Resource Lists
- Provincial Resources and Supports for Families:
- Help Lines/Crisis Services
- Mental Health
- Intimate Partner Violence/Sexual Assault/Human Trafficking
- Alcohol and Addictions Misuse Support
- Housing and Food Insecurity
- Financial and Employment Supports
- Resources for Teens and Youth
- Families and Caregivers
- First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Resources
- Health and Primary Care Providers
- Rights, Policies, and Legal Resources
Regional Organizations
- 211 Ontario North
- Anti-Hunger Coalition Timmins
- Cochrane District Social Planning Council
- Cochrane District Services Board (CDSB)
- District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board (DTSSAB)
- Living Space
- Planet Youth Timiskaming
- Porcupine Health Unit (PHU)
- Timiskaming Drug and Alcohol Strategy
- Timiskaming Health Unit (THU)
- Timmins.CARE
- TimminsYouth.CARE
- Timmins Youth Wellness Hub (TYWH)
Provincial, National and International Organizations
- Campaign 2000
- Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children
- Child Welfare Immigration Centre of Excellence (CWICE)
- Child Welfare League of Canada
- Child Welfare League of America
- Children's Mental Health Ontario (CMHO)
- Council of Canadian Child and Youth Care Associations
- Correctional Service of Canada (CSC)
- Developmental Services Ontario (DSO): Transitioning from youth to adult services
- Employment and Social Development Canada
- Foster Parent Society of Ontario (FPSO)
- Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (MCCSS)
- Ontario Autism Program (OAP)
- Ontario Association of Child and Youth Care
- Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies (OACAS)
- Ontario Association of Residences Treating Youth
- Ontario Child Advocate
- PART (Practice and Research Together)
- Save The Children
Children and Youth
- Access Autism Services
- Boost Child & Youth Advocacy Centre (CYAC)
- Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness/Martin Arnold Kruze Memorial Fund
- Child Find Canada
- Funding/Respite Services for Children & Youth with Disabilities
- Justice for Children and Youth
- Missing Children Society of Canada
- National Youth in Care Network
- Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care
- Ontario Early Child Development
- Our Missing Children (an RCMP site)
- Project C.A.N.O.E.
- Safe Kids Canada/Parachute
- The care you deserve while receiving licensed care
- Youth Employment Services
2SLGBTQ+ Resources
- Rainbow Health Ontario Resource Database
- Serving LGBT2SQ Children and Youth in the Child Welfare System: A Resource Guide
- CMHA – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans & Queer identified People and Mental Health
- Parents, Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
- Lesbian, Gay, Bi & Trans Youthline
- Kids Help Phone online space for 2SLGBTQ+ youth and allies
Mental Health
- 9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline
- Bounce Back
- Canadian Mental Health Association – Ontario
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
- Children’s Mental Health Ontario (CMHO)
- Child and Parent Resource Institute (CPRI)
- ConnexOntario - Mental Health, Addiction and Problem Gambling Services
- Family Connections (FC) at the Sashbear Foundation (Free peer-to-peer program that provides skills, support and hope for family members or friends of someone with emotion dysregulation)
- Government of Ontario - Health and Wellness
- Kids Help Phone
- Knowledge Institute on Child and Youth Mental Health and Addictions
- Mental Health - Porcupine Health Unit
- Mental Health - Timiskaming Health Unit
- Mindyourmind
- One Stop Talk / Parlons maintenant
- Togetherall
- Triple P - Positive Parenting Program
- School Mental Health Ontario
- Youth Wellness Hub Timmins (Free counselling is available for youth 12 to 25)
- Youth Wellness Hub Kapuskasing (Facebook Page)
Family, Parenting and Foster Parenting
- Bereaved Families of Ontario
- Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Canada
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada
- CanGrands - providing support for kin caregiver families
- CanLAC - Canadian Looking After Children
- Community resources for families who are new to Canada or dealing with unresolved immigration issues
- Child and Family Services Review Board
- Foster Parents Society of Ontario
- Homes for Kids
- La Leche League International
- League of Ontario Foster Families
- Mindful Bottle Toolkit
- Motherisk
- Mothering
- Ontario Child Protection Mediation Roster Program
- Ontario Caregiver Organization
- Parenting and Pregnancy Support - Healthy Babies Healthy Children (Porcupine Health Unit)
- Parenting in Timiskaming - Healthy Babies Healthy Children (Timiskmaing Health Unit)
- Today's Parent
- Winning Kids - Foster and Adoptive Care in Eastern Ontario
Adoption
- Adoption Council of Canada
- Adoption Council of Ontario
- AdoptOntario
- AdoptiveParents.ca
- Canadian Adoptees Registry
- Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
- North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC)
Education
- Canadian Safe School Network
- Conseil scolaire catholique de district des Grandes Rivières (CSCDGR)
- Conseil scolaire public du Nord-Est de l'Ontario (CSPNE)
- District School Board Ontario North East (DSB1)
- Ministry of Education
- Northeastern Catholic District School Board (NCDSB)
Health
- Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
- Canadian Institute for Child Health
- Canadian Mental Health Association
- Canadian Paediatric Society
- Caring for Kids- Canadian Paediatric Society
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
- CHEO Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health
- Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale in Ontario
- Children's Mental Health Ontario
- Équipe Santé Ontario Cochrane District Ontario Health Team (ÉSOCDOHT)
- Health Canada
- Health Connect Ontario - 811
- Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto
- Kids Health
- Northeast Healthline
- North East Region Virtual Care Clinic
- Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health
Rights, Policies, and Legal Resources
- Ombudsman Ontario
- Department of Justice Canada
- Child Advocacy Project
- Justice for Children and Youth
- Law FAQ for Youth
- Legal Aid
- Ontario Child Protection Mediation Roster Program
- Pro Bono Law Ontario
First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Resources
- Assembly of First Nations
- Association of Native Child and Family Services Agencies in Ontario (ANCFSAO)
- First Nations Family Caring Society of Canada
- National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA)
- Native Child and Family Services of Toronto
- Sixties Scoop lawsuit
- Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO)
- First Nations and Inuit Hope for Wellness Help Line
- Native Youth Resource Center (NCFST)
- Talk4Healing
- Traditional Indigenous Kinship Practices at Home Guide
- Aboriginal Legal Services
- The Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC)
- The Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA)
- National Residential School Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419