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Offers education, counselling and support services for pregnant and parenting women with substance abuse issues and the effects on the family, pregnancy and baby

Services include:

• Alcohol and drug assessments
• Education on substance use and the effects on family
• Educational groups
• Individual counselling
• Referrals to appropriate services
• Support groups for moms (childcare and transportation may be provided)

• Promotes increased participation in sport, physical fitness and recreation, and other programs that encourage healthy lifestyles
• Offers individual and group information sessions on fitness, traditional diets and healthy weight management

Offers specialized fitness and nutrition programs for:

• Children
• Youth
• Women
• Seniors and disabled adults

Offers the following programs:

• Healthy Eating, Healthy Weight
• Smoke Free Living/Smoking Cessation
• Youth Leadership

• Provides screening, assessment, treatment, education and support to individuals who suffer from a respiratory illness or disease
• Assists individuals who have asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), or need screening for lung disease

Helps individuals with COPD:

• Learn how COPD affects the lungs
• Recognize chest infections and the steps to take
• Manage stress
• Follow a healthy diet
• Quit smoking
• Medications and how to take them

For individuals with asthma, the program helps with the following:

• How to use puffers and take prescribed medication
• How to avoid exposure to triggers
• Importance of not smoking
• Warning signs and symptoms of reactions to watch for and how to know allergic and non-allergic triggers
• Managing asthma using an Action Plan and peak flow monitoring

• Operates a long-term residential facility for women who want to overcome substance abuse issues
• Offers both pre and post treatment services

Programs for residents can include:

• 12 step meetings
• Anger management
• Art therapy
• Grief group
• Group and individual counselling
• Health education
• House meetings
• Leisure skills
• Life skills
• Meditation
• Recreation
• Women's issues groups

Community programs include: (for local women only)

• Assessments
• Out-patient counselling and special group sessions
• A New Link

• Promotes healthy lifestyle choices to help reduce the incidence of chronic diseases
• Collaborates with community nursing teams, external coalitions and agencies to implement the programs

Provides education and resources on the following areas in an effort to reduce premature death and disability from chronic disease:

• Cancer prevention and screening including sun safety
• Cannabis
• Diabetes prevention
• Injury prevention
• Nutrition and food access
• Oral health
• Physical activity
• Substance use and harm reduction
• Tobacco free living

• Provides the opportunity for youth to participate in health promotion campaigns and activities as part of an after school committee
• Focus is on preventing young people from starting to smoke and to provide support for those who want to quit

Activities may include but are not limited to:

• Cigarette clean ups and tree plants
• Concerts
• Displays, health fairs, parade floats
• Smoke-free movie nights
• Sports events

• Provides early identification of clients who may have or are developing alcohol and or other drug related problems
• Provides comprehensive problematic substance use assessments
• Offers referral services for further assistance
• Offers treatment planning
• Provides counselling and case management
• Offers a needle exchange and harm reduction services

Programs offered include:

• Methadone maintenance treatment
• Back on Track (Ontario's Remedial Measures Program for Impaired Drivers)
• Ontario Works Addiction Services Initiative
• Addiction Supportive Housing Program (ASH)

• Offers the "Stop Smoking with FHT's" cessation program to assist individuals in quitting tobacco use
• Conducts initial assessment to determine the patient's smoking habits and health profile to provide the appropriate treatment
• Provides self-management support and strategies
• Assists patients released from hospital to remain smoke-free after discharge

Offers the following support and services:

• Education and information
• Counselling
• Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) that can include patch, lozenges, gum and inhalers
• Pharmacotherapy

Provides treatment of substance abuse and mental health disorders through counselling, as well as a structured day treatment program

Offers the following services:

• Individual, group, and family counselling
• Academics within a classroom setting
• Life skills education, including independent living skills, social skills and interpersonal social skills instruction
• Access to community resources, including involvement in local employment, health and academic services
• Promotion of healthy active living and individualized transition planning

Provides support to people affected by lung conditions​

• Provides asthma care and prevention program
• Offers the Breathworks Program to help people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Provides smoking prevention program and information on how to quit
• Offers Youth Smoking Prevention Programs
• Provides Air Quality programs
• Offers public education and awareness presentation and information packages

