York Region Resources Listing

IPV Resources (Intimate Partner Violence)

Assaulted Woman’s Helpline 24 hr hotline
416-863-0511 or 1-866-863-0511
www.awhl.org

York Region Police
1-866-876-5423
www.yrp.ca

Victim Services York Region
905-474-2955
www.victimservices-york.org

Victim Support Line
416-314-2447 or 1-888-579-2888
www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/ovss/programs.php

Family Court Support Worker Program
416-314-2447 or 1-888-579-2888
www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/ovss/familycourtworkerprogram

Yellow Brick House (Newmarket)
1-800-263-3247
www.yellowbrickhouse.org

Victim Services
905-853-4852
www.ontario.ca/victimservices

Family Law Information Center
905-853-4809 Ext 6223
York Region 50 Eagle Street West 2^ND Floor
www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/family/infoctr.php

Legal Aid Ontario
416-979-1446 or 1-800-668-8258
www.legalaid.on.ca/en/getting/typedomesticviolence.asp

Provides a free two-hour emergency consultation to anyone experiencing domestic violence
Gives lower income individual’s access to additional funded legal services
Applicants must apply for a Legal Aid Certificate and be approved to receive ongoing services

www.legalaid.on.ca/en/getting/eligibility.asp

*Duty Counsel
www.legalaid .on.ca/en/contact/contact.asp?type=dc

Duty counsel are private bar or Legal Aid Ontario staff lawyers who can give immediate, legal assistance to low-income people who appear in court without a lawyer.

Duty counsel services are available in most courthouses in Ontario, including more than 28 remote and fly-in locations.

Newmarket Courthouse (905-836-8580)

Family Responsibility Office (FRO)
416-326-1818 or 1-800-267-7263
www.mcss.gov.on.ca/en/mcss/programs/familyresponsibility

In Ontario, when a person is ordered by the court to pay child or spousal support payments, the support order is automatically filed with the Family Responsibility Office (FRO).

FRO is a program of the Government of Ontario that helps families get the support they are entitled to by collecting, distributing, and enforcing child and spousal support payments.

FRO plays an important role in ensuring the financial security of families who count on court-ordered support. We:

collect payments from the person who pays the support (the payor)
send payments to the person who is entitled to it (the recipient)
Collects, distribute, and enforces court-ordered child and spousal support payment FRO Customer service unit
416-243-1909 or 1-888-815-2757

Supervised Access
www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/family/supaccess.php

If you are going through a separation or divorce, it’s important that your children feel safe, loved and supported. Parenting arrangements can set out things like:

where children will live
how often they will spend time with each parent
who will be responsible for making major decisions about them
Parenting arrangements help ensure the child’s health and safety are put first.

DASA @ Mackenzie Health (York Region)
905-883-1212 ext. 0
mackenziehealth.ca/patientservicesemergencygage.php?id=404

The hospitals have forensic nurses on call 24-hours a day for youth and adults who:

Have experienced a sexual assault within the past 12 days
Have been assaulted by a partner within the past two weeks
Or a child who has been or is suspected to have been sexually assaulted in the past 72 hours

Options for care following an assault:

Examination and treatment of injuries
Free testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections
Free emergency contraception
Sexual assault forensic examination
Photographic documentation of injuries
Risk assessment, safety planning and link to other community services

Dr Roz’s Healing Place
www.drrozshealingplace.com

Family service of York Region- Georgina, Newmarket, Richmond Hill, and Markham
Tel: 905-895-2371
Toll Free: 1-888-223-3999
Fax: 905-895-2389
www.fsyr.ca/contact

Women Center of York Region
Tel: 905-853-9270
Toll Free: 1-855-853-9270
Fax: 905-853-9271
www.wcyr.ca

York Region Center for Community Safety- The Hub
Toll free: 1-855-541-2220
905-836-7601
yrccs.ca

Addiction Service of York Region
1-800-263-2288
www.asyr.ca

Catholic Community Services of York Region
Tel: 905-770- 7040
Toll free 1-800- 263-2075
Fax 905-770- 7064
Counselling Services Phone Extension: 241
Email: counselling@ccsyr.org
wwwccsyr.org

John Howard Society (Partner Abuse Response voluntary)
Phone: 416.408.4282
Fax: 416.408.2991
Email: info@johnhoward.on.ca
johnhoward.on.ca/yorkregion

In neighbourhoods and schools throughout the region, we offer programs that are proven to reduce crime and build protective factors in people’s lives.

