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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.)
Victim / Witness Assistance Program
Kapuskasing
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Office: 705-337-4330
25 Brunetville Rd, Suite 65
Kapuskasing, ON, P5N 2E9
Kapuskasing, ON, P5N 2E9
Short Description
Provides information and assistance to support participation in and understanding of the criminal court process
Provides financial and court-based supports to enable victims of crime and families of homicide victims to attend court, including:
- 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
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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Victim Crisis Assistance Ontario
Kapuskasing
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Office: 705-335-8468
29 Byng Ave, Suite 1
Kapuskasing, ON, P5N 1W6
Kapuskasing, ON, P5N 1W6
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 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
- 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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Mental Health Counselling Services
Kapuskasing
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Office: 705-335-8468
29 Byng Ave, Suite 1
Kapuskasing, ON, P5N 1W6
Kapuskasing, ON, P5N 1W6
Short Description
- Provides confidential counselling to individuals dealing with a variety of mental health issues
- 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
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Grief and loss
- Post-traumatic stress
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Family Violence Intervention Service
Kapuskasing
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Office: 705-335-8468
29 Byng Ave, Suite 1
Kapuskasing, ON, P5N 1W6
Kapuskasing, ON, P5N 1W6
Short Description
- Provides individual and group counselling
- Offers assistance with the development of a personal safety plan
- Refers to other community services as needed
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Healing and Wellness Program
Kapuskasing
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Office: 705-337-1935
41 Murdock St
Kapuskasing, ON, P5N 1H9
Kapuskasing, ON, P5N 1H9
Short Description
- Promotes growth and healing for Indigenous people through Indigenous specific services
- Offers family violence support services
- Provides individual healing and wellness services that may include counselling, crisis intervention, and advocacy
- Helps individuals meet short and long-term goals
- Provides various group activities, such as Talking Together Circles and parenting groups
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Wasa-Nabin
Kapuskasing
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Office: 705-337-1935
41 Murdock St
Kapuskasing, ON, P5N 1H9
Kapuskasing, ON, P5N 1H9
Short Description
Provides a culturally based program to support and address concerns of Aboriginal youth who are at risk of negative behaviors
Addressing Violence
Addressing Violence
- Provides education on how to end violence in Aboriginal communities
- Teaches about the effects of drug and alcohol abuse
- Offers the "I am a Kind Man" program
- 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
- Offers life skills guidance
- Holds individual and group educational sessions on healthy lifestyle choices including good nutrition and traditional food preparation
- Offers recreational activities
- Accompanies any youth registered in agency programs to court proceedings if requested
- Provides individual and peer 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
- Offers "Street Wolf" leadership skills
- Provides cultural education and support for youth living in foster homes within community
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Familyhome Program
Kapuskasing
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Office: 705-336-2266
7 Aurora Ave
Kapuskasing, ON, P5N 2Y3
Kapuskasing, ON, P5N 2Y3
Short Description
- 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
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Family Health Team
Kapuskasing
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Office: 705-371-2220
142C Progress Cres
Kapuskasing, ON, P5N 3H6
Kapuskasing, ON, P5N 3H6
Short Description
- Offers timely access to family and community primary health care
- Provides access to other health care professionals within and outside of the Family Health Team
- Coordinates documentation if patient receives care from a member of the team
- Administers various health programs
- Chronic disease education and prevention
- Disease management
- Health promotion
- Rehabilitation
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Counselling and Family Mediation Services
Kapuskasing
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Office: 1-844-332-1938
16 Radisson Cres
Kapuskasing, ON, P5N 3C3
Kapuskasing, ON, P5N 3C3
Short Description
Functions as a private practice offering counselling and family mediation services
Offers the following counselling services:
Offers the following counselling services:
- Family mediation for separating couples
- Post-separation parenting plans (custody/access)
- Individual, couple and family counselling
- Parenting after separation or divorce
- Conflict resolution, communication skills and problem-solving
- Relationship difficulties
- Grief and bereavement
- Stress management
- Depression and anxiety
- Family and life transitions
- Work-life balance
- Solution-focused life strategies
- Child protection mediation
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Mental Health Peer Support Program
Iroquois Falls (30km)
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Office: 705-268-3220
1299 Victoria St
Iroquois Falls, ON, P0L 1G0
Iroquois Falls, ON, P0L 1G0
Short Description
- Offers a self-help peer support drop-in centre
- Provides peer support to individuals and their families who are experiencing or have previously experienced mental health difficulties
- Provides public education and information to the community, and mental health providers regarding peer support, self-help and other issues relevant to mental health and mental illness
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Family and Children's Services - Smooth Rock Falls
Smooth Rock Falls (59km)
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Office: 705-338-2366
50 3rd St
Smooth Rock Falls, ON, P0L 2B0
Smooth Rock Falls, ON, P0L 2B0
Short Description
- 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
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Mental Health Counselling Services
Smooth Rock Falls (60km)
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Office: 705-335-8468
107 Kelly Rd
Smooth Rock Falls, ON, P0L 2B0
Smooth Rock Falls, ON, P0L 2B0
Short Description
- Provides confidential counselling to individuals dealing with a variety of mental health issues
- 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
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Grief and loss
- Post-traumatic stress
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Family Health Team
Hearst (95km)
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Office: 705-362-5544
1403 Edward St
Hearst, ON, P0L 1N0
Hearst, ON, P0L 1N0
Short Description
- Offers timely access to family and community primary health care through 8 family Physicians
- Provides access to other health care professionals within and outside of the Family Health Team
