Group wellness programs
Counsellor in the Classroom, kidshelpphone.ca/get-involved/are-you-an-educator-check-out-counsellor-in-the-classroom
Promotes discussion of mental health and wellness
- educator-led classroom activities for students in grades 4-12
- 45-minute phone or video call between class and KHP counsellor
Brighter Days: An Indigenous Wellness Program, kidshelpphone.ca/get-involved/brighter-days-an-indigenous-wellness-program
Culturally safe and engaging audio and video group sessions on mental health and wellness, including skills development, tools and resources
- pre-session video
- virtual conversation with KHP Indigenous Wellness Specialist
- package includes step-by-step booklet, resource materials and promotional gifts for youth participants
Peer-to-Peer Community, peertopeer.kidshelpphone.ca
Online peer-moderated community support forums for youth and young adults 12-26 years
Telephone, text, and online counselling and support; for telephone counselling in English and French call 1-800-668-6868, also available in over 100 languages including Arabic, Dari, Mandarin, Pashto, Russian, and Ukrainian through interpreters
- telephone, text and online (live chat) counselling and emotional support, and information and referral on a wide range of topics; anonymous and confidential
- chat available through cell phone, laptop, tablet, and desktop computer
- Resources Around Me national searchable online database of community resource listings
Crisis Text Line open to all youth in crisis, available by texting 686868 (see separate listing)
Peer2Peer, (Peer-to-Peer Community), peertopeer.kidshelpphone.ca
Community support online forum for youth 12-26 years to share experiences, offer inspiration and ask questions; available in English and French; confidential
Mental health and addiction information, professional counselling, and referral on a wide range of services on and off campus
Crisis Text Line, text GOOD2TALKON to 686868
Trained volunteer crisis responders provide listening and support; anonymous and confidential
Web Messaging, visit Good2Talk.ca/Ontario
Trained volunteer crisis responders provide confidential support through online chat
Telephone and Text services also accessible online at Good2Talk.ca/Ontario
Kids Help Phone, Peer-to-Peer Community, see separate listing
Partnership of Kids Help Phone, ConnexOntario Health Services Information and Ontario 211 Services (see separate listings), and Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health
Sioux Lookout, ON, P8T 1B8
- Provides immediate crisis response services to communities affected by tragic incidents in the First Nation community
- Provides crisis intervention and support to immediate families impacted by tragic incidents occurring within their family unit (suicide, homicide, tragic accidents etc)
- Ensures community receives support and assistance to secure the safety of residents
- Provides information and referrals to appropriate resources and services
- Advocates on behalf of victims
Sioux Lookout, ON, P8T 1K6
- Promotes the safety of each community through the emergency response plans coordinated by the area First Response teams
- Facilitates intervention, counselling and support group services for community members who are experiencing some form of crisis
- Acts as the liaison between the communities and Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN) and Nodin Child & Family Services in regards to responding to regional crisis situations
- Provides training to each community's crisis coordinators, volunteer crisis teams and community members
- Provides support to community crisis coordinators with office procedures, documentation and reporting
- Debriefing and stabilization
- Identification of issues and appropriate referrals to community and regional resources
- Spiritual support
Sioux Lookout, ON, P8T 1A3
- Criminal Law if custody is probable
- Family Law
- Child Welfare
Sioux Lookout, ON, P8T 1A3
- Provides family mediation services (dispute resolution) through traditional Circles
- Aims to restore harmony between family members through an agreed-upon family care plan
Sioux Lookout, ON, P8T 1B8
Crisis intervention and culturally sensitive counselling, supports and referrals
- a 24 hour telephone crisis line
- individual counselling and support groups
- legal support, advocacy, information, and referrals
- court support, accompaniment and advocacy program
- information on alternatives to legal justice system
- public education and training to end gender based violence in our community
- all services confidential
- Trans/ gender diverse positive environment
Provides services to female and male survivors of sexual assault and/or abuse, including human trafficking survivors
Service offered include:
Counselling
- One-on-one trauma informed counselling
