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Confidential Support Services for Women
1-877-336-2433 Office: 705-253-0049
Crisis: 1-877-336-2433
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- A non-profit and charitable organization serving French-speaking women who fight against all forms of violence
- Supports, accompanies and advocates for the autonomy of all Francophone women who have experienced, are experiencing or are at risk of experiencing gender-based violence
- Offers a range of services, including:
- Fem'aide, 24-hour crisis line
- Individual counseling
- Support groups
- Referral to community agencies and services
- Accompaniment to appointments and various meetings
- Public education and awareness campaigns
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Offers options and links to information for those in abusive situations
Quick Links:This program is a member of Safe Communities Sault Ste Marie
Quick Links:This program is a member of Safe Communities Sault Ste Marie
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Provides individual, group and family counselling on the following issues:
- Domestic violence
- Relationship issues
- Child abuse
- Suicide prevention
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Cultural teachings
- Naming ceremonies
- Sweat lodge ceremonies
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- Provides information on the family court process
- Assists in documenting the history of abuse and accessing Legal Aid for family court proceedings
- Offers referrals to specialized services and supports in the community
- Teaches safety planning and assists with the development of safety plans
- Accompanies victims to court proceedings when appropriate
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- Assists abused women in making the transition to an abuse-free life
- Helps secure and maintain housing, and helps develop an individual safety and transitional plan
- Supports women to live free from violence by connecting them with necessary community support such as housing, counselling, parenting support, education upgrading, job training, income support, legal aid and health and wellness service
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- Operates a 24-bed emergency shelter for women who have been victims of physical, emotional, or sexual abuse, and their children
- Operates a 24-hour crisis support phone line and walk-in crisis service
- Offers long-term and crisis counselling for women who have been victims of sexual assault or abuse both current and historic
- Offers educational groups on topics such as self-esteem, self worth, exploring the cycle of violence, healthy relationships, safety planning, housing, and advocacy
- Offers client referrals for counselling and to government services
- Provides community education and awareness on the issues of abuse
- Provides on site child care for women who are residents of the shelter for court dates, doctors appointments, group sessions
- Offers on site child care for non-resident women during group sessions, Call for information on programs offering this service
- Offers parenting support and counselling sessions
- Offers a Family Court Support Worker Program
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Child Sexual Abuse and Assault Care Clinic
Office: 705-759-5143Crisis: 9-1-1
Emergency Department: 705-759-3434
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- Provides medical care following a sexual assault by a specially trained pediatric doctor and nurse
- Collects forensic evidence upon examination
- Offers information and referrals to other programs and services
- Offers counselling to children over the age of 3 with acute or historical sexual abuse experiences as well
- Offers support and education to parents and guardians
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- Offers on-site early intervention and crisis intervention
- Provides needs assessment, safety planning and referrals to community services
- Offers enhanced support for vulnerable victims
- Provides assistance with applications to VQRP+
Provides assistance with emergency expenses related to the eligible incident, including:
- home safety
- accommodation
- meals
- transportation
- basic necessities
- dependent care costs
- counselling
- traditional Indigenous health services
- cellular phones
- vision care
- dental care
- aids for victims with disabilities
- interpretation services
- crime scene cleanup
- government/medical documents
- funeral expenses
Additional assistance for victims of human trafficking includes:
- storage locker
- tattoo removal
- treatment at a recovery facility
Financial support also available for:
- victims who sustained serious physical injuries during a crime
- parents of child homicide victims
- spouses of homicide victims
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- Provides emotional and medical care/treatment to victims of sexual assault
- Provides counselling after a recent or past sexual assault
- Offers individual, family and group counselling
- Offers information and referrals to other programs and services such as shelters and counselling
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- Offers a 10-week group program for children who have been exposed to and impacted by domestic violence, provided with a concurrent group for mothers
- Provides an opportunity for children to meet with other children and know that they are not alone
- Provides the Mothers' Group that runs at the same time as the children's group, and designed to help mothers support their children through this group process
- Offers free transportation to those who do not have an existing means of transportation
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- Offers professional counselling and therapeutic services to women who have experienced any abuse (physical, verbal, emotional) in either past or present relationships, or who have witnessed abuse as children
- Provides counselling, support and education about healthy relationships, what abuse is and how it affects a person wholistically, developing safety plans and the impacts of abuse on children
- Offers various women's groups that promote freedom from abuse
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Partner Assault Response Program
1-800-461-2237 Office: 705-945-5050
Crisis: 705-759-3398
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- Offers a 12 week group education and counselling program on domestic violence and non-abusive ways of resolving conflict
- Offers victims/partners of the offender support including safety planning, referrals to community resources and information on offender's progress
