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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

• Provides free legal advice and assistance to low income earners
• Offers representation in a court or at a tribunal, such as the Social Benefits Tribunal or the Landlord and Tenant Board
• Assists with preparing documents, such as an application to the Landlord and Tenant Board

• Employment Insurance
• Canada Pension Plan Disability and Old Age Security
• Housing law for tenants
• Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
• Ontario Works (OW)
• Debt and consumer rights

• 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 certificate program 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

• Enhances, maintains, and promotes the mental well being of individuals, families and communities
• Offers a variety of mental health programs and services
• Provides culturally appropriate services to francophone and Indigenous communities

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

• Provides support services to Indigenous women and their families who are struggling with mental health and/or addiction issues
• Aims to help improve Indigenous health and reduce family violence

• Access to elders and healers
• Addictions
• Aftercare support
• Land-based therapy
• Mental health
• Traditional counselling
• Referrals to other programs or agencies
• Sharing/healing circles

• 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 mental health, individual, couples and family counselling for a variety of issues including but not limited to:

• Abuse
• Anger
• Anxiety
• Conflict
• Depression
• Family problems
• Grief and loss
• Life crisis
• Marital issues and relationships
• Sexual orientation
• Sexual Violence
• Stress
• Trauma
• Workplace struggles

Offers several Ministry funded programs including:

• Direct Accountability Program
• Partner Assault Response Program (PAR)
• Partner Intervention Program
• Sexual Violence
• Support Services for Male Survivors
• Violence Against Women

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 education on how to end violence in Indigenous communities
• Teaches about the effects of drug and alcohol abuse

• Encourages youth to remain in school and provides support for obtaining high school diploma
• Offers homework assistance and time at the Centre to complete homework with access to computers and Internet

• Provides individual counselling for areas that youth may be struggling with such as socialization and peer pressure
• Offers Native craft classes and regalia making sessions
• Teaches Native dancing, singing and drumming
• Allows the youth to participate in Elder's Circles

• Holds individual and group educational sessions on healthy lifestyle choices including good nutrition and traditional food preparation
• Supervises non competitive recreational activities

• Accompanies any youth registered in agency programs to court proceedings if requested

• Provides cultural education and support for youth living in foster homes within community

• 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

• Provides training to new and existing prevention and family support workers as per community agreements
• Provides services and supports to First Nations on all child welfare and Band Representative issues
• Provides preventative programming to all First Nations members regardless of residency
• Promotes awareness and encourages involvement at community level, "grass roots" intervention regarding child and family services and other issues relating to family support
• Networks with other service providers including the volunteer sector to enhance current working systems, exchange information and work collaboratively on community projects
• Develops and delivers programs at the community level in accordance to culture, tradition and heritage

• Recruits and retains Indigenous Foster caregivers and homes in accordance to rules and regulations outlined in the Child and Family Services Act
• Provides training and support to Indigenous Foster caregivers
• Provides assistance with voluntary/customary care placements within the catchment area
• Provides support and counselling services to children in care
• Provides consultation and advertising in areas relating to customary care and foster care procedures
• Provides preventative services at "grass roots level" including awareness on child welfare matters including roles and responsibilities of the customary care/foster care worker
• Provides workshops on traditional modes of care as defined by First Nation Communities to prevent the removal of children from the First Nation/Communities
• Provides repatriation services where needed by offering assistance and guidance, consultation and referral services
• Encourages customary care arrangements where applicable as a least intrusive measure

• 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

• Provides foster parents to children and youth who are in need of a safe place
• Recruits individuals and couples who are interested in fostering a child/youth
• Completes a mandatory home safety inspection and provides a 9-week pre-service training program to foster applicants
• Educates foster applicants about the role and expectations of fostering a child/youth
• Assigns a foster care worker who provides ongoing support to the foster family

• Provides an alternative living arrangement for children and adults with an intellectual disability by matching the individual to a family
• Offers a long-term individualized program that meets the physical, behavioural, social and medical needs of the individual

• Provides immediate crisis assessment, intervention, referrals and follow-up for individuals experiencing a mental health crisis
• Offers in person assistance to individuals presenting to the emergency department
• Offers a 24-hour crisis line

• Provides foster parents to children and youth who are in need of a safe place
• Recruits individuals and couples who are interested in fostering a child/youth
• Completes a mandatory home safety inspection and provides a 9-week pre-service training program to foster applicants
• Educates foster applicants about the role and expectations of fostering a child/youth
• Assigns a foster care worker who provides ongoing support to the foster family

• Adoption Services
• Autism Program
• Child and Family Intervention Program
• Community Support Team
• Family Services
• F W Schumacher - Residential Treatment Program
• Foster Care Services
• Intensive Service Coordination
• Mobile Crisis
• Nick Kuzmich Residence, Open Custody Program
• Ontario Early Years Centre
• Pathways to Family Growth
• Supervised Access Program

• Provides foster parents to children and youth who are in need of a safe place
• Recruits individuals and couples who are interested in fostering a child/youth
• Completes a mandatory home safety inspection and provides a 9-week pre-service training program to foster applicants
• Educates foster applicants about the role and expectations of fostering a child/youth
• Assigns a foster care worker who provides ongoing support to the foster family

• Offers case management services to support individuals and families
• Works with individuals to help them identify their needs and goals
• Provides counselling services
• Teaches life skills, including budgeting and grocery shopping
• Refers individuals to other community services, if needed
• Advocates for individuals to ensure their access to income and housing

• Offers individual, marital, and family counselling to help people who suffer from a mental illness to be better equipped to handle their life circumstances
• Provides counselling for family members as well who support an individual facing a mental health issue
• Provides referrals and liaises with other social services and community agencies
• Coordinates consultations with doctors
• Delivers presentations on topics related to mental illness and mental health promotion
• Provides assertiveness training
• Offers grief counselling

• Offers counselling and support services for Indigenous individuals with mental health issues
• Integrates contemporary intervention with a holistic traditional healing approach that promotes spiritual, emotional, mental and physical wellbeing

• Advocacy
• Assessment and supportive counselling
• Referrals to other community agencies including cultural, traditional resources
• Help in navigating the health care system

• Offers case management services to support individuals and families
• Works with individuals to help them identify their needs and goals
• Provides counselling services
• Teaches life skills, including budgeting and grocery shopping
• Refers individuals to other community services, if needed
• Advocates for individuals to ensure their access to income and housing

• Offers individual, marital, and family counselling to help people who suffer from a mental illness to be better equipped to handle their life circumstances
• Provides counselling for family members as well who support an individual facing a mental health issue
• Provides referrals and liaises with other social services and community agencies
• Coordinates consultations with doctors
• Delivers presentations on topics related to mental illness and mental health promotion
• Provides assertiveness training
• Offers grief counselling