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• Helps individuals navigate the judicial system
• Explains legal rights and court procedures
• Provides Courtworkers (Criminal, Family or Combined Courtworker) who act as a liaison between the offender, the courts and the Aboriginal Community Council Program (ACCP)
• Provides referrals, follow-up, and encouragement to offenders to become contributing members of the community

• Abuse/Sexual Abuse Trauma
• Addictions
• Anger management
• Depression and anxiety
• Grief
• Residential School trauma
• Provides seminars on health issues such as depression, diabetes and parenting teens

• Provides holistic healing services
• Offers individual and group counselling

• Anger Management for Women (court approved)
• Child Witness
• Drumming Group
• Grief Counselling​
• Sacred Circle
• Sexual Abuse/Sexual Assault healing
• Support for Indigenous Trafficking Survivors
• Women Living Free From Violence Group
• Women's Addiction Program
• Walk-in Counselling

• 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

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

• 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

• Adult Mental Health Worker
• Concurrent Disorder Case Manager
• Diabetes program
• Health Services Manager
• Intake and Aftercare workers
• Primary care
• Transitional aged service workers
• Walk-in medical clinic
• Youth Outreach Workers
• Youth in transition worker

• Provides professional counselling services
• Offers faith-based counselling if requested
• Offers the Family Strengthening program

• Abuse and neglect
• Addictions
• Depression and anxiety
• Eating disorders
• Grief
• Residential school experiences
• Self-esteem and identity
• Trauma

• Provides emergency shelter for women and children who require safe accommodations and are seeking refuge from abuse
• Allows women and children to stay up to 6 weeks

• Crisis and supportive counselling
• Safety planning

• 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 an 8 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

• Functions as an independent, non-profit cross-sectoral committee dedicated to ending violence against women
• Engages in systemic advocacy to improve the development and coordination of services for those affected by violence against women
• Works to ensure better enforcement of the laws to protect woman abuse survivors and their children
• Assists in community education on violence against women
• Represents the areas of women's services, child welfare, women's shelters, justice systems, police services, multicultural associations and other members of the community

• 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

• Provides safe housing and support services to women leaving an abusive situation
• Operates 15 transitional and 12 permanent housing units with rent geared to income
• Provides outreach services to women and children who reside in the transitional housing units
• Provides access to programs and services offered through Beendigen

• Assists abused women in making the transition to an abuse-free life
• Helps women secure and maintain housing
• Helps with safety planning and developing short and long-term goals
• Provides transportation assistance

• Counselling
• Education upgrading
• Health and wellness services
• Housing
• Income support
• Job training
• Legal aid
• Parenting support

• 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

• Conducts assessments with victims to determine their safety risk and to identify other possible related issues or concerns
• Provides appropriate referrals based on assessment

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

• 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

• Assists abused women and their children in making the transition to an abuse-free life
• Helps secure and maintain housing and develop an individual safety and transitional plan
• Assists women in identifying the choices and resources available for them and their children

• Advocacy
• Confidential counselling
• Crisis intervention
• Custody support
• Education upgrading
• Health and wellness support
• Housing applications and access to priority housing
• Income support and budgeting
• Legal information and support
• Parental support

• Assistance in accessing employment and education
• Crisis intervention and referral services
• Individual counselling
• Support and advocacy for medical, legal and court appointments
• Support groups

• Advocacy
• Assistance with housing applications
• Individual and group counselling
• Legal aid and court appointments
• Safety planning