Ontario - Criminal Duty Counsel
Greater Sudbury
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155 Elm St
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3C 1T9
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3C 1T9
Short Description
- Gives immediate legal assistance to individuals who appear in court without a lawyer
- Provides information about legal rights, obligation and the court process
- Provides assistance in the courtroom for bail hearings and sentencing
- Assists with diversions, guilty pleas and sentencing
- Helps determines if further duty counsel services are required or if the matter requires Legal Aid Ontario's assistance in retaining a lawyer
- Mental health
- Drug treatment
- Domestic violence
- Aboriginal persons (Gladue) court
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Shelter - Genevra House
Greater Sudbury
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370 St Raphael St
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3B 4K7
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3B 4K7
Short Description
- Operates an emergency shelter for women who have been victims of physical, emotional, sexual or financial abuse, and their children
- Supports older women who are escaping abuse from a live-in caregiver
- Operates Brookwood Apartments
- Crisis intervention
- Counselling to women and children
- Referrals to other resources
- Safety planning
- Transitional and housing support
- Family Court Support Worker Program
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Family Court Support Worker Program
Greater Sudbury
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370 St Raphael St
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3B 4K7
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3B 4K7
Short Description
- Provides information on the family court process
- Assists in documenting the history of abuse and accessing Legal Aid for family court proceedings
- Offers referrals to specialized services and supports in the community
- Teaches safety planning and assists with the development of safety plans
- Accompanies victims to court proceedings when appropriate
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Supportive Counselling Program
Greater Sudbury
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370 St Raphael St
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3B 4K7
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3B 4K7
Short Description
Provides individual and group counselling
Topics include:
Topics include:
- Empowerment
- Positive solutions to the effects of abuse
- Safety planning
- Stress management
- Strengthening self-esteem and self-confidence
- Well-being for the short and long-term
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Children Exposed to Violence Against Women Program
Greater Sudbury
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260 Cedar St
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3B 1M7
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3B 1M7
Short Description
- Provides group counselling and support to children who have been exposed to abuse, power and/or control
- Offers support to the mothers of children in the program to encourage understanding and support
- Helps children identify and express their emotions and talk about their experiences in a safe and positive environment
- Teaches positive conflict resolution strategies
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Child Witness Program
Greater Sudbury
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260 Cedar St
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3B 1M7
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3B 1M7
Short Description
- Provides confidential support services and impartial court preparation for children and youth involved in the criminal justice system as either victims and/or witnesses
- Provides sensitive, informed, and effective assistance to child victims and witnesses to lessen the trauma of communicating evidence in court
- Provides case updates to victims and families
- Provides the victim a tour of the court house
- Educates the victim on courtroom procedures and the role of a witness
- Attends court with the victim
- Refers the child and/or family to other community services, if needed
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Victim Crisis Assistance Ontario
Greater Sudbury
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190 Brady St, 1st Fl
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3E 1C7
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3E 1C7
Short Description
- 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
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Police Services
Greater Sudbury
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190 Brady St
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3E 1C7
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3E 1C7
Short Description
Deals with the prevention of crime, investigation of criminal activities and enforcement of law and order
Victim Assistance Unit
Victim Assistance Unit
- Provides victims and witnesses with support, information, and assistance for victims of domestic assault
- Oversees the operations of the Police Department and sets policies within the limits set by the statutes
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Crisis Intervention Services
Greater Sudbury
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127 Cedar St
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3E 1B1
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3E 1B1
Short Description
- Provides immediate crisis assessment, intervention, referrals and follow-up
- Works in partnership with the Canadian Mental Health Association, Child and Family Centre, and the Greater Sudbury Police Service
- Operates Manitoulin Crisis Response Services
- Visits with individuals in the community who are experiencing acute distress or a situational crisis
- Arrangements for visits can be made
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Victim Crisis Assistance Ontario
Northeastern Manitoulin And The Islands (93km)
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54 Boosneck Rd, Unit 101
Northeastern Manitoulin And The Islands, ON, P0P 1K0
Northeastern Manitoulin And The Islands, ON, P0P 1K0
Short Description
- 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
- storage locker
- tattoo removal
- treatment at a recovery facility
Financial support also available for:
- victims who sustained serious physical injuries during a crime
- parents of child homicide victims
- spouses of homicide victims
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