Searching for Justice And Mental Health Programs

Provides rehabilitation, assistance, and information services to those in conflict with the law, or at risk, including:

• Individual intervention and family support
• Institutional pre-release planning and friendly visiting
• Life skills coaching and mentoring
• Correctional and post-release services for adults
• Legal advocacy and counselling
• Life skills coaching, mentoring and support for youths, adolescents and teenagers in conflict with the law or whose families are having conflict with the law

Services available include:

• Art Therapy
• Crisis counselling
• Mental health and addictions case management
• Family violence services, referrals, mental health support
• Support for family members of individuals struggling with substance abuse, mental illness in the family, witness to domestic violence, grief, bullying and abuse
• Addiction assessments, counselling, referrals and group programs
• RedPath Addictions Program and Living Without Violence programs
• Alternative Justice program - facilitates pre-charge diversion through development of client healing plans, has client intakes, referrals, community service arrangements, advocacy and case management
• Counselling for trauma/loss
• Traditional Healing Program

To coordinate and manage the delivery of Social Services for Walpole Island First Nation, while maintaining high quality standards of service and ensuring the implementation of effective community programming.

Programming includes:

• Adult and youth probation and parole
• Youth Diversion Program
• Court support and accompaniment
• Mental health and addictions support
• Child and youth programming
• Parenting education and support
• Cultural and community programs and iniatives

A private counselling agency providing the following services:

• Parent coaching (Virtual only)
• Child behaviour management (in office visits only due to COVID restrictions)
• Tutorial support (in office visits only due to COVID restrictions
• Day respite (Not currently offered due to COVID restrictions)
• Social skill development/anger management groups (Not currently offered due to COVID restrictions)

Referral-Based Youth Justice Services for youth 12-19: (virtual or in-person)

• Counselling services
• Youth mental health court worker
• Re-integration and specialized support services
• Chatham-Kent Attendance Centre

COVID-19 - All programs are available through virtual or electronic means when requested; in person, one-to-one programming safely available when requested. All programs are currently still accepting referrals.

A non-profit organization providing alternative pathways for at-risk youth, restoring a positive connection with the community, thereby creating a safer, healthier Chatham-Kent.

Programs include:

• Extrajudicial measures program - pre-charge diversion program; police referred
• Extrajudicial Sanctions Program - post-charge diversion program; Crown Attorney-referred
• Restorative Justice Community Conferencing

These above programs are funded by the Ministry of Children, Community & Social Services; the EJM and EJS Programs are only available to youth (12-17) who have come into contact with the law, and have a minor criminal offence charge pending or within the court system, under the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA).

Positive Strides Intervention & Educational Programs

• individualized and one-on-one sessions to at-risk children and youth in the community who are not currently in conflict with the law, but who are at risk for delinquent, negative behaviours, and may be struggling in school, at home, and/or within their social environments
• These programs are also delivered to the youth who are enrolled in the EJM and EJS Programs.

DAP is an adult diversion program with the Ontario Court of Justice and offered through St. Leonard's House Windsor and the Crown Attorney's Office. DAP is an alternative to prosecution for eligible adults who have been charged with minor criminal offences. DAP is designed to hold accused persons accountable for their criminal actions through assigned community-based sanctions. Following successful completion of the DAP sanctions the referred charge will be withdrawn from the court.



DAP is structured to include any combination of the following community-based sanctions which are assigned by the CJW and Crown Attorney's office.

• Letter of apology/reflection addressed to the victim
• Restitution - payment to victim for loss and/or damages to property
• Charitable Donation
• Community service hours
• Referral to a specialized MAG crime prevention program
• Referral to a deemed appropriate community resource program
• Peace Bond (when appropriate)

Seeks to hold youth accountable for their actions while offering opportunities for them to address underlying issues contributing to their at-risk behaviour.

• primary focus is for youth to develop self-respect, responsibility, and appropriate problem solving skills while empowering young men and women to create, maintain, and improve their upon their decision-making in a positive way

Several programs offered, each dealing with various subject matters, all pertinent to the issues youth face today, including:

• Rebound Life Choices
• #keepyourprivatesprivate
• Time to L.A.G. (Learn About Gaming)
• L.O.S.S. Program
• Teen Intervene
• Youth Justice Committee
• HS Skills Training Program

An alternative to prosecution for eligible individuals charged with minor criminal offences.

• provides a diversion program for people over 18

An anti graffiti, anti litter program that provides community service hours

• offers work experience
• involved with Adopt-A-Park, Graffiti and Litter removal programs

A community based correctional agency that provides the following programs:

• Halfway House - 28 bed facility
• Direct Accountability Program
• Good Neighbour Services Program
• Employment Readiness Program
• Chaplaincy Program
• Mothers and Spouses of Offenders Support Group
• Reporting Centre

Service includes:

• supervised reintegration into community for Federal ex-offenders
• individual and group counselling
• Life Line program offers specialized reintegration program for selected inmates serving life sentences
• community chaplaincy program
• job readiness program

Client base designed to provide a comprehensive set of activities for at risk urban Indigenous youth between the ages of 13 to 18 years of age. The program is designed around a youth's specific need at time of intake and may fall under one of 6 objectives:

• General Social Supports
• Youth in Care
• Healthy Eating and Physical Development
• Education
• Justice Intervention
• Address Violence

Community-based rehabilitation, supervision, counselling and referral for people on probation/parole

