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Helps individuals access their employment rights, human rights, income benefits and government programs like EI, WSIB, CPP, ODSP and OW

Protection provided through issue identification, early intervention, problem solving, form filling and letter writing, informal mediation and representation up to and including mediation

• comprehensive referrals to human care and social services in Peel Region

Community education

• training and workshops in employment rights, human rights and health and safety

COVID19 -- offering services remotely, call, email or complete intake form on website

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Community legal clinic

• deals primarily with tenant issues, Ontario Works, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Canada Pension Plan (CPP), Employment and immigration
• may provide representation
• referrals
• community education
• funded by Legal Aid Ontario

A free legal clinic with volunteer lawyers from across Halton Region, on a rotating schedule, in the following areas:

• family law
• immigration law
• criminal law

Centre to meet, socialize, share and learn from each other, services include

• housing search
• clothing bank
• employment counselling
• traditional healing and wellness
• legal
• youth services
• cultural and recreational programs
• special monthly events

COVID19 -- in person meetings suspended, intake by phone

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Community legal clinic

• deals primarily with tenant issues, Ontario Works (OW), Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Canada Pension Plan (CPP), Canada Pension Plan Disability (CPP-D), employment, subsidized housing, immigration (limited)
• may provide representation
• referrals
• community education
• funded by Legal Aid Ontario

Satellite clinic held at

Malton Neighbourhood Services, 3540 Morning Star Dr, Thursdays 3 pm-6 pm

Represents the full time and part time students of Sheridan College

Student Services include:

• Health & Dental coverage - covers gaps in government coverage
• Clubs & Associations - provides guidance, financial and promotional support and meeting spaces for all clubs on campus
• Dressed for Success - campus wide donation program provides students with easy access to winter clothing as well as business clothing
• Empower Me - allows students to connect with qualified counsellors, consultants and life coaches for a variety of issues. Helpline available 24/7, phone 1-833-628-5589
• Legal Advice - free consultations with a lawyer in all areas including family law, immigration, criminal law, real estate business
• Food First - digital grocery gift cards available for students experiencing food insecurity
• Graduation Photos - traditional and fun grad portraits shot by a professional photographer
• Perks program - exclusive discounts and deals offered by community businesses
• Equipment Loan program - includes calculators, sketch pencils, architectural tools as well as safety glasses, lab coats, and calipers

Offices also located at the Hazel McCallion Campus and the Davis Campus

COVID-19 -- no walk-in service, appointments by telephone, in person appointments can be scheduled after initial call

• free legal services in the areas of social assistance, housing, employment, Employment Insurance, immigration, and human rights
• call 416-741-5201 or email at gen1@rex.clcj.ca
• family law -- call Metro Toronto Family Law Services 416-696-2992 or email gentnfcs@lao.on.ca

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Community legal clinic

• summary advice and legal information
• deals primarily with disability benefits, immigration, social assistance, tenant issues, employment law and worker's rights
• also family law -- call for appointment
• referrals
• community education
• ID Clinic
• funded by Legal Aid Ontario

Services altered in response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

Altered service delivery, but remain available to serve the community
* limiting in person contact and ask that people not attend office
* still available to help clients and service providers with legal problems
* can be reached by phone at 905-875-2069, or by email: haltonconsult@lao.on.ca

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Community legal clinic that helps low income individuals living in Halton with their legal problems, for free
* office is located in Oakville, but staff are available to meet clients in Milton, Burlington, Oakville, and Halton Hills (Georgetown and Acton)
* community outreach clinics at various locations including local libraries, food banks, courthouses, and outreach organizations on a rotating basis

Depending on the kind of problem, may be able to help by providing:
* Summary Advice
* Brief Services
* Representation
* Referrals for legal problems they cannot assist with, and to other community organizations like food banks, social and health services, crisis intervention agencies, and navigation help

Support can be provided for:
* Income Support and Public Benefits
* Housing Law
* Employment Rights
* Human Rights
* Secondary Legal Consultation
* Indigenous Rights and Services
* Youth Rights

Mobile Legal Clinic
* serving Acton and Georgetown
* a lawyer on site providing free legal information and advice in each community on alternating Fridays
* schedule will be posted on social media

ID Clinic
* offering monthly ID Clinics to provide assistance with the legal barriers preventing members of the Trans, Non-Binary, and Queer communities from accurately identifying themselves on official documents
* more information on website (haltonlegal.ca/id-clinic)

Legal Health Check-Up
* an online check-up to help people who are living in poverty identify legal problems and get help
* if you do not have enough money to live on, a good home or job, or family, social and health supports, your legal health may be at risk
* visit website to take the check-up (legalhealthcheckup.ca)

Note:
* HCLS does not provide a full range of services, nor does it provide legal aid certificates
* callers needing certificates or help in family law, criminal law, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board compensation, etc. should contact a Legal Aid of Ontario office

COVID-19 Update: All office locations closed, including courthouses, until further notice; services provided by telephone only.

