Child Abuse

Services for residents

• Temporary accommodation: up to 3 months.
• House Second Step: transition housing for women who have already stayed at the organization.
• Individual and group follow ups, post-housing follow ups and social reintegration.
• Monitoring of mother-child relationships and respite.
• Various workshops open to all: mental loads, setting limits, etc.
• Accompaniment, hospitality and references.
• Listen to the phone.

Services available to all women 18 old and over

• Accompaniment, hospitality and references.
• Various workshops: mental load, setting limits, etc.
• Individual and group monitoring, post-accommodation monitoring and social reintegration.
• Monitoring of mother-child relationships and respite.
• Prevention and awareness.

Seniors

• Sending friendship and comfort cards and memory games by mail.
• Friendly phone calls.
• Percussion workshops.
• Cooking workshops.

Teens and young adults

• Civic engagement and mentoring program.
• Menstrual calendar club (education and awareness about menstruation).
• Social, recreational, and sports activities.
• Workshops: self-esteem, leadership, violence prevention.
• Cooking workshops.

Immigrant women

• Support and guidance.
• Workshops on combating violence against girls and women.
• Workshops: capacity building and awareness-raising on the rights of immigrant women with precarious status.

General Services

• Black History Month: combating racism and raising awareness about the contributions of Black people to Québec and Canadian society.
• Christmas food baskets for vulnerable women with children 16 years old and under.
• Christmas reception.
• School supplies for vulnerable women with children 16 years old and under.

Street and outreach work.

• Welcoming, listening, support, assistance and referral.
• Guidance and accompaniment to resources: housing, addiction treatment, food bank, methadone program, etc.
• First aid.
• Bus ticket donations.
• Assistance with mediation between peers and within families.
• Accompaniment to job search assistance resources.
• Housing search assistance.
• Condom distribution and needle exchange.
• Naxolone distribution.
• Distribution of fentanyl test strips.
• Outreach cultural and sports animation work for youth at risk.
• Criminality and criminal gangs recruitment prevention.
• Sexual health, drug addictions, homelessness and violence prevention services.
• Workshops, information and awareness in schools.

Meeting place for youth.

• Discussion, information and daily support.
• Music, sports and creative activities.
• Outings.
• Access to equipment: computers, kitchen, music room, sports and circus gear, pool table, ping-pong, foosball, video games, board games, art material etc.
• Homework assistance.
• Popular education.
• Outreach work, intervention and prevention of STDs, violence, addiction and delinquence.

Shelter house for women victim of domestic violence.

• Three to five weeks' accommodation.
• Intervention and follow-up.
• Phone consultation and accompaniment.
• Intervention with children.
• External services without housing.

• Psychosocial intervention.
• Accompaniment to court, to immigration procedures and more.
• Telephone support and referral line.
• English support group.
• Community education and information on domestic violence.
• Services for children exposed to domestic violence.
• Specialized services for women in the Jewish community.
• Community support groups and activity clubs.

Shelter for women victims of domestic violence and their children.

• Shelter.
• Intervention line, support, information and referral.
• Follow-up with the women housed and post-housing.
• Intervention with children exposed or victims of domestic violence.
• Accompaniment in the processes: lawyers, court, local employment centre, youth centres, etc.

Male perpetrators of domestic violence, family violence or violence in another context * Individual meetings.

• Support groups.
• Awareness workshops.

Men in difficulty or experiencing violence :

• Individual meetings.

Youth and family

• Individual meetings.
• Prevention activities.
• Parent training.
• Parent support group.

Prevention of juvenile delinquency.

• Day centre for young at risk of dropping out.
• Manual and self-knowledge activities.
• Development and application of extrajudicial and judicial measures under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
• Information and consultation with victims of crime.
• Prevention of crime in schools.
• Community support in the implementation of programs related to conflict resolution.

Bikers association supporting abused children.

