A 40-bed emergency shelter for individuals and their children who are fleeing violence and abuse.
Programs and service:
A 40-bed emergency shelter for individuals and their children who are fleeing violence and abuse.
Programs and service:
A team of counsellors provide services to support individuals, couples, and families facing a very broad range of issues. Counselling modalities include traditional talk therapy, art therapy, and attachment therapy.
Provides a range of programs to help newcomers get settled in Canada, including peer-to-peer support groups, settlement and referral services, English conversation circles, and some translation services.
Provides comprehensive and accessible maternity care using a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach. The clinic is attended for prenatal visits and Maternity Centre doctors are on call for delivery at St. Joseph’s Hospital.
Provides a full range of educational, sport, and recreational activities for newcomers to Canada. These activities provide newcomer youth with a fun, supportive environment.
Services include:
24 hour confidential crisis line offering support for individuals experiencing domestic violence. Offers emergency counselling, crisis intervention, safety planning, and referral to community services or other emergency shelters.
Provides adoption and fostering education programs, home studies, adoption placement of children, kinship adoption, post-placement counselling and support, and fulfillment of legal requirements to finalize placement of children for adoption.
A youth worker from the John Howard Society is assigned to the Hamilton Wentworth District School Board to provide the following functions in the suspension/expulsion program:
Provides parents with informed support before, during, and after the birthing process. Services include:
Offers legal support and forms assistance to help transgender individuals through the process of legally changing their name and sex designation on Ontario and Canada government IDs, birth certificates, and other records.