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• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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)

• Provides a range of responsive individual, family and community programs and services for the complete life journey of all Anishinabek people
• Cares for the physical health, mental health, and the health of the communities where Anishinabek people live by promoting wellness, preventing illness and trauma, and providing diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation

• Child welfare services
• Community health services
• Cultural programs and services
• Mental health and addiction services including walk-in clinics

• Provides a single session of counselling services to children, youth and adults on a first come first served basis
• Offers access to an Elder
• Assists with coping with any stressful situation by problem solving and determining community resources
• Assists with developing a clear plan of action building on individual strengths and abilities

• 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

• Responsible for providing prevention programs and activities focused on family wellness by embracing a more traditional way of life
• Focus is to keep families together and support reunification of families

• Oversee and monitor child protection matters
• Advocacy between family, internal and external services and the Child Welfare Agency involved
• Individual and family counselling/support for child welfare involved families to better understand and navigate the process
• In-home support during family crisis when child protection concerns may be present
• Facilitate programs and events for community to promote connection and family health and wellness
• Assistance with access to services through the Jordan's Principle worker

• Operates a primary care medical clinic consisting of 18 family doctors
• Offers an after hours clinic component
• Provides access to other health care professionals within and outside of the Family Health Team, such as a dietitian, counselors, nurse practitioners and nurses
• Coordinates documentation if patient receives care from a member of the team

• Chronic disease education and prevention
• Disease management
• Health promotion
• Palliative care
• Rehabilitation
• Well-baby and well-child child care (developmental assessments)
• Annual physicals
• Allergy shots
• Treatment of warts, minor skin lesions, and sun damage spots
• Immunizations

• 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

• Provides programs that meet community specific needs and are rooted in traditional teachings
• Promotes cultural awareness and identity, language, customs and beliefs
• Relies on Elders to play a prominent role in teaching

• Community prevention and education
• Early intervention and support
• Crisis support and service coordination
• Healing and restoration
• Family and parenting counselling
• Advocacy by attending child welfare investigations on-reserve with the Children's Aid Society (CAS)
• Assistance to resolve child welfare crises and co-operatively plan out actions designed to divert future crises

• Community feasts and celebrations
• Recreational activities and events such as powwows and summer festivals
• Educational and learning opportunities such as reading programs, sewing classes and cooking classes

• Provides intensive in-home support to families where there is maltreatment of children
• Offers counselling services on more appropriate ways to raise children

• Anger management
• Healthy family relationships
• Healthy sexuality and sexual abuse prevention
• Impact of domestic violence on the home and community
• Parenting and life skills
• Self-esteem for children
• Youth and family violence

• Facilitates arrangements to provide a temporary home for children who are separated from their family
• Retains legal responsibility for the child
• Provides initial orientation, home study and ongoing training
• Arranges for home visits 7 days and 30 days after child's placement in home
• Makes weekly phone calls to foster parents
• Reimburses for all expenses incurred for welfare of child including living, medical, clothing, school and extra-curricular expenses
• Provides access to a full range of therapeutic and relief services
• Provides respite care to foster parents
• Supplies a foster parent handbook at office or available online
• Works with foster parents to create life plan for child; priority is to reunite child with family but if not possible, plans may include long-term foster care or adoption

• Regular alternative care home: provides full-time daily care in a family setting
• Relief Alternative Care Homes: provides part-time care in a family setting
• Emergency Receiving Alternative Care Homes: Provides care in a family with very short notice

• Created to follow a cultural service model of child protection services which involves parents, extended family members, elders, community resource workers and First Nation leaders
• Delivers a full spectrum of culturally appropriate prevention, early intervention and child protection services to ensure the safety of children and the well being of families
• Provides culturally-based education programs to communities on topics including domestic violence, parenting, life skills and self-esteem

• Alternative/Foster Care (Genawenman Binojiuk)
• In-Home Support Program
• Mino Madzwin Youth Program
• Prevention and Support Services

• 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

• 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

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
• 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

Vulnerable Victims and Family Fund (VVFF) -- Helps support victims of violent crime, families of homicide victims and families of motor vehicle fatalities 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
• basic necessities for victims of human trafficking or gun and gang violence while attending for court

• 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