Provides services and support for individuals and families struggling with addiction issues

• Offers Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings when required
• Provides transportation to all meetings and workshops upon request

Prevention

• Provides public seminars/meetings to raise community awareness of problematic alcohol, drug use and gambling addictions
• Holds educational sessions in schools
• Coordinates cultural and spiritual events

Intervention

• Facilitates recreational activities and social events
• Provides individual and group discussions
• Offers cultural and spiritual gatherings

Aftercare provided for preventing reoccurrence:

• Counselling, sharing circles and support groups
• Regular phone calls and home visits
• Referrals to band services, social services, detoxification and treatment centres and medical assistance

Acts as a satellite office, providing community based counselling services by appointment only to individuals in Blind River

Offers the following programs:

• Addiction and Gambling Services for youth, adults and seniors
• Crisis Response Service
• Female Sexual Abuse/Sexual Assault Program
• General Counselling Program
• Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse
• Partner Assault Response Program
• Violence Against Women Support Services

Member agency of Support Services Network for Male Survivors in Ontario (North Region)

• Provides early identification of clients who may have or are developing alcohol and or other drug related problems
• Provides comprehensive problematic substance use assessments
• Offers referral services for further assistance
• Offers treatment planning
• Provides counselling and case management
• Offers a needle exchange and harm reduction services

Programs offered include:

• Methadone maintenance treatment
• Back on Track (Ontario's Remedial Measures Program for Impaired Drivers)
• Ontario Works Addiction Services Initiative
• Addiction Supportive Housing Program (ASH)

• Offers one-on-one support to individuals who wish to quit smoking
• Conducts initial assessment to determine the patient's smoking habits and health profile to provide the appropriate treatment
• Provides education, counselling and information as well as self-management support and strategies

STOP Study program:

• Conducted by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and offered by ELFHT's social worker, respiratory therapist and dietitian
• Provides patients up to 26 weeks of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) that can include patches, lozenges, gum and inhalers

Provides services and support for individuals and families struggling with addiction issues

• Offers Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings when required
• Provides transportation to all meetings and workshops upon request

Prevention

• Provides public seminars/meetings to raise community awareness of problematic alcohol, drug use and gambling addictions
• Holds educational sessions in schools
• Coordinates cultural and spiritual events

Intervention

• Facilitates recreational activities and social events
• Provides individual and group discussions
• Offers cultural and spiritual gatherings

Aftercare provided for preventing reoccurrence includes:

• Counselling, sharing circles and support groups
• Regular phone calls and home visits
• Referrals to band services, social services, detoxification and treatment centres and medical assistance

Provides services and support for individuals and families struggling with addiction issues

• Offers Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings when required
• Provides transportation to all meetings and workshops upon request

Prevention

• Provides public seminars/meetings to raise community awareness of problematic alcohol, drug use and gambling addictions
• Holds educational sessions in schools
• Coordinates cultural and spiritual events

Intervention

• Facilitates recreational activities and social events
• Provides individual and group discussions
• Offers cultural and spiritual gatherings

Aftercare provided for preventing reoccurrence includes:

• Counselling, sharing circles and support groups
• Regular phone calls and home visits
• Referrals to band services, social services, detoxification and treatment centres and medical assistance

• Provides services and support for individuals and families struggling with addiction issues
• Coordinates cultural and spiritual events

Intervention

• Facilitates recreational activities and social events
• Provides individual and group discussions
• Offers cultural and spiritual gatherings

Aftercare Services

Provides the following services aimed at preventing problematic alcohol and drug use problems from reoccurring:

• Counselling, sharing circles and support groups
• Regular phone calls and home visits
• Referrals to Band services, social services, detoxification and treatment centres and medical assistance

• Provides early identification of clients who may have or are developing alcohol and or other drug related problems
• Provides comprehensive problematic substance use assessments
• Offers referral services for further assistance
• Offers treatment planning
• Provides counselling and case management
• Offers a needle exchange and harm reduction services

Programs offered include:

• Methadone maintenance treatment
• Back on Track (Ontario's Remedial Measures Program for Impaired Drivers)
• Ontario Works Addiction Services Initiative
• Addiction Supportive Housing Program (ASH)