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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

• 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

• Offers mental health and general adult counselling, psychotherapy and other treatment services related to mental health issues
• Offers identification and assessment of signs and symptoms of mental health problems
• Provides individual, couples, family or group support
• Counselling provided for a variety of issues including strategies to cope with mental illness, relationships, substance use/abuse, managing stress, parenting challenges, grief/loss, self-esteem and coping strategies
• Provides collaboration and consultation with other service providers
• Offers the Back on Track program (Ontario's remedial measures for impaired drivers)

• Offers single-session brief counselling services for children, youth, adults, couples and families
• Addresses a variety of issues including but not limited to mental health, addictions, relationships, and daily living activities
• In-person walk-in available in Sault Ste Marie; virtual walk-in counselling available in Blind River, Elliot Lake and Wawa

• Provides single session walk-in mental health and addictions counselling virtually via telephone or video conference
• Offers confidential sessions that are usually one to one and a half hours in length
• Encourages participants to have personal support individuals attend with them including a friend, family member or support worker

• Client representation in clinic areas of practice
• Free summary legal advice
• Information and referral
• Law reform advocacy
• Public education
• Specialized legal services

• Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Old Age Security (OAS)
• Canada Child Benefits (CCB)
• Consumer and Credit/Debt issues
• Employment Insurance (EI)
• Employment Standards (ESA)
• Human Rights
• ID Bank
• Native Status applications
• Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
• Ontario Works (OW)
• Residential Tenancies (tenants only)
• Workplace safety and injury

• Offers child welfare services, ongoing support and education to enhance the lives of young children and families
• Provides services under the direction of 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

• 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

• Helps reduce the psychological and social problems associated with the use and abuse of alcohol, drugs, and problem gambling
• Provides support and education to family members
• Offers a multi-modal approach that includes harm reduction and 12-step abstinence

• Individual therapy
• Group therapy
• Marital and couples counselling
• Family counselling
• Consultation
• Education and awareness
• Aftercare services
• Relapse prevention
• Family support
• In home counselling
• Presentations on gambling

• Domestic violence
• Relationship issues
• Child abuse
• Suicide prevention
• Drug and alcohol addiction

• Cultural teachings
• Naming ceremonies
• Sweat lodge ceremonies

• Promotes growth and healing for Indigenous people through culturally-specific services
• Reduces family violence and promotes healthy lifestyles

• Applying to healing lodges
• Elder visits
• Supportive peer counselling
• Traditional peer counselling

• Anger solutions
• Weekly sewing circle
• Traditional health program

• 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 medical care following a sexual assault by a specially trained pediatric doctor and nurse
• Collects forensic evidence upon examination
• Offers information and referrals to other programs and services
• Offers counselling to children over the age of 3 with acute or historical sexual abuse experiences as well
• Offers support and education to parents and guardians

• Provides emotional and medical care/treatment to victims of sexual assault
• Provides counselling after a recent or past sexual assault
• Offers individual, family and group counselling
• Offers information and referrals to other programs and services such as shelters and counselling

• 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

• Provides a full spectrum of all Child Welfare programs and services
• Provides guidance, counselling and other services to families for protecting children or for the prevention of circumstances requiring the protection of children
• Provides care and supervision for children assigned or committed to its care under the Child and Family Services Act
• Manages all Adoption Services, Child Protection Services and Foster Care programs
• Provides supervised parental visitation of children assigned or committed to its care in a safe, neutral and child focused environment
• Provides support programs for youth in care or who are leaving care through the Continued Care & Support for Youth (CCSY) program
• Assists youth with applications for a bursary/scholarship from the Children's Aid Foundation of Canada

• Provides financial assistance to Crown Wards with the Children's Aid Society of Algoma in the form of a forgivable grant to offset the cost of tuition, books and/or supplies

• Assesses the strengths and needs of families to assist in healthy problem solving
• Offers counseling

