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Aboriginal Health Centre
Population Served:
All Aboriginal people, regardless of status
Services Offered:
- Culturally appropriate health care programs
- Choices of traditional healing, western medicine and complementary therapies
- Health education, school outreach, children’s programs, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and child nutrition programs
- Mental health supports; addictions, counselling, and wellness planning
- Traditional healing; healing journey, grief recovery, attitudinal healing, sweat lodge ceremonies, spiritual warriors roadway, and elder mentorship program
Contact:
Phone: (905) 544-4320
Fax: (905) 544-4247
Address: 678 Main Street East, Hamilton ON
Email: [email protected]
Web: aboriginalhealthcentre.com
Other:
Accessible location? Yes
French language services? No
Interpretation services? No
Catholic Family Services
Population Served:
All residents of Hamilton
Services Offered:
- Individual, couples and family counselling
- Credit counselling
- Developmental services
- Abuse and violence intervention
- Intensive case management for seniors
- St. Martin’s Manor: Safe and caring residence for women aged 13-21, at any stage of a pregnancy or with their babies
- Employee assistance program
- Mental health first aid
Contact:
Business:(905) 527-3823
Français: (905) 527-3823 ext. 269
Fax: (905) 546-5779
Address: Main Office – 447 Main Street East, Unit 201, Hamilton, ON
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.cfshw.com/
St. Martin’s Manor: Phone: (905) 575-7500
Other:
Accessible location? Yes
French language services? Yes
Interpretation services? Yes
Centre de santé communautaire Hamilton Niagara
Population:
Communauté francophone de Hamilton et la région du Niagara
Services:
- Services de soutien personnalisé et confidentiel qui abordent les problématiques liées à la violence à l’encontre des femmes
- Services d’aiguillage, de référence et d’accompagnement tels que dans de milieu hospitalier, policier et juridique, assistance pratique, défense des droits et intérêts et assistance pour compléter un rapport anonyme.
- Programme d’intervention précoce pour les enfants exposés à la violence
- Programme d’intervention auprès des partenaires violents (PAR) mandaté par la Cour
- Autres services offerts aux francophones de tout âge:
- Santé primaire (médecin de famille, infirmières, diététiste, services périnataux, ergothérapeute, soins des pieds, services aux aîné(e)s, etc.)
- Santé mentale et toxicomanie, programmes et services d’établissement et adaptation, et programmes et services en santé et bien-être
Contact:
Téléphone : (905) 528-0163
Gratuit : 1 (866) 437-7606
Fax : (905) 528-9196
Adresse : 1320 rue Barton est, Hamilton ON, L8H 2W1
Site : http://www.cschn.ca/
Autre:
Emplacement accessible ? Oui
Le service en français ? Oui
Services d’interprétation ? Non
Elizabeth Fry Society
Population Served:
Women who have or are at risk of being criminalized
Services Offered:
- Resource centre; housing, case management, employment assistance, addiction supports, access to computers and other resources, mobile team
- Violence against women: individual counselling
- Teen esteem; education and celebration of being a woman
- Community service order; supports for conditions of probation and community service
- Anger group- reclaiming of a women’s anger through education and information
- Fraud and shoplifters rehabilitation
- Court support
- Opportunities For women- pre-contemplative group , healthy relationships,communication, self esteem
- Institutional release planning
- Sex trade awareness and resource services
Contact:
Phone: (905) 527-3097
Fax: (905) 527-4278
Address: 987 King St. East, Suite 203 Hamilton
Web: www.efrysouthernontarioregion.org/programs.html<
Other:
Accessible Location? Yes
French Language Services? No
Interpretation Services? As needed
Flamborough Women's Resource Centre
Population Served:
Women
Services Offered:
- Individual counselling
- Legal advocacy
- Transitional housing support
- Peer counselling
- Information and community referrals
- Employment counselling
- Teen peer support groups
- Women’s groups
Contact:
Crisis: (905) 387-8881
Phone: (289) 895-8580
Fax: (289) 895-8525
Address: 17 Main Street South, Waterdown ON
Email: [email protected]
Other:
Accessible location? No
French language services? No
Good Shepherd Women's Services
Population Served:
Women and their children
Services Offered:
- Mary’s Place; shelter residence for women
- Martha House; shelter residence for women and children fleeing abuse
- Community and counselling services; violence against women, child and youth, migrant women workers project, wellness program, sage family camp.