• General support and accompaniment for children victim of abuse in need.
• 24/7 hotline.
• Friendly meetings.
• Physical presence at the child's home when necessary.
• Child abuse prevention.
• Accompaniment to court.
• Association meetings open to the public.

• Weekly individual meetings.
• Closed support group for youth.
• Self-help group for women.
• Telephone listening.
• Accompaniment through procedures.
• Interactive workshops on sexual assault issues.
• Meetings with relatives.

Reducing violence against children and providing information to the general public.

* Personal safety education program: kidsintheknow.ca/en * A platform to help parents and guardians protect their children on the Internet and reduce the risk of child abuse: parentscyberavertis.ca/app/en/index * Child sexual abuse prevention in child-serving organizations: prioritejeunesse.ca/en * Canadian Missing Children Resource Centre: www.enfantsportesdisparus.ca/en * Participation in the search for missing children.

• Child Sexual Exploitation Resource and Referral Centre: www.cyberaide.ca/en

* Information and support for teenagers to help them block the spread of sexual photos and videos: www.aidezmoisvp.ca/en

Promoting mental health and well-being for people and collectivities.

• Tools and workshops for a good mental health.
• Trainings to promote well-being in personal and relational abilities.
• Information and referral service towards mutual aid and support groups in Outaouais: capsante-outaouais.org/groupes
• Help with the creation of new mutual aid groups and support for existing groups: training, visibility, free loan of facilities, etc.

Meeting place for teens aged 12 to 17.

• Information, listening, support, and referrals.
• Social and recreational activities.
• Recording studio.
• Psychosocial support.
• Homework help.
• Various workshops and awareness-raising: drug use, sexuality, family relationships, studies, etc.
• Distribution of condoms.
• Distribution of menstrual products.

Treatment relative to sexual abuse.

• Group and individual treatment for victims.
• Group and individual treatment for sexual offenders.
• Psychosexual assessment for sexual offenders.

Prevention of sexual violence against children and adolescents.

• Support to children and adolescents who are victims of sexual violence and their parents: police interview, medical examination, needs assessment, psychosocial treatment. (Collaboration with medical partners, police, CAVAC)
• Awareness among children, parents and counsellors in community, school or health sectors.
• Training for counsellors: conferences, webinars.
• Specialized clinical services for children showing problematic sexual behaviors.

Psychosocial and psychotherapeutic group intervention for families and people confronted with child sexual abuse.

• Prevention and intervention groups for child victims 3 to 5 years old from at-risk environments.
• Prevention groups for child victims 6 to 8 years old and 9 to 12 years old.
• Therapeutic groups for sexually abused adolescents 12 to 17 years old.
• Specialized prevention groups for adolescents 12 to 17 years old with risk factors related to sexual exploitation.
• Intervention groups for parents whose child has been sexually abused.
• Therapeutic groups for men who have been sexually abused in their childhood.
• Treatment groups for adolescents and adults who have sexually abused a child.

Youth protection.

• Reports reception and assessment for acts of neglect, violence, abuse against a young person or behavioral disorders, under the Act on the Protection of youth.
• Phone consultation service without reporting.
• Psychosocial adaptation and rehabilitation.
• Psychosocial services for young offenders when necessary (under the Youth Criminal Justice Act).
• Housing: foster families, group homes, rehabilitation centers and intermediate resources.
• Adoption services, biological parents search.
• Expertise service to the Superior Court.
• Youth in difficulties Research centre.

Promotion of non-violence through education.

• Training sessions on peaceful resolution of conflicts and active non-violence.
• Support meetings.
• Specialized documentation centre.
• Consultation on violence prevention in schools.
• Involvement in various projects.
• Quarterly newsletter.

Place for meeting, services and referral.

• Listening, accompaniment and counselling.
• Sports and cultural activities, outings.
• Homework assistance.
• Prevention, awareness and education activities.
• Food assistance, every 2 weeks.
• Training on democratic life.
• Music room.
• Cultural and humanitarian trip.