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Neighbourhood Food Programs provide food for families and individuals throughout Kitchener and Waterloo.

Neighbourhood Food Programs provide food for families and individuals throughout Kitchener and Waterloo.

Neighbourhood Food Programs provide food for families and individuals throughout Kitchener and Waterloo.

Neighbourhood Food Programs provide food for families and individuals throughout Kitchener and Waterloo.

Neighbourhood Food Programs provide food for families and individuals throughout Kitchener and Waterloo.

Specialized assessments and individual, group & family therapy for children/youth who have experienced sexual abuse (including peer sexual assaults) or who have engaged in concerning or sexually harmful behaviours. Counselling is available to families impacted by a recent report. Parent/Caregiver involvement is encouraged throughout therapy. Consultation is also available to clients and professionals regarding sexual abuse treatment and healthy sexuality.

Offer a diverse range of programs to assist individuals, couples and families with a wide variety of issues including:

• Anxiety and Depression
• Personal or Job Stress
• Relationship Issues
• Emotional Regulation
• 2SLGBTQIA+ Matters
• Parenting
• Balancing Work and Family
• Trauma
• Grief and Loss
• Gender-Based Abuse/Intimate Partner Violence or Domestic Violence
• Adjusting to Life in Canada
• Alcohol and Drug Use

Confidential single-session counselling and therapeutic conversations available in person, virtually or by phone.

FASD Diagnostic Services for children up to 17 years of age living in the Waterloo Region. Provides complete assessments, recommendations, and assistance with referral to appropriate community programs.

Provides caring and compassionate support and advocacy for children and youth who are victims or witnesses of crime and their families - enabling and empowering them to use their voice, tell their story, help them be heard, and support them so that they can heal and develop into strong community members.

• Working collaboratively with partners in the community to establish a Child and Youth Advocacy Centre (CYAC) in Waterloo region - a seamless, child focused and best practice model for investigating report of child abuse and providing wraparound support to these young victims, witnesses and their families so they fell heard, helped and begin to heal from the trauma.
  
• Provide proactive education and awareness about the challenges experienced, and support available, as well as strategies to help reduce the risk of kids becoming victims.
  

Neighbourhood-based outreach workers can link families with:

• Employment/Education
• Recreation
• Food
• Clothing
• Shelter resources
• Child care and children's needs
• Counselling
• Transportation

Provides services and support to people and their families who have experienced sexual violence

• Offers individual counselling to all genders (16 years of age and older) in both Kitchener and Cambridge
• 24 Hour Support Line and support groups, advocacy, referrals, and accompaniments for women to the hospital, police, and courthouse

Family Court Support Worker Program -

• Information on the family court process
• Assistance in preparing for family court proceedings (documenting history of abuse, accessing Legal Aid)
• Referral to specialized services and supports in the community
• Safety planning
• Court accompaniment to proceedings when appropriate

Anti-Human Trafficking Program - Wrap-around services to those experiencing sexual exploitation and those who are at risk within Waterloo Region.

• Counselling
• Advocacy
• Crisis support
• Safety planning
• Related accompaniments
• Practical assistance
• Support through legal processes
• Support with obtaining housing
• Connections to community supports
• Public education and outreach

Family Law Information Centres at Family Courts provide information and help * Meet with an Advice Lawyer for free through Legal Aid Ontario

Provides free legal services in the following areas:

• Criminal legal issues
• Family legal issues
• Refugee and immigration legal issues
• Domestic violence
• Mental health legal issues

Information and assistance to support participation in the criminal court process * services begin once police have laid charges and continue until the court case is over
Case-specific information (court dates, bail conditions)
Court preparation
Needs assessment
Emotional support
Crisis intervention
Referrals to community agencies

Vulnerable Victims and Family Fund -- financial and court-based supports to enable victims of crime and families of homicide victims to attend court * travel arrangements and expenses * language interpretation * real-time captioning or other equipment for victims with disabilities

Victim Quick Response Program+ (VQRP+) - program of last resort where no other available private or public resource is available
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Victim Crisis Assistance Ontario - On-site early intervention and crisis intervention​

• needs assessment
• safety planning
• referrals to community services
• enhanced support for vulnerable victims
• assistance with applications to VQRP+

Victim Quick Response Program+ (VQRP+) -- assistance with emergency expenses related to the eligible incident, may include 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 and funeral expenses

• Additional assistance for victims of human trafficking includes storage locker, tattoo removal and treatment at a recovery facility
• No direct reimbursements are made to victims for the supports listed above
  
• Financial support is also available for victims who sustained serious physical injuries during a crime and for parents of homicide victims and spouses of homicide victims

Information and assistance to support participation in the criminal court process * services begin once police have laid charges and continue until the court case is over
Case-specific information (court dates, bail conditions)
Court preparation
Needs assessment
Emotional support
Crisis intervention
Referrals to community agencies

Vulnerable Victims and Family Fund -- financial and court-based supports to enable victims of crime and families of homicide victims to attend court * travel arrangements and expenses * language interpretation * real-time captioning or other equipment for victims with disabilities

Confidential single-session counselling and therapeutic conversations available in person, virtually or by phone.

Confidential single-session counselling and therapeutic conversations available in person, virtually or by phone.

People experiencing family violence can visit the 400 Queen Street South location and connect with the Family Violence Project.