- Crisis counselling and intervention
- Group counselling
Client Advocacy
- Accompaniment, advocacy and referrals to police, court, hospital, lawyers, social services and community agencies
- Support and assistance throughout the process
Support Groups
- Female and male survivors of sexual assault and/or abuse
- Youth and teens support
- Historic sexual abuse
Sioux Lookout, ON, P8T 1B4
Provides information, nursing care and treatment services for individuals who have been sexually assaulted or have experienced intimate partner violence
Offers any/all of the following optional services:
- A safe place to be heard
- Advocacy for the rights and safety of the survivor
- Appropriate legal documentation of injuries
- Care and treatment
- Collection of accurate forensic evidence
- Emergency contraceptive pill (if within 72 hours of assault)
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing
- Referrals to counselling and community agencies
- Treatment for sexually transmitted infections
Child and Youth Prevention Services
- Provides support and prevention services for children and youth focused on bullying, healthy relationships, teen dating violence and intimate partner abuse
- Partners with local schools, parents and community services to provide interactive presentations/workshops
Support Services for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse
Offers support services and short-term counselling to help survivors deal with the impact of abuse and to develop improved coping strategies
Partner agency of Support Services for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse (North Region)
Sioux Lookout, ON, P8T 1A3
- Promotes the safety of each community through the emergency response plans coordinated by the area First Response teams
- Facilitates intervention, counselling and support group services for community members who are experiencing some form crisis
Sioux Lookout, ON, P8T 1B8
Victim Crisis Assistance Ontario - On-site early intervention and crisis intervention
- needs assessment
- safety planning
- referrals to community services
- enhanced support for vulnerable victims
- assistance with applications to VQRP+
Victim Quick Response Program+ (VQRP+) -- assistance with emergency expenses related to the eligible incident, may include 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 and funeral expenses
- 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
Dryden, ON, P8N 2Z6
Provides the following supports:
- Supportive crisis counselling
- Physical assessment and examination
- Documentation of injuries
- Collection of forensic evidence
- Testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections and/or pregnancy at client's choice
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) post-exposure prophylaxis
Red Lake, ON, P0V 1C0
- Promotes the safety of each community through the emergency response plans coordinated by the area First Response teams
- Acts as the liaison between the communities and Nishnawbe-Aski Nation in regards to responding to regional crisis situations
- Provides training to each community's crisis coordinators, volunteer crisis teams and community members
- Provides support to community crisis coordinators with office procedures, documentation and reporting
- Facilitates intervention, counselling and support group services for community members who are experiencing some form of crisis
- Maintains and updates a Regional Crisis Response Manual that includes all the Keewaytinook Okimakanak Territory communities Crisis Response Plans
- Debriefing and stabilization
- Identification of issues and appropriate referrals to community and regional resources
- Spiritual support
- Accidental deaths
- Attempted suicide
- Bullying in the schools
- Domestic assaults and violence
- Flooding and/or evacuation
- Homicide
- Loss through fire
- Sudden death
- Trauma of any form
Slate Falls First Nation, ON, P0V 3C0
- Provides immediate, short term crisis intervention services to individuals affected by family violence, crime and tragedy
- Offers immediate on site or telephone assistance
- Dispatches call to police when deemed necessary
- Ensures victims receive support and assistance to secure their safety
- Provides information and referrals to appropriate resources and services
- Advocates on behalf of victims
- Debriefing and stabilization following crisis situation
- Advocacy on behalf of individuals and families dealing with various agencies
- Meal preparation, transportation, homemaking and other areas requiring support for families in crisis situations such as the suicide of a youth
- Information about/referrals to appropriate resources and services
Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek First Nation, ON, P0X 1B0
- Offers immediate on site or telephone assistance
- Dispatches call to police when deemed necessary