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Offers a variety of professional counselling services to youth, adults and their families
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Provides essential wokplace counselling and consultation services for businesses, organizations and employees through its EAP
- Functions as short-term counselling for a variety of issues including stress, life changes/stages, separation/divorce, retirement and grief
- Drug and alcohol use/abuse and mental health
- Past or present abuse against women (Violence Against Women VAW)
- Sexual abuse or assault experienced by men (Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse)
- Domestic violence impacts on children and their mothers
- Abusive relationships between partners (Partner Assault Response PAR)
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Sexual Assault / Partner Assault Clinic
705-759-3398Office: 705-759-5143 Sault Area Hospital Emergency Department: 705-759-3434
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- Offers medical care and treatment of injuries
- Provides documentation of injuries for use as court evidence (if victim chooses) and photographs
- Offers safety planning and risk assessment
- Provides information and referrals to other community agencies
- Provides a follow-up
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Community and Social Services - Iethinisten:ha Akwesasne Family Wellness Program
Office: 613-937-4322Crisis line: 1-800-480-4208
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Domestic violence program:
- 24 hour crisis line
- one-on-one counselling sessions
- intake
- assessments
- case plans
- referrals
- accompaniment to courts
- outreach services to women and men in the community and Cornwall
- six-week residential educational program for women and children who have experienced abuse
- transitional housing units for those who have completed the six-week program
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Acts as a satellite office, providing community based counselling services by appointment only to individuals in Blind River
Offers the following programs:
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
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- Provides advocacy and support to women survivors who have experienced sexual abuse and/or assault
- Offers individual and group counselling services to victims of assault
- Promotes healing and wellness in survivors
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- Provides advocacy and support to men who have experienced sexual abuse and/or assault
- Offers confidential counselling services in individual and group settings
- Works in partnership with Thunder Bay Counselling Centre
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- Provides advocacy and support to women who have been victims of emotional, physical, sexual, verbal, and/or financial abuse
- Offers individual and group counselling
- Community lectures
- Creating Connections
- PAR (Partner Assault Response) program for men
- Partner contact (PAR component for women)
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Operates a short term 10-bed emergency shelter for women who have been victims of physical, emotional, sexual or financial abuse, and their children
Services provided include:
Transitional Support Services include:
- Provides public education workshops and seminars to raise awareness about the issues and impacts of violence against women and children
- Gratefully accepts donations of money, furniture, lightly used clothing or any household items or appliances
Services provided include:
- 24-hour crisis line
- Advocacy
- Child Support Worker
- Counselling support
- Court accompaniment and referrals
- Emergency transportation
- Referral to community services
- Transition and safety planning
Transitional Support Services include:
- Counselling
- Educational upgrading
- Health and wellness services
- Housing
- Income support
- Job training
- Legal assistance/legal aid
- Parental support
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Second Stage Transitional Housing
1-833-461-4623 Office: 705-461-7977
Crisis: 705-461-9868
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- Operates a five-bedroom, transitional housing unit for women leaving the Shelter who have limited income or have incurred difficulties in finding places to rent
- Included in the rent are heat, hydro, laundry facilities, basic cable and phone
- Offers access to the same programs and services as all the clients have while staying at the Women's Shelter
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Operates an emergency shelter for abused women and their children
- Provides a 24-hour crisis line
- Offers short-term support counselling and transitional housing
- Provides advocacy and referrals to appropriate community supports and resources
- Provides outreach services such as understanding options in making life choices and offering assistance in accessing housing, legal and other community services
- Larry's Place Men's Shelter
- On-site Pet Shelter, including a Pet Therapy program
- Something More Lawrence House (second-stage housing)
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Confidential Support Services for Women
1-877-336-2433 Office: 705-461-6120
Crisis: 1-877-336-2433
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Short Description
- A non-profit and charitable organization serving French-speaking women who fight against all forms of violence
- Supports, accompanies and advocates for the autonomy of all Francophone women who have experienced, are experiencing or are at risk of experiencing gender-based violence
- Offers a range of services, including:
- Fem'aide, 24-hour crisis line
- Individual counseling
- Support groups
- Referral to community agencies and services
- Accompaniment to appointments and various meetings
- Public education and awareness campaigns
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Short Description
- Provides advocacy and support to women who have been victims of emotional, physical, sexual, verbal, and/or financial abuse
- Offers individual and group counselling
- Community lectures
- Creating Connections
- PAR (Partner Assault Response) program for men
- Partner contact (PAR component for women)
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Short Description
- Provides advocacy and support to women survivors who have experienced sexual abuse and/or assault
- Offers individual and group counselling services to victims of assault
- Promotes healing and wellness in survivors
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