Contracts a variety of programs, including community service orders and services for native offenders

Offers short- and long-term adult residential programs tailored to the unique needs of men and women * Community Residential Facilities (CRFs, also known as half-way houses) provide a chance for people to make the transition from a correctional facility to the community * for the highest degree of safety and respect for our residents and our community people must follow well-defined rules and guidelines

Some facilities offer spaces for people dealing with mental health challenges, those who have had experience with the forensic mental health system, or who may be on probation with complex or unique needs

CK Clarke Centre Community Residential Facility - 6-bed residence providing support to adults who are or have been involved with the forensic mental health system

Cody Centre - 20-bed community residential facility that provides 24 hour supervision and support to adult male residents serving federal sentences in the community

Gallagher Centre - 16-bed residential community facility that supports populations who demonstrate higher needs and experience complex challenges

Maison Louise Arbour - 8-bed female community residential facility which supports women over the age of 18 who are transitioning from the federal or provincial justice systems or who require mental health support for up to 30 days in one of our crisis beds

Reintegration Services - Works with people (both male and female) over the age of 18 who have a confirmed or suspected mental health diagnosis and who are involved in the justice system

Youth community programs are offered to youth on probation or those who may be struggling with homelessness

Programs offered include:

• Attendance Centre Program - provides structured, supervised programs for youth between the ages of 12-18 who may be in conflict with the law to learn to accept responsibility for their actions. St. Leonard's focuses on the risk factors which may have led to the youth's involvement in the justice system
  
• Intensive Reintegration Service - offers guidance and support to youth between the ages of 12-18 who are at high-risk to re-offend upon release

• Project Home - focuses on housing youth who have experienced chronic homelessness

For over 50 years, St. Leonard's Community Services, London and Region has been dedicated to a community where everyone feels safe, valued and supported. St Leonard's provides a range of services including youth and adult community programs, school-based youth programs, and adult residential programs all with a goal of assisting persons in conflict, or at risk of conflict, with the justice system, and all within a restorative practices framework

Adult Community Programs -

• Offers a number of community-based programs for adults who may be involved in the justice system, who are dealing with mental health challenges, who are experiencing challenges with housing, or who may have developmental challenges and require support to live independently
  
  Adult Residential Programs - Offers short- and long-term adult residential programs tailored to the unique needs of men and women * Community Residential Facilities (CRFs, also known as half-way houses) provide a chance for people to make the transition from a correctional facility to the community * for the highest degree of safety and respect for our residents and our community people must follow well-defined rules and guidelines
  
  Youth Community Programs - Youth community programs are offered to youth on probation or those who may be struggling with homelessness
  
  Youth Diversion and School-Based Programs - Programs support the best possible outcomes for youth related to conflict resolution, justice involvement, educational programs for youth that have been expelled or suspended and peer mediation. School-based services help establish links between students and the community.

Provides a culture-based post-charge diversion program for Aboriginal adult and youth offenders before the London criminal courts

Encourages reconciliation, healing and responsibility through traditional teaching methods * community assistance through planning and partnerships to assists clients

Community-based rehabilitation, supervision, counselling and referral for people on probation/parole

The program provides community supervision to eligible individuals who do not have the financial or social supports to meet bail requirements * Prospective clients are interviewed while in custody to determine eligibility * If release is approved by the court, clients report weekly, or more frequently, to have their conditions monitored * Provides enhanced supervision to support clients with mental health and substance use issues * Currently offered in the following jurisdictions: London, Woodstock, St. Thomas, Stratford, Goderich and Walkerton. Supervision is also available at the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation.

Counselling is provided to people who are involved, or are at risk of involvement in the criminal justice system and their respective families * offered in person or remotely

Length and frequency of counselling sessions vary based on clients' needs and progress * social workers engage clients to assess risk and needs and to develop an intervention plan * clients are assisted in solving problems and developing new coping skills

An alternative to prosecution for eligible individuals over the age of 18 who have been charged with minor criminal offences * accused persons are held accountable through community-based sanctions

• Stop Shop Theft Program
• Alcohol and Drug Awareness Program
• Anger Management Program
• Anger and Substance Awareness Program
• Counselling, Support, and Intervention Program (CSI)

Weekly visits to the Elgin Middlesex Detention Centre and the Stratford Jail are made to provide information, counselling and support and assist people in correctional facilities plan for services required upon release. Support letters can be provided to assist individuals in planning for their release.

Collect calls are accepted from all provincial and federal institutions

Inmates may place a request with the guards on duty to see a worker from the John Howard Society. Referrals are accepted from any source, including family, friends, community members and an individual on the range.

A hotel-based intervention program that provides rapid stabilization for those experiencing post-incarceration homelessness and facilitates supports into safe and suitable accommodations * This program aims at supporting vulnerable individuals aged 18 years and over who are newly released from custody to avoid living unsheltered in London. The program provides intensive case management, reintegration support, mental health and addiction counselling, assistance with accessing basic needs and system navigation.

The John Howard Society of London and District is under contract with the Ministry of the Solicitor General and the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services to provide culturally relevant probation and parole supervision for Indigenous adults and youth *
The Society employs Indigenous workers who supervise sentence orders for Indigenous youth and adults residing in London, Woodstock, St. Thomas and the three neighbouring communities: Oneida Nation of the Thames, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation, and Munsee-Delaware First Nation. The Indigenous Services workers incorporate traditional Indigenous approaches in their work with clients.