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If you have a concern about the safety and/or well-being of a child or youth under 18, immediately contact North Eastern Ontario Family and Children’s Services (NEOFACS).

Call us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at 705-360-7100 or Toll-Free at 1-800-665-7743 in the Cochrane District or 1-866-229-5437 in the Timiskaming District.

Contact information for your local Children’s Aid Society or Indigenous Child and Family Well-Being Agency is available here.

Find child and youth mental health services available in your community.

Quick Links

• Resource Lists
• Regional Organizations
• Provincial, National and International Organizations
• Children and Youth
• 2SLGBTQ+ Resources
• Mental Health
• Family, Parenting and Foster Parenting
• Adoption
• Education
• Health
• Rights, Policies, and Legal Resources
• First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Resources

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
  • Preparing for Transition to Adult 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
  • Find an EarlyON Child and Family Centre
• 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
  • Call or text 9-8-8 toll-free, any time — lines are open 24/7/365
• 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)
• 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
  • Positive Parenting Strategies
  • Tipsheet - After a Natural Disaster
• School Mental Health Ontario
  • Self-Care 101 Resource
  • Reaching Out Resource
  • No Problem Too Big or Too Small: student help-seeking resource
• 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
• 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
  • Centralized Adoption Intake
• 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
• Health Canada
• Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto
• Kids Health
• Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health

Rights, Policies, and Legal Resources

• Ombudsman Ontario
  • Children and Youth Unit
• 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