Toll free phone service provides general information on range of legal aid services ; legal, financial eligibility criteria ; legal aid application information.

Other services include:

• duty counsel (legal aid lawyer in an Ontario courthouse) - criminal, refugee and immigration, family or youth courts, mental health
• summary legal advice for family law (criminal matters referred to local services)
• certificate program for complex cases
• poverty law, civil services - delivered through community legal aid clinics
• referrals to other social assistance agencies

Duty counsel assistance for qualified applicants is available at the Guelph courthouses when court is scheduled:

• Criminal Duty Counsel - 36 Wyndham St S (Ontario Court of Justice Criminal Division)
• Family Duty Counsel - 74 Woolwich St (Ontario Court of Justice, Family and Superior Court of Justice, County of Wellington Courthouse)

COVID19 -- clinic is operating but no longer conducting face to face meetings, call and leave message

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Community legal clinic

• deals primarily with tenant issues, Ontario Works, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), immigration, Employment Insurance (EI), workers' rights, advocacy and education on poverty law issues
• speakers
• assistance in community group development
• law reform
• referrals
• funded by Legal Aid Ontario

A free legal clinic with volunteer lawyers from across Halton Region, on a rotating schedule, in the following areas:

• family law
• immigration law
• criminal law

Settlement Services

• immigration and sponsorship issues
• job training; business and community economic development
• anti-racism program
• health and nutrition information
• accompaniment to services; translation and interpretation
• housing referrals; legal information
• newcomer mental health advice, support and referrals
• culturally appropriate family counselling

Participates in LINC (Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada) in English, upon assessment by YMCA of Greater Toronto (see separate listing); childminding available

Program Without Walls - Saturday nutrition/cooking program at various locations; volunteer opportunities

Seniors Program - nutrition, health awareness, workshops, recreation

COVID19 -- Many services continue to be available to clients by phone (and if necessary, as determined by the Unison provider/staff, in person); call 416-653-5400 for more information

• Legal Services: phone only, 416-653-5400 ext. 1244
• Housing Services: phone only, 416-653-5400 ext. 1306 and leave a message
• Harm Reduction: phone only, 647-999-3094

Community Health Centre

• health services, health promotion
• community services and community development
• Ontario Health Insurance NOT required for general services

Health Services

• family practice including crisis pregnancy, family planning, management of chronic conditions, prenatal and postnatal care, preventative health care, seniors' health, sexual health
• individual and sexuality counselling, treatment of sexually transmitted diseases
• counselling and case management
• dietitian
• podiatry clinic

Health Promotion

• breastfeeding clinic
• child and parenting programs, including Spanish-speaking groups
• Diabetes Education Centre
• harm reduction programs
• seniors programs
• Toronto Public Health dental clinic
• women's programs
• youth programs

Community Services

• Adult Protective Service program for adults with developmental disabilities
• community kitchen

Housing Help Centre

• client advocacy
• crisis referral to shelters
• eviction prevention
• housing search
• information and referral
• landlord outreach
• negotiation with landlords
• Share the Warmth
• Housing Connections Access Centre
• other Home Services -- rent bank and Streets to Homes Follow-up services

Access Centre for LEAP (Low Income Energy Assistance Program), sponsored by Toronto Hydro Electric System and United Way Toronto -- assistance to low income individuals and families who are in arrears for their electricity utility bills and have exhausted all other sources of financial support

For help with Enbridge gas bills, call 1-855-487-5327

COVID19 -- Housing support services currently offered in-person with all COVID19 safety protocols

Community services

• information and referral
• filling out forms
• tenant issues, legal information, advocacy
• resume assistance, computer skills development
• HIV/AIDS harm reduction program
• outreach to injection drug users within a harm reduction model
• outreach to homeless people
• community development
• income tax clinic
• volunteer opportunities
• newspaper

COVID19 -- - serving clients by phone, client visits assessed on case by case basis

• walk-in service, notarization, commissioning of documents and public legal education and outreach activities suspended

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Community legal clinic

• deals primarily with social assistance, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Canada Pension Plan, tenant issues, immigration, Employment Insurance (EI)
• notary public
• commissioner of oaths
• statutory declarations
• affidavits
• may provide representation
• assistance with community group organizing
• law reform
• community education
• funded by Legal Aid Ontario

COVID19 -- lawyers and students working remotely but ID clinic and satellite locations not able to operate, call or email office for information

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CLASP -- legal services and representation provided by supervised law student volunteers

• areas of law includes academic appeals, human rights applications, immigration and refugee, minor criminal offences, record suspension applications, police complaints, school issues, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) and Employment Insurance (EI), tenant issues
• ID clinic and tax dispute clinic
• public legal education workshops

Satellite locations including Metro North Courthouse, Rexdale Community Legal Services and Yorkgate Mall

COVID19 -- call office to make appointment


Women-led organization providing support to South Asian and racialized women in the language of the client's choice

Violence Against Women Program: counselling and referral for assaulted women, social assistance, crisis intervention, immigration