- Provides access to other health care professionals within and outside of the Family Health Team, such as a dietitian, a mental health counsellor, and Indigenous health/patient navigator
- Coordinates documentation if patient receives care from a member of the team
- Administers various health programs including Home and Community Care
- Cervical cancer screening
- Chronic disease education and prevention
- Disease management
- Health promotion
- Immunizations
- Rehabilitation
- Teledermatology
- Provides access to a registered nurse that provides advice about urgent health care concerns
- Offers the opportunity to have family doctor receive a written summary of the call
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Family and Children's Services - Hearst
Hearst (95km)
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Office: 705-372-2445
909 George St
Hearst, ON, P0L 1N0
Hearst, ON, P0L 1N0
Short Description
- 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
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Victim Crisis Assistance Ontario
Hearst (95km)
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Office: 705-372-1933
1101 Front St
Hearst, ON, P0L 1N0
Hearst, ON, P0L 1N0
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 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
- 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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Mental Health Counselling Services
Hearst (95km)
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Office: 705-372-1933
1101 Front St
Hearst, ON, P0L 1N0
Hearst, ON, P0L 1N0
Short Description
- Provides confidential counselling to individuals dealing with a variety of mental health issues
- 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
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Grief and loss
- Post-traumatic stress
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Family Violence Intervention Service
Hearst (95km)
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Office: 705-372-1933
1101 Front St
Hearst, ON, P0L 1N0
Hearst, ON, P0L 1N0
Short Description
- Provides individual and group counselling
- Offers assistance with the development of a personal safety plan
- Refers to other community services as needed
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Crisis Intervention
Taykwa Tagamou Nation (107km)
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Office: 705-272-3923
Lot 3, Concession 3, Brower Township
Taykwa Tagamou Nation, ON, P0L 1C0
Taykwa Tagamou Nation, ON, P0L 1C0
Short Description
Provides crisis intervention services to individuals affected by family violence and suicide
Includes the following services:
- 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
- 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
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
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Child and Family Services
Taykwa Tagamou Nation (107km)
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Office: 705-272-3923
Office: 705-268-9033
Lot 3, Concession 3, Brower Township
Taykwa Tagamou Nation, ON, P0L 1C0
Taykwa Tagamou Nation, ON, P0L 1C0
Short Description
- Delivers child care and protection services and family support services to community members
- Administers services as a satellite office for Kunuwanimano Child and Family Services
- Working on creating own child and family policies and laws under Bill C-92
- Provides one-on-one counselling in areas such as bullying
- Educates children, families and community about rights and responsibilities under the Child and Family Services Act
- Advocates on behalf of clients and their rights in regards to the legal system
- Offers a variety of parenting programs
- Teaches parenting skills and assisting children through difficult times
- Develops and administers healthy social and recreational programs for families
- Hosts community forums to address issues such as youth drug abuse, inadequate housing, schooling problems and after school activities
- Organizes traditional healing circles with elders for women and youth
- Provides information sessions about understanding substance dependency and resulting family violence, and overcoming oppression by understanding cultural realities
- Provides referral services to local and outside service providers including treatment and healing centres
- Provides assistance with voluntary/customary care placements
- Provides support and counselling services to children in care
- Provides consultation and advertising in areas relating to customary care and foster care procedures
- Provides preventative services including awareness on child welfare matters including roles and responsibilities of the customary care/foster care worker
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Family Support Program
Taykwa Tagamou Nation (107km)
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Office: 705-272-3923
Lot 3, Concession 3, Brower Township
Taykwa Tagamou Nation, ON, P0L 1C0
Taykwa Tagamou Nation, ON, P0L 1C0
Short Description
- 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
- 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
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Family Well Being Program
Taykwa Tagamou Nation (107km)
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Office: 705-272-3923
Lot 3, Concession 3, Brower Township
Taykwa Tagamou Nation, ON, P0L 1C0
Taykwa Tagamou Nation, ON, P0L 1C0
Short Description
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 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
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Métis Family Wellbeing Program
Cochrane (108km)
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Office: 705-272-2277
261 3rd Ave, Unit 1
Cochrane, ON, P0L 1C0
Cochrane, ON, P0L 1C0
Short Description
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
- 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
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Healing and Wellness Program
Cochrane (108km)
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Office: 705-272-4497
190 Third Ave
Cochrane, ON, P0L 1C0
Cochrane, ON, P0L 1C0
Short Description
- Provides information to raise awareness of family violence and strategies to stop it
- Facilitates group talking circles to promote inner healing of family members
- Offers individual peer counselling
- Provides advocacy between individual and agencies
- Provides referrals to needed community supports and services
- Offers education about healthy and unhealthy relationships
- Hosts traditional gatherings including traditional teachings and feasts
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Wasa Nabin Program
Cochrane (108km)
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Office: 705-272-4497
190 Third Ave
Cochrane, ON, P0L 1C0
Cochrane, ON, P0L 1C0
Short Description
- 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
- Addiction prevention
- After school programs
- Confidence building
- Homework club
- I Am a Kind Man Program
- Leadership skills
- Life Skills
- Peer support
- Referrals
- Workshops
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Familyhome Program
Cochrane (108km)
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Office: 705-335-2266
18 Aurora Ave, Unit A
Cochrane, ON, P0L 1C0
Cochrane, ON, P0L 1C0
Short Description
- 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
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