Searching for Crisis Lines For Abused People

• Operates an emergency women's shelter
• Manages a crisis support line

Offers the following services:

• Intake assessment to determine appropriate services and referrals
• Assistance in managing the needs of children within the shelter
• Assistance with the development of a personal safety plan
• Crisis and support counselling (adult and child)
• Community education on shelter and issues of abuse
• Follow-up after leaving the shelter

Provides the following programs:

• 24 Hour Helpline
• Family Court Support Worker program
• Transitional and Housing Support Program
• Second Stage Housing
• Women's Outreach

One of two shelters in Muskoka for abused women (with or without children). Second location is Muskoka Interval House (MIH) in Bracebridge, 1-800-461-1740 or 705-645-4461.

Safe, short-term shelter, 24 hour phone support/ 24 hour staffing, child and youth programming, outreach support, support groups, assistance with navigating the legal system, accompaniment and advocacy, safety planning, risk assessment, practical needs assistance.

10 supportive transitional apartments for vulnerable women and children available.

COVID-19 Response
During the COVID-19 Pandemic, staff are working remotely and full services are available. Messages can be left on office numbers and are retrieved daily on business days. New referrals are being accepted. Will assist service users with technology needed to access our programs if this is a barrier. Women, trans and non binary folks who have experienced sexual assault can receive crisis and long term counselling through phone or online support.

A new live chat service is available through mpssas.org

Regular Service
Offers a Sexual Assault Helpline and various sexual assault services including:

• referral and advocacy
• counselling
• court, police, or hospital accompaniment services
• public education and community development

Other programs include:
Sexual Assault Therapy program for individuals 16 years and up, and their families, who have suffered the trauma of sexual assault including crisis intervention. Individual and group therapy. Community education and referrals and consultation with other stakeholders.

Sexual Assault Intervention for Living (SAIL) program provides individual and group therapy to women, trans and non binary survivors of sexual abuse/assault. Model of service is feminist psychotherapy utilizing numerous attachment informed and mindfulness based approaches. This is a four stage group based program.

Survivors begin long term counselling programs through a three workshop series - SAIL 1. They do not have to share their name or information about their selves in the workshop to begin, they will become familiar with the program first. SAIL 1 is run three times yearly.

Also offers Survivor to Survivor - a peer mentoring program. Survivors of sexual assault can be paired with a trained Survivor Mentor who will offer individual support in the community - contact for more information.

Presently has a pilot program for male survivors of sexual assault - call for more information.

One of two shelters in Muskoka for abused women (with or without children). Chrysalis in Huntsville, 1-866-789-8488 or 705-789-8488 is the second location. 10 transitional apartments for women and their children in Huntsville.

Provides:

• Safe, short-term shelter
• 24 hour phone support/ 24 hour staffing
• Child and youth programming
• Outreach support
• Educational support groups for women
• Assistance with navigating the legal system
• Accompaniment and advocacy
• Safety planning
• Risk assessment
• Practical needs assistance

Transition Support Workers provide support, information, emergency accommodations and resource materials to help women live free from violence and abuse.

• All support services are free, confidential, and women-centred
• Services are available by appointment during office hours
• Programs offer support to women and their children who are living in, or wondering about leaving an abusive relationship; information about housing and income supports, assistance navigating the Family and Criminal Court systems, and Haliburton Emergency Rural SafeSpace (HERS)
• Clinical Counselling is available to women in Haliburton County who have experienced abuse in their childhood and in adult relationships

Offers an emergency shelter in Midland that provides support to abused and homeless women across Simcoe County and their children.

La Maison Rosewood Shelter:

• a 15 bed emergency shelter for abused women and their children located in Midland has
• a residential program
• confidential supportive counselling
• legal advocacy and information
• support groups for women and children
• 24 hour telephone crisis line
• community referrals
• a 5 bed emergency shelter for homeless women and their children
• 5 - designated beds for women who have been trafficked

Offers a short term emergency 16 bed shelter for women and children leaving an abusive relationship.

• short term free emergency accommodations
• groups and one-to-one support
• safety planning
• education on abuse
• referrals, resources and guidance making informed choices
• emotional and educational support for parents and their children residing in the shelter

24 hour Crisis/ Support Line also available through text messaging and email:

• trained caseworkers listen, offer support, safety plan and refer to other services
• provide information and education
• all calls are confidential service does not subscribe to call display

Green Haven Shelter is a safe alternative to an abusive home.
Trained staff are available 24/7. Safety and confidentiality are key priorities. Information on options, rights, resources, and referrals to services that best meet clients needs will be provided. These could include legal, financial, housing and employment issues. Concerns about the impact of exposure to violence and the effect of trauma on both children and women can be explored.