- Ensures victims receive support and assistance to secure their safety
- Arranges meeting family members at centre or agreed upon location to discuss possible crisis resolutions
- Crisis plan to follow in response to suicide intervention, domestic violence intervention and any other form of crisis situations that may arise in community
- Information sessions and workshops on techniques for healing strategies
Supports can include but are not limited to:
- Debriefing and stabilization following crisis situation
- Advocacy on behalf of individuals and families dealing with various agencies
- Meal preparation, transportation, homemaking and other areas requiring support for families in crisis situations such as the suicide of a youth
- Information about/referrals to appropriate resources and services
Atikokan, ON, P0T 1C0
- Offers individual, family and group counselling for mental health issues
- Provides referral services to appropriate supports
Services offered for mental health issues can include but not limited to:
- Bereavement
- Depression
- Relationship problems
- Stress
- Trauma
Atikokan, ON, P0T 1C0
- Offers immediate on site or telephone assistance
- Dispatches call to police when deemed necessary
- Dispatches other supports if necessary
- Ensures victims receive support and assistance to secure their safety
- Arranges meeting family members at centre or agreed upon location to discuss possible crisis resolutions
- Provides advocacy on behalf of individuals and families dealing with various agencies
- Provides information and referrals to appropriate resources and services
Ginoogaming First Nation, ON, P0T 2A0
- Offers immediate on site or telephone assistance
- Dispatches call to police when deemed necessary
- Ensures victims receive support and assistance to secure their safety
- Arranges meeting family members at centre or agreed upon location to discuss possible crisis resolutions
- Crisis plan to follow in response to suicide intervention, domestic violence intervention and any other form of crisis situations that may arise in community
- Information sessions and workshops on techniques for healing strategies
Includes the following services:
- Debriefing and stabilization following crisis situation
- Advocacy on behalf of individuals and families dealing with various agencies
- Information about/referrals to appropriate resources and services
Mishkeegogamang, ON, P0V 2H0
- Facilitates intervention, counselling and support group services for community members who are experiencing some form of crisis
- Coordinates services and programs to promote wellness for community members
- Offers emergency shelter for abused women and their children
- Provides emergency transportation to the shelter
- Offers a 24-hour crisis line
- Provides counselling to women and children
- Facilitates safety planning
- Provides crisis intervention
- Advocates and offers support to victims of sexual assault
- Provides information about legal and housing rights
- Offers community education and awareness
- Operates a 2 year transitional housing program
- Provides outreach program to the community
- Laundry facilities
- Prepared dinner meals
- Communal living environment where residents assist with chores
- Outside playground for children
Red Lake, ON, P0V 2M0
- Offers immediate on-site or telephone assistance
- Ensures victims receive support and assistance to secure their safety
- Provides advocacy on behalf of individuals and families dealing with various agencies
- Provides information and referrals to appropriate resources and services
- Dispatches call to police when deemed necessary
Kenora, ON, P9N 1V7
Crisis intervention and culturally sensitive counselling, supports and referrals
- a 24 hour telephone crisis line
- individual counselling and support groups
- legal support, advocacy, information, and referrals
- court support, accompaniment and advocacy program
- information on alternatives to legal justice system
- public education and training to end gender based violence in our community
- all services confidential
- Trans/ gender diverse positive environment
Kenora, ON, P9N 1G4
- Criminal Law if custody is probable
- Family Law
- Child Welfare
Kenora, ON, P9N 1G4
- Provides family mediation services (dispute resolution) through traditional Circles
- Aims to restore harmony between family members through an agreed-upon family care plan
- Offers immediate on site or telephone assistance
- Provides a 24-hour crisis line
- Dispatches call to police when deemed necessary
- Ensures victims receive support and assistance to secure their safety
- Provides transportation to/from shelter and for transfers between facilities
- Provides advocacy on behalf of individuals and families dealing with various agencies
- Provides information and referrals to appropriate resources and services