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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

• 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

• Operates an emergency women's shelter
• Manages a crisis support line

Offers the following services:

• Intake assessment to determine appropriate services and referrals
• Assistance in managing the needs of children within the shelter
• Assistance with the development of a personal safety plan
• Crisis and support counselling (adult and child)
• Community education on shelter and issues of abuse
• Follow-up after leaving the shelter

Provides the following programs:

• 24 Hour Helpline
• Family Court Support Worker program
• Transitional and Housing Support Program
• Second Stage Housing
• Women's Outreach

In an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19. the office will be closed to the public, and will be open to those who have a scheduled appointment. 

• A staff member will be checking our voicemail and email inbox daily Monday through Friday and will return your message as soon as possible.
• Please note that at this time we are still offering counselling support over the phone or via Zoom if you are a registered client with us.
• If you are not currently registered, please call Melinda (she/her) at 705-840-2403 ext. 0, and indicate that you would like to start services with us.
• Leave your contact information if you reach our voicemail and we will return your message.

Works to empower and provide a voice for women and the communities in which they live in order to:

• Eliminate violence against women and children
• Create social change regarding issues of equality and justice
• Develop, apply and increase awareness of anti-oppressive approaches
• Provide healing from sexual violence

Provides a variety of services, including:

• Advocacy, information and referral
• Beyond Trauma group counselling
• Food and clothing bank (currently closed due to COVID-19)
• Individual counselling
• Journey of Life Group
• Workshops

• 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 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 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

98 bed capacity hospital with 24 hour emergency care services, as well as inpatient and outpatient services

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services:

• Cardiac rehabilitation
• Diagnostic Imaging (x-ray, ultrasound, mammography, Ontario Breast Screening Program)
• ECG and Respiratory Therapy
• Laboratory
• Rehabilitation (Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech Language Pathology)

Outpatient Services:

• Ambulatory services (hosts regular clinics such as cardiology, urology, nephrology, pediatric, gynecology, sleep labs, psychiatric clinics)
• Clinical nutrition
• Diabetes management
• Oncology

Crisis Intervention

• Provides in-person crisis intervention
• Offers assessment, crisis counselling, advocacy, and referrals to community agencies

Provides counselling, advocacy, referrals, court support, basic needs, such as finding shelter, clothing, relocation as necessary

COVID19 Offices closed but staff will still be working remotely to serve our community during regular business hours : leave a message with you name, phone number and the reason for your call and someone will return you call as soon as possible.  Recorded voicemail message will provide updates on services. Please note that the following programs are suspended until further notice.
Basic Needs program

Furniture exchange bank

PEPtalks (24 March 2020) ​

• Counselling
• Crisis intervention
• Advocacy
• Referrals
• Personal and emotional counselling
• Family and marital counselling
• Grief counselling
• Trauma and stress counselling
• Walk-in counselling

Community Support Programs:

• Help with basic needs 
• Youth camp fund
• Community Christmas Basket Program
• Community partner delivering Canadian Tire Jumpstart Program
• Local distributer for the Child Poverty Action Networks (CPAN) Programs