• health education and promotion
• wellness support groups for Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi and Tamil women
• life skills support group
• seniors group for all South Asian women
• youth group for girls, homework club for children
• first language literacy instruction
• job search workshops, employment assistance and counselling
• legal clinic -- advice on family law, immigration, custody, child support, abuse, legal education workshops
• seasonal tax clinic

Intersectional Services

• information and referral, translation and interpretation, advocacy
• Housing Connections (see separate entry) Community Partner -- assistance with housing search and application process
• volunteer opportunities

Satellite location at Frontline Community Services (see separate listing), 2761 Markham Road, Scarborough

Assists with applications for Canadian and other countries' pensions and benefits

• information on passports, permanent resident cards, income taxes, legal issues, Italian properties, power of attorney and succession

COVID19 -- virtual support over the phone, call main office or email; will reply in an hour; in-person support also available; masks provided
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Migration

• legal information and support on immigration and refugee issues, work permits, student permits, permanent resident applications, and other issues
• new clients may drop in Mondays 9:30 am-4 pm

Refugee Hearing and Appeal Preparation (Ready Tour) - helping claimants through every step of the process

Settlement Shelter

• transitional housing for refugee claimant women and children, capacity 30 for stays up to 12 months
• help with the refugee process, including legal, mental health, social services and other referrals
• support and accompaniment to appointments

Food Distribution and Income Security Program - food hampers for households in the Greater Toronto area

Primary Health Care Clinic - by appointment; no Ontario Health Insurance required

Support Groups and Activities for Women

English Language Learning (ELL)

Youth Program -- for newcomer youth regardless of immigration status offering mutual support, volunteering and skills development, social and sports activities, Wednesdays 4 pm-6 pm

Services for Victims/Survivors of Human Trafficking -- holistic support and a full range of services through the process including orientation, legal information, immigration options, housing, employment support, and counselling

Migrant Protection Clinic Program

• travelling clinic where FCJ staff help local agency staff to conduct a clinic
• help for migrants needing support
• coaching for local staff to understand immigration processes

Migrants Workers Program -- 647-971-2153, call or through WhatsApp

• mobile service to support migrant workers by informing them about labour and immigration laws, human rights, and community supports

Public Education -- workshops for service providers and others on legal information needs of refugee claimants and non-status people and on immigration and refugee procedures, publications, public speakers

Free legal answers covering 2,100 topics on provincial and federal laws, available by website

• referrals
• publishes legal guides and Your Guide to Canadian Law

COVID19 -- Now open to walk in clients but services conducted by phone or email if possible

• those coming to office must wear a mask, masks available for those who do not have one

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Community legal clinic

• assistance with housing and tenant issues, social assistance including Ontario Works (OW), Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Canada Pension Plan (CPP), Old Age Security (OAS), Employment Insurance (EI), immigration, low income employment issues such as employment standards and wrongful dismissal, and assistance with affidavits and commissioning of documents
• funded by Legal Aid Ontario

COVID19 -- take out meals available; all other programs suspended until further notice

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Drop-in

• clothing
• social and recreational programs
• life skills
• community and health information
• peer advocates provide help with social assistance, housing and legal issues

Member agency of Toronto Drop-in Network (TDIN)

COVID19 -- open but no walk in appointments, call first

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Community legal clinic

• deals primarily with tenant issues, social assistance, Ontario Disability Support Program, pensions, Employment Insurance
• provides advice in workers rights, immigration and family law
• may provide representation
• summary advice in domestic violence cases
• community education
• speakers
• law reform
• referrals
• affidavits for Toronto Community Housing Corporation, cooperative housing, child care, Ontario Student Assistance Program
• funded by Legal Aid Ontario

COVID19 -- services by phone and email during office hours, programs and in-person services are temporarily suspended ; workshops/seminars -- if you are registered you will receive a call regarding changes, in-person appointments will be rescheduled, due to high call volumes we ask for your patience

Employment Services -- one on one employment counselling, resume clinic, interview skills, career training referrals, career networking club, employment workshops, job fair

Family Services

• counselling for individuals, families, couples
• safety plan development for victims of domestic violence, transition planning and housing support
• referrals to community services, legal information
• educational workshops
• self-help group

Health Services

• education and information seminars
• mobile health clinic for cervical cancer screening, Pap tests, screening for sexually transmitted infections
• breast cancer support group

Settlement Services

• one-on-one orientation or workshops, form filling, interpretation and translation, citizenship preparation, referrals

Social Services

• assistance in accessing social assistance and other services
• recreational and educational programs to reduce social isolation
• translation and interpretation
• seasonal income tax clinic

COVID19 -- offering services by phone and email

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Community legal clinic

• provides summary legal advice in income maintenance (CPP, OAS, EI, GAINS) workers rights, tenant rights, immigration, social assistance (OW, ODSP), tenant issues, general administration (notary, commissioner for taking oaths)
• may provide representation
• summary advice/referral in domestic violence cases
• community organizing
• community education
• law reform
• referrals
• funded by Legal Aid Ontario