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Women’s Outreach

Women’s Outreach & Transitional and Housing Support Services

Women’s Outreach is a program of the shelter and works to provide support services to women as they transition from abusive relationships into lives free from violence. We offer a wide range of services that include:

• One-on-one support and crisis counselling. This service is offered in order to provide ongoing support to women fleeing or healing from abusive relationships. This non-therapeutic service can be adapted to each woman’s individual needs, whether they need to talk one time only or over longer periods of time.
• Self-help/Support groups for women – breaking the cycle of isolation and assisting women as they work to create safe and empowered lives.
• Transitional and Housing Support Program: assistance with finding and maintaining housing, including budgeting and all other support services noted here.
• Advocacy with community agencies. Although we encourage and support self-advocacy, which is knowing your rights and responsibilities, standing up for them and making your own life choices, sometimes you need a stronger or more informed voice to speak on your behalf. That is advocacy.
• Accompaniments to appointments regarding income support, legal and other support services.
• Referrals to community agencies, including those specific to housing.
• Assistance with completing forms and applications around issues of abuse and financial assistance: Ontario Disability Support Program applications, Ontario Works, Housing, legal forms…
• Public educations, presentations and displays, including our Clothesline Project (collection of hand-painted t-shirts created by women expressing their thoughts on violence and abuse)
• Safety planning

*These services are provided to both resident and non-resident women.

Women’s Outreach (705)494-9589

If we are not available, please leave a message and let us know if it is safe to call you. If we have any concerns that your safety will be at risk by our returning your call, we will not do so.