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• Provides information and assistance to support participation in the criminal court process
• Services begin once police have laid charges and continue until the court case is over

Offers:

• Case-specific information (court dates, bail conditions)
• Court preparation
• Needs assessment
• Emotional support
• Crisis intervention
• Referrals to community agencies

Vulnerable Victims and Family Fund

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

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 and programs provided can include but are not limited to the following:

• 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 individuals resolve debt problems and regain financial stability
Services include:

• Bankruptcy
• Budgeting help
• Debt help options
• Debt settlements using consumer proposals
• Financial literacy education

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

Provides the following services:

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

Programs provided:

• Anger solutions
• Weekly sewing circle
• Traditional health program

Provides individual, group and family counselling on the following issues:

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

Offers the following cultural services:

• Cultural teachings
• Naming ceremonies
• Sweat lodge ceremonies

Provides a range of programs that address family violence
Adult Counselling Services

• Offers a variety of professional counselling services to adults and their families
• Offers services such as Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) and Fee-for-Service Counselling

Child Witness Services -- Creating Connections group

• 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

Partner Assault Response Program

• Offers a 12 week group education and counselling program on domestic violence and non-abusive ways of resolving conflict
• Offers victims/partners of the offender support including safety planning, referrals to community resources and information on offender's progress

Violence Against Women and Freedom from Abuse

• Offers professional counselling and therapeutic services to women who have experienced any abuse (physical, verbal, emotional) in either past or present relationships, or who have witnessed abuse as children
• Offers Freedom From Abuse -- a 12-week psycho-educational group on abuse and healthy relationships
• Provides a weekly drop-in support service
• Offers monthly Empowerment Session on a variety of topics

Provides short-term individual, group and family counselling on the following topics:

• Abuse/Self Harm
• Anger management
• Bullying and harassment
• Drug and alcohol use
• Grief and loss
• Health and Wellness
• Interpersonal relationships
• Problem solving
• Self-esteem
• Separation and divorce
• Stress management
• Time, organizational skills and study management
  
• Will also participate in re-entry plans and help identify areas of concern regarding school safety and security
• Provides in-school support for victims of violence
• Offers character education
• Provides follow-up support following crisis intervention/hospitalization

Provides specialized services with emphasis on children and youth mental health services
Offers the following services:

• Adult Counselling
• Child/Youth Mental Health
• Community Partnerships
• Family Violence
• Youth Justice Programs
• Youth Substance Abuse

Member agency of Support Services Network for Male Survivors in Ontario

• Provides a range of mental health services for children and youth and their families
• Provides initial intake, screening and referral to appropriate mental health services including children and youth with complex needs
• Provides psychological assessments for children and youth experiencing a range of emotional, psychological or behavioural difficulties
• Provides psychiatric consultation by videoconference when required
• Offers crisis follow-up services
• Offers a day camp for youth unable to participate in other camps due to behavioural difficulties

Offers a variety of programs including the following:

• 0-6 Mental Health Services
• Cognitive Therapy Clinic
• Intensive Treatment Services (ITS)
• Therapeutic Child and Youth Services

• Provides early identification, intervention and treatment services for young children
• Offers assessment and advocacy
• Offers individual, family or group counselling
• Educates the family about supports and services that are available in the community
• Collaborates with community partners to providing a continuum of supports, education, consultation, and services designed to meet the needs of families

Offers the following in-school programs:Al's Pals: Kids Making Healthy Choices

• Offers a school-based prevention program that develops young children's social-emotional skills, self-control, problem-solving abilities, and healthy decision-making

Building Bridges

• Assists children in adjusting to the school setting
• Assists children to develop skills that produce appropriate social behaviours

Taming Sneaky Fears

• Offers a therapeutic group for children who struggle with symptoms of anxiety and their parents

• Operates a 24-bed emergency shelter for women who have been victims of physical, emotional, or sexual abuse, and their children
• Operates a 24-hour crisis support phone line and walk-in crisis service
• Offers long-term and crisis counselling for women who have been victims of sexual assault or abuse both current and historic
• Offers educational groups on topics such as self-esteem, self worth, exploring the cycle of violence, healthy relationships, safety planning, housing, and advocacy
• Offers client referrals for counselling and to government services
• Provides community education and awareness on the issues of abuse
• Provides on site child care for women who are residents of the shelter for court dates, doctors appointments, group sessions
• Offers on site child care for non-resident women during group sessions, Call for information on programs offering this service
• Offers parenting support and counselling sessions
• Offers a Family Court Support Worker Program

Note: A woman does not have to be a resident of the centre to access these services

Operates a 24-bed emergency shelter for women and children who have been affected by abuse and violence
Offers the following services:

• Advocacy
• Assistance in finding housing
• In-House Child Care
• Parenting Skills
• Short and Long-Term Counselling

• 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

Provides assistance in:

• 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