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• Operates a private practice mobile counselling service that provides children, youth, and their families with counselling services
• Offers services in residential group homes with high-risk youth and developmentally handicapped youth as well as support services for youth in schools
• Acts as an alternative service option when individuals or families have been placed on lengthy wait list:

Services can include:

• Advocacy
• Healthy relationships programming
• Individual behaviour and crisis management plans
• Outreach
• Short and long-term counselling
• Stress management
• Referrals
• Follow-up

Offers assistance with the process of submitting applications to seal a criminal record by obtaining a Record Suspension

• Provides an online single point of access on information to a variety of government programs and services for residents, visitors and businesses
• Provides referral services to government staff who can provide specialized help

Provides the following services:

Business

• Corporate Registrations
• Sole Proprietorship and General Partnership Registrations

Driver and Vehicle Services

• Accessible parking permits
• Copies of records
• Driver's licences (name and address change, renewal, replacement)
• Enhanced Driver's Licence application
• Motorized Snow Vehicle Operator's Licence
• Motorized Snow Vehicle Permits
• Off-Road Vehicle Permits
• Vehicle Permits and Plates

Fish and Wildlife

• Fishing licences (multi-day, single day, Canadian, non-resident)
• Hunting licences (resident, non-resident, variety of game)
• Outdoors card (temporary, hunter apprenticeship)

Forms, Publications and Official Documents

• Commissioner of Oaths

Health (located in Suite 100)

• Health card renewal and replacement
• Name and address change on health card
• New health card registration
• Organ and tissue donor registration

Ontario Photo Card

• New Ontario Photo Card registration
• Ontario Photo Card renewal and replacement
• Name and address change on Ontario Photo Card

Taxes

• File a tax return or make a payment - beer tax, corporations tax, debt retirement charge, employer health tax, fuel tax, gasoline tax, interntion fuel tax, land transfer tax, mining tax, retail sales tax, retaill sales tax insurance premium, tobacco tax, wine tax

Provides a public computer to obtain a variety of government information and online services for businesses and residents including the following:

• Registering a business
• Updating business information
• Changing home address
• Applying for birth, marriage, or death certificates
• Registering a newborn

Note:
Health card services are also available by appointment and can be booked online

Provides legal assistance for low-income people

Services include:

• Legal representation for eligible clients who appear in court without a lawyer
• Legal aid applications and information over the phone
• Legal resources and referrals to other social assistance agencies
• A certificate program for complex and serious cases

Areas of law served include:

• Criminal
• Domestic violence
• Family

Does NOT cover applications for:

• Wrongful dismissal
• Change of name
• Personal bankruptcy
• Power of attorney
• Money lent to others or money owed to others
• Sponsorship of relatives
• Commercial litigation
• Real estate matters and libel
• Defamation and slander

Provides legal advice and assistance to individuals who do not have the means to assert or defend their legal rights through the following services:

• Client representation in clinic areas of practice
• Free summary legal advice
• Information and referral
• Law reform advocacy
• Public education
• Specialized legal services

Services are offered in the following areas:

• Birth certificates
• Canada Pension Plan (CPP) Disability or Pension benefits
• Canada Child Benefits (CCB)
• Consumer and Credit/Debt issues
• Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (CICB)
• Disability Tax benefits
• Employment Insurance (EI)
• Employment Standards (ESA)
• Human Rights
• Native Status applications
• Old Age Security (OAS)
• Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
• Ontario Works (OW)
• Residential Tenancies (tenants only)

Note: No advice or representation is given regarding Family Law, Criminal Law, or Refugee Law

Operates as a program under the Education and Training Branch

• Advocates for Métis people in the development of education policies and programs in Ontario
• Participates in community school boards, colleges and universities and other educational agencies/stakeholders
• Encourages academic skills development
• Provides training programs that enable individuals to attain their educational aspirations
• Administers the Métis Student Bursary Program and provides assistance in applying for the Métis post secondary education bursary (list of participating colleges/universities on website)

• Facilitates the adoption process
• Provides ongoing support during adoption probation from the Adoption Coordinator
• Coordinates support groups for parenting after adoption
• Coordinates support groups for families waiting to parent
• Provides non-identifying information from records to adult adopted persons, birth parents, birth grandparents, birth siblings and birth aunts/uncles

Parent Resources for Information and Development and Education (PRIDE)

• Teaches a component of the Ontario Practice Model for the assessment, preparation and ongoing support of resource families, both Adoption and Foster

Focuses on the following topics:

• Connecting children to safe, nurturing relationships intended to last a lifetime
• Meet other prospective adoptive parents
• Opportunity to ask questions from experienced adoptive parents
• Participate as a member of a professional team
• Provincial resources available for support
• Reinforcing a child's heritage and cultural identity
• Supporting relationships for children
• Understand the impact of positive, day to day experiences
• Understanding the needs of children

• Gives immediate legal assistance to individuals who appear in court without a lawyer
• Provides information about legal rights, obligations and basic court procedure
• Helps negotiate or settle issues
• Reviews or prepares court documents to be filed
• Helps determines if further duty counsel services are required or if the matter requires Legal Aid Ontario's assistance in retaining a lawyer

Provides assistance in:

• The courtroom for child protection hearings
• Garnishment and support hearings
• Requesting adjournments
• Arguing motions
• Hearings for issues such as custody, access, or support where the issues are not complicated

• Provides an online single point of access on information to a variety of government programs and services for residents, visitors and businesses
• Provides referral services to government staff who can provide specialized help

Provides the following services:

Business

• Corporate Registrations
• Sole Proprietorship and General Partnership Registrations

Business Taxes

• Accepts payments and authorizations for certain business taxes
• Accepts tax returns for certain business taxes

Driver and Vehicle Services

• Accessible parking permits
• Copies of records
• Driver's licences (name and address change, renewal, replacement)
• Motorized Snow Vehicle Operator's Licence
• Motorized Snow Vehicle Permits
• Off-Road Vehicle Permits
• Vehicle Permits and Plates

Fish and Wildlife

• Fishing licences (multi-day, single day, Canadian, non-resident)
• Hunting licences (resident, non-resident, variety of game)
• Outdoors card (temporary, hunter apprenticeship)

Forms, Publications and Official Documents

• Commissioner of Oaths
• Birth, Marriage, and Death Certificate applications

Health

• Health card renewal and replacement
• Name and address change on health card
• New health card registration
• Organ and tissue donor registration

Ontario Photo Card

• New Ontario Photo Card registration
• Ontario Photo Card renewal and replacement
• Name and address change on Ontario Photo Card

Provides a public computer to obtain a variety of government information and online services for businesses and residents including the following:

• Registering a business
• Updating business information
• Changing home address
• Applying for birth, marriage, or death certificates
• Registering a newborn

Note:
Health card services are also available by appointment and can be booked online

• Provides free legal advice and assistance to low income earners
• Offers representation in a court or at a tribunal, such as the Social Benefits Tribunal or the Landlord and Tenant Board
• Assists with preparing documents, such as an application to the Landlord and Tenant Board

Services are offered in the following areas:

• Consumer and Credit/Debt issues
• Employment Insurance (EI)
• Employment standards (ESA)
• Old Age Security (OAS)
• Health and disability
• Housing law for tenants
• Human rights
• Immigration law
• Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
• Ontario Works (OW)
• Wills and Power of Attorney (POA)
• Completing forms or advocating for seniors

Note: No representation is given regarding Family Law, Criminal Law, or Refugee Law

• Provides an online single point of access on information to a variety of government programs and services for residents, visitors and businesses
• Provides referral services to government staff who can provide specialized help

Provides the following services:

Business

• Corporate Registrations
• Sole Proprietorship and General Partnership Registrations

Business Taxes

• Accepts payments and authorizations for certain business taxes
• Accepts tax returns for certain business taxes

Driver and Vehicle Services

• Accessible parking permits
• Copies of records
• Driver's licences (name and address change, renewal, replacement)
• Motorized Snow Vehicle Operator's Licence
• Motorized Snow Vehicle Permits
• Off-Road Vehicle Permits
• Vehicle Permits and Plates

Fish and Wildlife

• Fishing licences (multi-day, single day, Canadian, non-resident)
• Hunting licences (resident, non-resident, variety of game)
• Outdoors card (temporary, hunter apprenticeship)

Forms, Publications and Official Documents

• Commissioner of Oaths
• Birth, Marriage, and Death Certificate applications

Health

• Health card renewal and replacement
• Name and address change on health card
• New health card registration
• Organ and tissue donor registration

Ontario Photo Card

• New Ontario Photo Card registration
• Ontario Photo Card renewal and replacement
• Name and address change on Ontario Photo Card

Provides a public computer to obtain a variety of government information and online services for businesses and residents including the following:

• Registering a business
• Updating business information
• Changing home address
• Applying for birth, marriage, or death certificates
• Registering a newborn

Note:
Health card services are also available by appointment and can be booked online

Coordinates all duties relative to the administration and legislative requirements necessary for a functional Council and town's corporation including the following:

• Provides secretarial support for proceedings of Council, committees
• Facilitates towns and school board elections
• Participates in and provides support for various community committees
• Administers the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
• Maintains the corporate policy manual and the corporate bylaw and report systems
• Liaises with Aboriginal organizations
• Provides civic information
• Acts as Commissioner of Oaths

Archives

• Provides records management and archival services to Town departments and research facilities to the general public
• Processes Freedom of Information requests

Provides legal advice and assistance to individuals who do not have the means to assert or defend their legal rights through the following services:

• Client representation in clinic areas of practice
• Free summary legal advice
• Information and referral
• Law reform advocacy
• Public education
• Specialized legal services

Services are offered in the following areas:

• Birth certificates
• Canada Pension Plan (CPP) Disability or Pension benefits
• Canada Child Benefits (CCB)
• Consumer and Credit/Debt issues
• Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (CICB)
• Disability Tax benefits
• Employment Insurance (EI)
• Employment Standards (ESA)
• Human Rights
• Native Status applications
• Old Age Security (OAS)
• Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
• Ontario Works
• Residential Tenancies (tenants only)

Note: No advice or representation is given regarding Family Law or Criminal Law

Assists community members with the following legal matters:

• Criminal Law if custody is probable
• Family Law
• Child Welfare

Note: Does not help with civil law, employment law, human rights, housing, or social assistance (contact a Community Legal Worker (CLW) for a referral)

Pursues three main activities:

• Direct land protection through conservation easements and land donations
• Policy development for improved farmland protection
• Research and education to advance land protection and related policy development

OTF works directly with landowners who have a desire to see their farms permanently protected for agriculture. Offers tools to landowners and community groups, such as farmland conservation easements, that can be used to protect individual properties of value to them.

OFT raises awareness of the impacts of farmland loss, the need for greater farmland preservation and the importance of land stewardship.

OFT encourages collaboration among diverse stakeholders, including farmers, local food groups, land use planners, health advocates, and government.