Community Services Department

Our Community Services Department provides the essential support people in our community need to overcome poverty and addiction issues.

Our programs help people build positive habits and open the door to meaningful relationships.

Every program has been created as a direct response to the current needs in our community, and each service is consistently updated to accommodate changes to the environment around us.

In cases where a program isn’t offered within our community, we work with our partners to find the services those in our community may need.

While some programs are offered free of charge, others are fee-for-service. Please ask for details.

Anti-Criminal Thinking

This 11-week program helps individuals reflect on their past behaviour, and its impact, in order to make meaningful and positive changes in their lives. Participants learn about common thinking errors and gain the skills they need to create positive futures for themselves.

Intensive Housing Case Management Program 

In partnership with the region of Peel, the goal of the program is to support individuals who have a history of extended and repeated homelessness to find and maintain a home.   

Individual Counselling

We provide short-term individual counselling and crisis support to both youth and adults in need. This includes those experiencing issues related to employment, housing, finances, mental health, addiction, relationships, parenting and self-management.

Our free counselling sessions provide individuals with the skills necessary for daily life.

Life Skills Workshops

This workshop is centered around essential life skills, such as problem-solving, goal setting, communication and managing stress. Our clients partake in experiential learning techniques like role-playing and small group discussions to help facilitate learning and change.

Our goal is to help our clients build their self-esteem and confidence when it comes to developing practical and transferrable skills for routine activities, such as job interviews and building relationships. We typically provide one-on-one counselling but also offer group counselling when possible.

Mental Health and Addiction Peer Support Program (MHAPS)

This program offers peer support for individuals contending with mental health and addiction problems. Clients in this program are referred to us directly from probation or parole. Our focus is on providing them with the tools they need to adapt back to life in their communities. This is a voluntary program.

Navigating Relationships

This 10-week program teaches how to build and maintain healthy relationships. Beliefs impact behaviours and through the program, each client learns how to move from violence to non-violence. They also learn the impact of family violence on their partners and children to help them resolve conflict safely and respectfully.

Resolve Anger and Emotion Management

This 12-week program teaches participants how to manage anger and other emotional episodes. We aim to help our clients reduce the intensity, frequency and duration of these outbursts by providing helpful coping mechanisms and communication advice.

Program participants can be court-mandated to attend or referred to us by family or friends; they may have had previous run-ins with the law, or they may be concerned of what could happen in the future if they don’t learn to effectively manage their emotions.

An eligibility assessment is required for participants to be accepted into this program.

Eviction Prevention Program 

Provide critical support to individuals and families facing the threat of eviction. This program aims to stabilize housing situations and prevent homelessness through a range of services and interventions, such as advocacy, counselling, and community referrals.  

 Wellness Response Assistance Program – Halton 

Addresses the barriers to the Social Determinants of Health faced by the most vulnerable in our communities. The program supports individuals demonstrating risk of involvement in the criminal justice system and vulnerability to other socioeconomic issues by providing individual and group programming, system navigation, support system building, and a variety of other supports.