- Housing and support services; transitional housing and support program, legal advocate, family court support, second stage services, housing and stage works
- Medical services; health clinic, comfort foot care, dental hygiene for children
Contact:
Crisis Line: (905) 523-6277
Phone:(905) 523-8766
Fax: (905) 523-0914
Web:www.goodshepherdcentres.ca/womens-services
Other:
Accessible location? Yes
French language services? Yes
Interpretation services? Off-site translation services available
Hamilton Regional Indian Centre
Population Served:
Urban aboriginal people
Services Offered:
- Addictions counselling
- Criminal/family courtwork program
- Family support; families with children 0-6 years, culturally based activities
- Healing and wellness program
- Healthy babies/healthy children program
- Prenatal/nutrition program
- Akwe: go program; cultural activities for children 7-12 years old
Contact:
Phone: (905) 548-9593
Fax: (905) 545-4077
Email: [email protected]
Address: 34 Ottawa St N, Hamilton ON
Web:www.hric.ca/index.php
Other:
Accessible location? Yes
French language services? No
Interpretation services? No
Hamilton Urban Core Community Health Centre
Population Served:
All residents of Hamilton
Services Offered:
- Art from the Heart; for those struggling with difficult emotions, are chronically ill, isolated or had traumatic experiences. Uses art as a medium of expression to improve mental health
- Serenity “N” Motion; self-esteem workshops, relaxation sessions, discussion groups and community services activities
Contact:
Phone: (905) 522-3233
Fax: (905) 522-3433
Address: 71 Rebecca Street, Hamilton, ON
Web:www.hucchc.com/index.html
Other:
Accessible location? Yes
French language services? No
Interpretation services? Yes
Interval House of Hamilton
Population Served:
Women (16+) who are experiencing violence/abuse and
their children
Services Offered:
- 24 Hour/7 Day a Week Crisis Phone
- Emergency shelter providing meals, emergency clothing and personal needs at no cost to client
- Emergency transportation to shelter
- Counselling supports for women in house and in the community
- Child and youth support services
- Community Transitional Housing Support Program
- Support around access to legal systems (family, criminal, immigration, child welfare etc)
- Safety planning
Contact:
Crisis: (905) 387-8881
Business Line: (905) 387-9959
Business Fax: (905) 387-0019
Program Fax: (905) 387-0563
E-mail: [email protected]
Other:
Accessible location? Yes
French language services? Yes
Interpretation services? Yes
Native Women's Centre
Population Served:
All women and their children who are experiencing crisis
Services Offered:
- Emergency shelter, short term stay, 8 rooms totalling 15 beds
- Safety planning
- 24 hour crisis line
- Counselling for residents, non-residents and past residents
- Emergency transportation to Shelter
- Information and referrals to other community resources
- Woman Abuse Education Program
- Access to Traditional Native methods of healing, but remains sensitive to other cultures
- Referral to transitional housing; Honouring the Circle
- Transitional Housing Support worker on site
Contact:
Toll free/Crisis: 1 (888) 308-6559
Telephone/Crisis: (905) 664-1114
Fax: (905) 664-1101
Web: www.nativewomenscentre.com
Other:
Accessible location? Yes
French language services? No
Interpretation services? No
North Hamilton Community Health Centre
Population Served:
Primarily residents of the north end of Hamilton
Services Offered:
- Primary care: assessment, diagnosis and management by health professionals
- Health wellness: physiotherapy, chiropody (foot care), nutrition, kinesiology, occupational therapy, asthma therapy, and diabetes education
- Mental wellness: social work, client advocacy and counselling
- Feet first – steps for health: free diabetes foot care to seniors or others with limited resources
Contact:
Phone:(905) 523-6611 ext. 2000
Administration fax: (905) 523-5173
Medical fax: (905) 523-8735
Address: 438 Hughson Street North, Hamilton ON
Web: www.nhchc.ca/default/index
Other:
Accessible location? Yes
French language services? Yes
Interpretation services? Yes
Phoenix Place
Population Served:
Women and children
Services Offered:
- Individual and group counselling around breaking the cycle of violence
- Support and referrals to other community groups
- Support with respect to education, parenting, employment, housing, income support, health and wellness, legal aid and more
- Court assistance
Contact:
Phone: (905) 527-2238
Fax: (905) 527-1219
Web: www.phoenixplace.ca/main.html
Other:
Accessible location? No
French language services? No
Interpretation services? No
Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Care Centre
Population Served:
Medical/Forensic Services: anyone who has been recently sexually assaulted; women who have recently experienced intimate partner violence
Counselling Services: adolescents and adults who have experienced sexual assault or intimate partner violence at any point in their lives, support persons can receive counselling services also
Services Offered:
- Emergency medical care and forensic evidence collection
- Follow up medical care
- Counselling services
Contact:
Crisis: present to Hamilton Health Sciences Emergency Departments
Business:(905) 521-2100 ext. 73557
Fax: (905) 521-5071
Address: 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton ON
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/areas-of-care/emergency-care/sexual-assault-domestic-violence/
Other:
Accessible location? Yes
French language services? No
Interpretation services? Yes
The AIDS Network
Population Served:
Women, men, children and families living with and affected by HIV/AIDS
Services Offered:
- Individualized one on one supports
- Practical supports for individuals living with HIV; home cooked meals, emergency food bank, vitamin and meal replacement program, food box, transport to medical appointments, support groups, prison outreach support, referrals, complimentary therapies, community garden.
- Group social support activities
Contact:
Phone: 1 (866) 563-0563
Fax: (905) 528-6311
Address: 140 King Street East, Suite 101, Hamilton ON
Web:www.aidsnetwork.ca/hamilton
Other:
Accessible location? Yes
French language services? No
Interpretation services? No
Women's Centre of Hamilton
Population Served:
Women (16+)
Services Offered:
- Information and referrals
- Advocacy and support
- Employment counselling
- Individual violence against women counselling
- Women’s groups
- Jared’s Place – legal advocacy and resource centre
- Individual peer support
- Peer support training
Contact:
Crisis:(905) 387-8881
Phone: (905) 522-0127
Address: 100 Main Street East, Suite 205, Hamilton ON
Web: www.intervalhousehamilton.org/our-services
Other:
Accessible location? Yes
French language services? No
Interpretation services? Yes