• Offers on-site early intervention and crisis intervention
• Provides needs assessment, safety planning and referrals to community services
• Offers enhanced support for vulnerable victims
• Provides assistance with applications to VQRP+

Victim Quick Response Program+ (VQRP+)Provides assistance with emergency expenses related to the incident, including:

• 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
• funeral expenses

Additional assistance for victims of human trafficking includes:

• storage locker
• tattoo removal
• treatment at a recovery facility

Note: No direct reimbursement to victims for above supportsFinancial support also available for:

• victims who sustained serious physical injuries during a crime
• parents of child homicide victims
• spouses of homicide victims

Volunteers

• Recruits individuals to provide support to victims
• Provides individuals with specialized training at no cost

Volunteers will:

• Assist in developing a personalized safety plan for the victim
• Provide information about legal assistance and programs
• Offer referrals to long-term service providers within the community
• Provide temporary practical and emotional support

• Operates a sexual assault centre and a shelter for women and their children who have been victims of violence
  
• Provides advocacy and follow-up services where possible

Services offered under the program include the following:

• Crisis intervention
  
• Human Trafficking Prevention
  
• Individual and group counselling
  
• Security planning
  
• Support groups
  
• Transitional housing and support services

• 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 Wabun Tribal Area communities Crisis Response Plans

Support services provided can include:

• Debriefing and stabilization
• Identification of issues and appropriate referrals to community and regional resources
• Spiritual support

Services provided for various reasons including the following but not limited to:

• 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

Operates a women's shelter
Provides a variety of services to women in crisis, including:

• Sexual Assault Centre
  • Provides individual and group counselling and support to women 16 years of age and older who have or are experiencing any form of sexual violence
• A Family Court Support Worker
• A clothing exchange program
• Transitional Housing Support Program
• A 24 hour crisis line
• Crisis counselling for survivors of abuse
• Advocacy and accompaniment services, information on legal and medical procedures and options
• Help with Criminal Injuries Compensation, victim impact statements and court preparation
• Risk Assessment and Safety Planning
• Assistance with immigration services and with getting financial support

• Provides a community-based crisis management intervention program
  
• Responds to children, youth, and families who are in crisis due to acute suicidal ideation, severe homicidal ideation, and/or physical violence and/or aggression

Services include:

• 24-hour telephone response
  
• Risk assessment
  
• Access to appropriate professional and clinical services and supports, including hospitalization
  
• Referrals/linkage to follow-up services and plans of care