Programs available include:

24 Hour Crisis Line

• Immediate telephone support
• Crisis intervention
• Toll-Free: 1-888-285-6958
• Local: 705-327-7319
• Text: 705-345-1302
• Email: crisis@ghws.ca

The Residential Shelter Program

• Safe, secure refuge 24 hour / 7 days a week
• Informal, confidential support and crisis counselling
• Financial, legal and housing information and referrals
• Information on community resources and referrals
• Emergency transportation
• Safety planning

Transitional Housing Support Services

• Housing alternatives for women in residence or from the community
• Employment and education opportunities
• Applications to subsidized housing programs
• Income support and budgeting, financial resources and options
• Information and support regarding legal aid
• Parenting support resources
• Local: 705-327-7383 ext 222
• Email: transition@ghws.ca

The Community Outreach Program

• An alternative to the Residential Shelter Program
• Court/legal support
• Confidential individual and/or group counselling by appointment
• Local: 705-329-2806
• Email: outreach@ghws.ca

Child and Youth Services

• Individual and group counselling
• Recreational and play activities, including arts and crafts
• School support while residing at the shelter
• Parenting support for mothers​
• Local: 705-327-7383 ext 225
• Email: youth@ghws.ca

Community-based rape crisis centre

• provides 24-Hour Support and Crisis Line information and referral to survivors of sexual violence at any time in their lives
• their families and all the communities of Renfrew County
• free public speaking events
• in-service education
• lending materials
• workshops on sexual violence and support issues
• serving women over the age of 16 who have or are experiencing sexual violence and for those supporting them
• supports families with LGBT questions (lesbian * gay * bisexual and transgender)
• calls accepted from men for referral support

Registered Charitable, Non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness about the abuse and neglect of older adults, under the Ontario Strategy to Combat Elder Abuse

Seniors Safety Line - Free confidential 365/24/7 support line for seniors experiencing or at-risk of abuse including physical, mental, sexual, neglect, and financial * partnered with Assaulted Women's Helpline (AWHL)

Created by youth, 100% volunteer based, dedicated to providing resources and support for all Canadians affected by bullying. Provides a 24/7 toll free telephone support service. Offers information, help and support to victims, perpetrators, bystanders, parents, school staff and the community.

Presentations on Bullying, mostly virtual.

COVID19 - Nurse-staffed 24 hour telephone line available to assist victims/survivors and service providers with service navigation during the COVID19 pandemic; call 1-855-628-7283 or visit website for details, or to find a local Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centre in Ontario

Provides representation, leadership and support to 36 hospital-based sexual assault and domestic violence treatment centres collaboration in research, education and training activities to establish standardization in service provision

Information on health options and centre locations for victims/survivors of violence

• direct services for victims/survivors provided by member centres
• online training modules for service providers
• resource library

Find a Centre -- online searchable directory of sexual assault/domestic violence centres in Ontario; map available to download

Information and referral to community support services to meet long term needs including crisis and follow-up services



Member agency of Support Services Network for Male Survivors in Ontario

Francophone helpline for women

• crisis intervention
• support and referral to community agencies
• confidential calls

24-hour telephone crisis and support line, includes emotional support, safety planning and information and referrals; live chat includes confidential and anonymous online counselling

Telephone and online (chat) crisis counselling, emotional support, information and referrals to emergency shelters, legal information and community services, as well as culturally appropriate resources for abused women

• liaison with diverse communities
• confidential and anonymous

Toronto only: initial assessment and intake for assaulted women's shelters, call 416-863-0511 or toll free 1-866-863-0511

COVID19 Telephone support line 1-833-900-1010 and online chat available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; for local services, visit website for Referral Directory; in an emergency call 911

Confidential, victim-centered phone line and online chat connecting victims and survivors with social services, local emergency services including law enforcement, and transition and long-term supports/services (also receives tips from the public)

Referral directory

• online directory of services
• online library of resources

Free, confidential 24-hour support and crisis line for French-speaking women in Ontario

• supports and connects survivors of violence to community services
• victims and survivors of violence of any form
• security plan
• information and referral support to local, regional and provincial service providers

COVID-19 (18 Nov 2021): Due to COVID19, programming is on hold but shelter remains in operation.

21-bed Aboriginal specific shelter

• provides a safe and supportive environment
• 24-hour residential support
• advocacy
• individual and group counselling
• community/transitional support
• housing support
• referrals
• legal advocacy and support
• cultural and spiritual programs

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

Offers services in 14 languages, including:

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