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• 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

Offers a variety of support services including:

• Crisis intervention
• Counselling to women and children
• Referrals to other resources
• Safety planning
• Transitional and housing support
• Family Court Support Worker Program

Provides support to both children and their mothers and offers practical assistance with the following:

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

Provides individual and group counselling
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

Administers the following programs and services:

• Emergency Shelter
• Crisis and Support Line
• Outreach Program
• Transitional Support Program
• Women's Counselling Program

Provides counselling to women experiencing issues such as:

• Living in or seeking to leave an abusive situation
• Suicide or thoughts of self-harm
• Depression
• Anxiety and stress
• Low self-esteem
• Loss
• Sexual assualt

Due to Covid-19, the Mission is only able to provide bagged meals through a takeout window twice a day
 

• Operates a warming shelter and drop-in centre
• Offers general counselling

Offers a variety of drop-in services including:
 

• Bible Studies/Sunday Church Services
• Daily meals (breakfast and dinner)
• Laundry facilities
• Pastoral and Chaplaincy Services
• Second-hand clothing (clothing room)
• Shower and bath facilities (includes towels and toiletries)
• Christmas and other Holiday functions (includes holiday meal, gift bags and toys at Christmas)
   
• Provides 24 hr shelter during a cold advisory in winter that serves hot soup, sandwiches, and hot beverages

Note: This is not an overnight shelter and no beds are available. Serves as a warming station only

Promotes healthy individuals, families and communities

• Supports reduction or prevention of family and community violence
• Provides culturally appropriate support services, resources, educational materials, and workshops to address community wellness needs
• Participates in and assists to organize community events
• Promotes a culturally appropriate approach to healing and wellness

Cultural activities and events can include but are not limited to:

• Drum teaching circles
• Elders breakfast and bingo a few times per month
• Monthly Healer visits
• Cultural Arts Program and full moon ceremonies
• Sewing and Design program
• Chaperoned out-of-town trips for Elders
• Seasonal Medicine walks
• Strengthening Families sessions

Provides voluntary support and services to assist individuals who are struggling with mental health issues and/or addictions issues
Services offered but not limited to, include the following:
Addictions

• Alcohol, drug and gambling assessments
• Counselling for individuals, couples and families
• Smoking cessation
• Relapse prevention and aftercare
• Community based treatment services
• Referrals to residential treatment

Health Promotion

• Presentations and workshops related to mental health and addictions
• Support groups
• Educational resources
• Community activities and events
• Liaison to other resources
• Referrals

Mental Health

• Assessments as deemed appropriate
• Counselling for individuals, couples and families
• Referrals to psychiatry

• Provides comprehensive client-centered, professional and skilled services to infants, children, youth, families and adults with a developmental disability
• Addresses social, emotional, behavioural, physical and developmental difficulties
• Improves the well-being of individuals, families and the community through clinically effective partnerships

Provides the following programs and services:

• Autism
• Child and Youth Mental Health
• Developmental Disability Services

Provides regional mental health service programs for adults and seniors

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

Offers counselling in the following areas:

• 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)

Provides 24-hour emergency services to adults experiencing immediate, intimate partner violence and sexual assault
These services include:

• Community liaison
• Court testimony
• Forensic documentation and photography
• Individual or group counselling
• Medical assessment and treatment
• Pregnancy testing
• Safety planning and risk assessment
• Sexually Transmitted Infection assessment and treatment

Provides emergency medical treatment and counselling for children who have been victims of sexual assault or physical abuse
These services include:

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

?Offers virtual appointments - book an appointment by phone, email or in-person

• 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

Promotes the development of good mental health and provides services for individuals with mental health issues to enrich their quality of life

Provides information and awareness activities including but not limited to:

• Depression
• Family violence
• Stress management

Services include:

• Client advocacy and liaison with other services/agencies
• Counselling services for stress management and crisis intervention
• Prevention services and programs
• Referrals to appropriate supports

Promotes healthy individuals, families and communities

• Supports reduction and prevention of mental health issues, and family and community violence
• Provides culturally appropriate support services, resources, educational materials, and workshops to address community wellness needs
• Coordinates community activities at the Elders Residence and the Wellness Centre
• Participates in and assists to organize community events such as Dokis Summerfest, Aboriginal Day, and Annual Pow Wow
• Provides referrals to counselling, legal services, and treatment centres and other needed supports
• Promotes a culturally appropriate approach to healing and wellness

• 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