May 7, 2020 - Free mental health and addiction counselling resumes next week.
Five partner organizations have staffed Walk-In Counselling Service since November 2015.…Read More
JHSO in the News
April 27, 2020 - The Back Door Mission is teaming up with other local organizations to give help to the unsheltered in Oshawa and Durham during the COVID-19 pandemic.…Read More
April 27, 2020 - It’s time to get through this crisis together Sault Ste. Marie and to show that COVID-19 hasn’t cancelled our community spirit.…Read More
April 22, 2020 - When the weather warms up, inmates being released from the Toronto South Detention Centre with no place to go might again find help from John Howard Society workers.…Read More
April 20, 2020 - Through these times of uncertainty, the John Howard Society of Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton is committed to the continued support of our community and our neighbours. The health of our staff, volunteers, and clients remain our top priority, as does the continuation of our programs and services. Though our offices are closed to the public, we are continuing intakes, programming, and client communications through telephone, email, and online platforms.…Read More
April 20, 2020 - The law of bail has garnered a lot of attention in the last seven years, starting with the John Howard Society’s seminal paper identifying, and suggesting ways to ameliorate, the bail……Read More
April 15, 2020 - SAULT STE. MARIE — Angela Caputo is helping to feed students in geared-to-income housing during the COVID-19 pandemic.…Read More
April 8, 2020 - Ontario is hunkering down on its battle against COVID-19 by implementing new measures this week. The province announced on Tuesday that it will release nearly 2,000 Ontario inmates from its prisons to slow the spread of the virus. The move is being made in attempts to stop the spread of the virus through local prisons.…Read More