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• 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

• Advocates on behalf of children associated with Faye Peterson House
• Helps women and their children reintegrate into the school system
• Cares for children during adult appointments
• Provides quality childcare for children living in the house as well as children of former residents who are participating in programming within the house
• Forms a safety plan with children

• 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

• Offers an out-patient mental health program with a multidisciplinary approach to treating a variety of mental health issues
• Provides individual counselling
• Emphasizes skill based training and other integrative educational strategies to help clients achieve their goals

• Anger Management Group
• Anxiety (Understanding Anxiety)
• Assertion Group
• Communication Group
• Depression (Understanding Depression)
• Family Issues Group
• Feeling Good Group
• Life
• Living with a Loss Group
• Men's Group
• Relationships Group
• Self-Esteem
• Soul (Returning to Soul)
• Spirituality Group
• Stress Management
• This Is Your Life - A Peer Support Group
• Wellness Group

• Operates a 24-hour crisis line for Indigenous women and their children
• Provides immediate crisis assessment, intervention, referrals and follow-up

• Provides 24/7 telephone support, including text
• Offers a 12-hour mobile unit to provide in-person crisis assessment
• Operates a short-term Crisis Support Residence

Telephone support provides the following:

• Crisis assessment and intervention
• Follow-up
• Referrals to other community services
• Support to family and friends
• Wellness Planning

• Offers culturally appropriate counselling services to Indigenous women by Indigenous women, via telephone, text, or chat

• Oji-Cree
• Cree
• Algonquin
• Inuktitut
• Mohawk
• Oneida
• Odawa
• Potawatomi
• Micmac
• Black Foot
• Anishnaabe
• Moose Cree
• Swampy Cree
• English

• 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 legal aid certificate program which enables a client to retain a lawyer 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

• Criminal Law if custody is probable
• Family Law
• Child Welfare

• Gives immediate legal assistance on family law issues 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

• Gives immediate legal assistance to individuals who appear in court for criminal matters without a lawyer
• Provides information about legal rights, obligation and the court process
• Provides assistance in the courtroom for bail hearings and sentencing
• Assists with diversions, guilty pleas and sentencing
• Helps determine if further duty counsel services are required or if the matter requires Legal Aid Ontario's assistance in retaining a lawyer

• Mental health
• Drug treatment
• Domestic violence
• Aboriginal persons (Gladue) court

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

• 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 services and supports for individuals who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ)
• Offers peer support and skills building groups
• Counsels individuals, their partners, and family members
• Offers the Queer Drop-In group

Offers various clinical services, including:

• Sexual health and screening
• Medical support for transition process
• Gender affirming care to support the physical, mental, and social well-being of transgender and gender-diverse individuals
• Transfrienders support group to support gender identity exploration
• Education and information
• Telemedicine services

Offers counselling services, peer support groups, and workshops that address various issues including:

• Anger management
• Depression
• Male survivors of sexual abuse
• Relationships
• Trauma

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)

• Provides case management services for each student
• Provides social and spiritual support
• Encourages academic achievement
• Offers individual counselling in areas students might be struggling with such as homesickness and socialization issues

• Coordinates arrangements to place students attending high school in Thunder Bay with a suitable boarding home
• Provides online applications for: families willing to become host boarding homes and students requiring a boarding placement
• Provides a Boarding Home Guidebook for both students and hosts
• Pays an allowance every 2 weeks to boarding parents

• Provides victim service referrals and emergency support for family violence
• Works one-on-one with families experiencing family violence to develop a plan of action for identified concerns
• Provides referrals to counselling, legal services, and treatment centres
• Offers Indigenous culture-based healing, self-help processes for anger management, and positive self-image development; alternative discipline methods and positive relationships
• Organizes and facilitates community events in schools, powwows, and health fairs to promote a healthy lifestyle and prevention of family violence
• Hosts monthly programs, workshops, promotions, and prevention education campaigns dealing with family-based violence awareness

• Delivers child care and protection services and family support services to community members
• Collaborates with Child Welfare agencies such as Dilico
• Partners with community police officers and local nursing staff to identify and support troubled families

• Prevention including support, advocacy and programs to prevent predictable issues
• Social repatriation efforts to establish relationships with children in care and their families
• Jordan's Principle workers to assist families to access available services and support
• Band representation to advocate for families with children in care
• Elders' committee to provide guidance, support and direction to families

• Receives allegations of child abuse and child neglect in confidence from the community
• Investigates allegations of child abuse and child neglect to determine the safety of the family environment for children
• Works with families to address protection concerns
• Provides alternate care for a child in need of protection when a child is unable to remain at home
• Works to promote family strengths to ensure that the health, safety and well-being of Anishinabek children are upheld and protected
• Focus is on prevention, early intervention and protection in partnership with individuals, families and communities

• Protection services
• Foster care
• Support services
• Education and prevention

• 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
• Cultural Programs and Services
• Health Services, also under Dilico Family Health Team Clinic
• Mental Health and Addiction Services including walk-in clinics

• 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

• Delivers child care and protection services, and family support services to community members
• Administers protection services in collaboration with Dilico Anishinabek Family Care, a mandated Native Child Welfare Agency in Thunder Bay
• Partners with community police officers and local nursing staff to identify and support troubled families

• Intake
• Referrals
• Assessments
• Planning
• Advocacy
• Support

• Teaches parenting skills and assisting children through difficult times
• Develops and administers healthy social and recreational programs for families
• Hosts community forums to address issues such as youth struggling with problematic substance use, inadequate housing, schooling problems and after school activities
• Organizes elders meetings that address traditional child rearing methods
• Provides information sessions about understanding substance dependency and resulting family violence, and overcoming oppression by understanding cultural realities

• Hosts group activities and community events to promote wellness
• Provides activities and education to increase awareness in mental health

• Child development
• Healthy pregnancies and healthy babies
• Individual and family counselling
• Injury prevention
• Parenting skills and family planning
• Parent resource assistance and referrals
• Parent support programs

• Focuses on mental health crises and youth solvent abuse
• Works to develop community-based approaches to address mental health and addictions issues and to increase awareness and understanding
• Provides initiatives to address problems of hopelessness, suicide and family violence
• Provides training for caregivers and community members in post treatment

• Assessments
• Counselling services (individual and family)
• Referrals for treatment and follow-up treatment
• Aftercare
• Training of community members and caregivers for post-treatment