• Serves as the first point of contact with the Children's Aid Society of Algoma
• Accepts and processes reports and/or concerns regarding a suspected child protection issue
• Upon approval to become involved with the family, conducts an assessment including initial intake to determine if a child is at risk
• Assigns a family to a Child Protection Worker if onging intervention is required

• Coordinates a safe, nurturing place for children to live who cannot reside in their own home
• Facilitates the Foster Care Process

• Initial orientation and ongoing training
• Reimbursement for daily living expenses, as well as the child's medical, dental, clothing, and school-related expenses
• Incremental payments which compensate the foster parents for training and experience acquired through the agency
• Supplementary payments which are provided when children require more intensive help or supervision
• Regular visits and support from a family service worker and/or foster home worker
• Access to 24-hour emergency services and support
• Team meetings with other foster parents

• Provides support to the full-time care and nurturing of a child by a relative, extended family member, a member of the child's community or another adult with whom the child has a significant relationship
• Kinship Service caregiver works collaboratively with Algoma CAS staff to develop and carry out plans of service for the child
• Endeavors to have the kinship caregiver/family become a permanent home for the child

• Gives immediate legal assistance to individuals who appear in court without a lawyer
• Provides information about legal rights, obligations and basic court procedure
• Helps negotiate or settle issues
• Reviews or prepares court documents to be filed
• Helps determines if further duty counsel services are required or if the matter requires Legal Aid Ontario's assistance in retaining a lawyer

• The courtroom for child protection hearings
• Garnishment and support hearings
• Requesting adjournments
• Arguing motions
• Hearings for issues such as custody, access, or support where the issues are not complicated

• Offers a 10-week group program for children who have been exposed to and impacted by domestic violence, provided with a concurrent group for mothers
• Provides an opportunity for children to meet with other children and know that they are not alone
• Provides the "Mothers' Group" that runs at the same time as the children's group, and designed to help mothers support their children through this group process
• Offers free transportation to those who do not have an existing means of transportation

• Offers professional counselling and therapeutic services to women who have experienced any form of abuse (physical, verbal, emotional) in either past or present relationships, or who have witnessed abuse as children
• Provides counselling, support and education about healthy relationships, what abuse is and how it affects a person wholistically, developing safety plans and the impacts of abuse on children

Offers a variety of professional counselling services to youth, adults and their families

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Provides essential wokplace counselling and consultation services for businesses, organizations and employees through its EAP
• Functions as short-term counselling for a variety of issues including stress, life changes/stages, separation/divorce, retirement and grief

Counselling services also offered for areas of concern that may include but are not limited to:

• Drug and alcohol use/abuse and mental health
• Past or present abuse against women (Violence Against Women VAW)
• Sexual abuse or assault experienced by men (Support Services for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse)
• Domestic violence impacts on children and their mothers
• Abusive relationships between partners (Partner Assault Response PAR)

• 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

• Offers support services to promote mental health
• Provides counselling and services to manage mental health issues

• A community treatment service that offers counselling services to adults and their families experiencing difficulties with alcohol and/or other drugs, and difficulties with problem gambling
• Provides help to alleviate psycho-social problems associated with the use and abuse of alcohol, drugs and/or problem gambling
• Offers support and education to family members in better understanding and coping with difficulties related to addictions
• Manages and operates the Addiction Treatment Clinic
• Manages and operates the Residential Withdrawal Management Services

• Aftercare services
• Addictions treatment clinic
• Community treatment programs
• Concurrent disorders program and group
• Consultation
• Education and Awareness
• Family counselling
• Family support
• Group therapy
• Individual therapy
• In Home counselling
• Marital and couples counselling
• Presentations on gambling
• Relapse prevention
• Stagewise program

• Provides short-term crisis intervention services
• Offers telephone and office follow-up
• Provides multidisciplinary assessments of individual needs
• Facilitates referrals to community services
• Offers a Mobile Crisis Response team comprised of two social workers who support individuals in low-risk situations
• Provides a Mobile Crisis Rapid Response Team comprised of a Sault Area Hospital Crisis Worker and a member of the Sault Ste Marie Police Services