Searching for Child Abuse Services

• Networking/collaborative assistance
• Assessment and referral
• Advocacy and liaison services
• Supportive services
• Educational and life skills development
• Tangible support services
• Plans of care assistance
• Plans for service

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Staying safe
• After-school activities
• Coaching in mothering after abuse
• Coaching in cooperative play and peaceful solutions for home and school

• information on the family court process
• assistance in preparing for family court proceedings (documenting history of abuse, accessing Legal Aid)
• debriefing with clients following family court appearances
• referral to specialized services and supports in the community
• safety planning
• court accompaniment to proceedings when appropriate

Provides personalized support to help child and youth victims and witnesses feel more confident and prepared for court

Goal of the program is to

• help victims feel stronger and more in control
• reduce the trauma caused by the crime
• support children, youth, and their caregivers as they get ready to testify and understand the court process

• 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

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Grief
• Low self-esteem
• Parenting issues
• Relationships
• Stress

Provides a number of services including:

• Christmas assistance
• Community food bank
• Community referrals
• Non-professional counselling services
• Summer Camp program

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. Services include:

• information about victims' rights, the criminal justice process and their specific case (e.g., court dates)
• needs assessment and referrals to community agencies, including Indigenous and other culturally specific agencies
• crisis intervention, trauma-informed 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
• arranges for interpreters and accessibility accommodations
• 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 (VVFF) -- Helps support victims of crime, including families of homicide victims and motor vehicle fatalities resulting in criminal charges, participate more fully in the criminal court process by providing financial assistance and court-based supports for:

• travel to attend key court dates
• language interpretation services
• special accommodations for victims with disabilities, such as real-time captioning
• necessities for victims of human trafficking or gun and gang violence while attending court

• Offers counselling and treatment services for individuals who have mental health concerns or have been diagnosed with a mental illness

• Bi-Polar Disorder
• Depression
• Generalized Anxiety Disorders
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Social Anxiety

• 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

• needs assessment
• safety planning
• referrals to community services
• enhanced support for vulnerable victims
• assistance with applications to VQRP+

• Additional assistance for victims of human trafficking includes storage locker, tattoo removal and treatment at a recovery facility
• No direct reimbursements are made to victims for the supports listed above
  
• Financial support is also available for victims who sustained serious physical injuries during a crime and for parents of homicide victims and spouses of homicide victims

• Child and Family Intervention Program (CFI)
• Children's Mobile Crisis Program
• Day Treatment Service
• Family Intervention and Support Program (FISP)
• Intensive Support and Supervision Program (ISSP)
• Psychology Services
• SNAP (Stop Now and Plan)
• Supervised Access Program (SAP)
• Special Needs Resource Program
• Positive Parenting Program (Triple P)

• Assists people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, to obtain and maintain housing
• Offers culturally-relevant, wholistic and supportive programs and services that address issues related to homelessness of urban Indigenous people

• Daily breakfast programs
• Mobile hot meal distribution
• Food, clothing, furniture banks
• Men's, women's and female youth transitional housing
• Emergency shelter services
• Cultural and traditional workshops, activities and teachings
• Socials, feasts, soup kitchens, lunch 'n learns
• Legal/financial/educational supports and advocacy
• Parenting and life skills workshops
• Addictions and mental health referral/counselling
• Outreach, drop-in centres

• Provides education on how to end violence in Indigenous communities
• Teaches about the effects of drug and alcohol abuse

• Encourages youth to remain in school and provides support for obtaining high school diploma
• Offers homework assistance and time at the Centre to complete homework with access to computers and Internet

• Provides individual counselling for areas that youth may be struggling with such as socialization and peer pressure
• Offers Native craft classes and regalia making sessions
• Teaches Native dancing, singing and drumming
• Allows the youth to participate in Elder's Circles

• Holds individual and group educational sessions on healthy lifestyle choices including good nutrition and traditional food preparation
• Supervises non competitive recreational activities

• Accompanies any youth registered in agency programs to court proceedings if requested
• Provides education and information about the criminal justice system and court procedures

• Provides cultural education and support for youth living in foster homes within community and also to biological and foster families

• 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

• 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

• Art/Craft Drop-In
• Meditation
• Men's Support Groups and Workshops
• Mindful Way Workshops
• Scheduled counselling sessions
• Soup Drop-In

• 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

• 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)

• Provides confidential, short-term counselling services free of charge to all currently enrolled students
• Works with students to address personal issues and mental health concerns that may be interfering with academic success
• Offers individual counselling, walk-in counselling services and workshops

• Provides confidential counselling, education, advocacy
• Offers family, relationship, and individual counselling

• Deaf identity
• Depression, anxiety or bipolar issues
• Domestic violence
• Grief and loss
• Life transitions
• Parenting and family challenges
• Personal development
• Relationship difficulties
• Sexuality
• Substance use
• Trauma (present or past)

• Counselling
• Consultation
• Medical/forensic assessment and treatment
• Referrals to Children's Aid Society (CAS)