Our programs help people develop life, relationship, and coping skills, and are offered to residents of all ages, regardless of whether they have been involved in the justice system.

Distress Center of York Region
1-855-310-2673
www.yssn.ca/310-cope

Shelter safe
Directory of women’s shelters and transition homes
www.sheltersafe.ca/ontario

York Region Sandgate Woman’s Shelters of York Region
905-722-3220 or 1-800-661-8294
(Richmond Hill and Jackson Point)
sandgate.ca

Emergency and Transitional Housing Services of York Region
1-877-464-9675 ext. 76140
TTY: 1-866-512-6228 (for the deaf or hard of hearing)

If you or someone you know is experiencing homelessness or fleeing an abusive situation, an emergency housing facility can provide temporary housing and wraparound supports.

All individuals and couples experiencing homelessness in York Region that are seeking shelter are asked to contact the

Transitional Shelter Intake Line at 1-877-464-9675 ext. 76140

Email: TransitionalShelter.Line@york.ca.

Families with children are asked to contact the

Family Shelter at Leeder Place at 1-888-554-5525. Both phone lines are answered 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Yellow Brick House (Richmond Hill and Aurora)
1-800-263-3247 or 905-727-1944
www.yellowbrickhouse.org

Safe Pet Program (Pet Shelter)
1-866-863-0511
www.ovma.org/pet-owners/safepet-program

Housing Help Center York Region

Markham Office
416-317-3655

Thornhill and Georgina Office
416-414-6779

Vaughan Office
416-268-0654

Richmond Hill Office
647-241-1237

Newmarket Office
647-267-5319

The Housing Help Centre works with both individuals and families in York Region to find and maintain affordable, safe housing. We work one-on-one with you to determine your housing needs, connect you with other government services, and to match you with landlords across the city. We’ll work with you to manage your case, and to provide needs-based services and follow-up.

www.shhc.ca/housing-help-york

York Region Housing Access
1-877-464-9675
accessyork@york.ca
www.york.ca/support/housing

Ontario Works
416-325-5666
Toll-free:1-888-789-4199
www.mcss.gov.on.ca/en/mcss/program/social/ow

Domestic Violence & Ontario works
www.ontario.ca/page/domestic-violence

CLOE-Community Legal Education Ontario
www.cleo.on.ca/en/resources-and-publications/resources-and-publications

FLEW Family Law Education for Woman
onefamilylaw.ca

FLEW is a public legal education project funded by the government of Ontario to assist women in understanding their family law rights. Unfortunately, we are not able to provide individual legal assistance.

Family Law Education for Women Project Coordinator: admin@onefamilylaw.ca.

One Family Law- Webinar
onefamilylaw.ca/webinars/

OWJN- Ontario Women’s Justice Network
owjn.org
The Ontario Women’s Justice Network (OWJN) is METRAC’s legal information website. OWJN tries to help survivors of violence and their supporters better understand legal rights in Ontario. We do not give legal advice. The website offers accessible legal information in a way that reflects the diverse experiences and realities of women. OWJN is a project of the non-profit organization

Your Legal Rights
cleoconnect.ca/legal-topic/family-law/

York Region Community Information Center
york.cioc.ca

Internet Resource

Cover Your Tracks Online
ywcatoronto.org
Developing a Safety plan
www.neighboursfriendsandfamilies.ca/i-want-to-help/safety-planning.html
Safety Planning
519-432-2204
Fax #: 519-679-3918
www.lawc.on.ca/safety-planning/
Abuse is wrong in any language
www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/cj-jp/fv-vf/fe-fa/index.html
Duluth Model of Power and Control
www.theduluthmodel.org/
- Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs (DAIP) began in 1980 as an initiative to reform the criminal justice system in Duluth, Minnesota. At that time, victims of domestic violence had little recourse when being assaulted by their intimate partners. Perpetrators were rarely arrested unless the assault happened in front of an officer, or the injuries sustained by the victim were serious. Choices for victims were limited initiate criminal justice charges, endure the abuse or flee the relationship.
- DAIP organizers activists in the battered women’s movement set out to understand the laws, policies, and procedures of the criminal justice system, as well as understand the cultures of each of the involved agencies. In doing so, they built relationships that allowed new interventions to be proposed and tested. The results were strikingly effective in keeping batterers from continuing their abuse. Eventually, eleven community agencies agreed to continue to formally work together to continue to make positive change in the criminal justice system around battering. This effort became known as “The Duluth Model.”
- Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs
  202 East Superior Street
  Duluth, MN 55802
  (218) 722-2781
  Fax: (218) 722-0779
Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence against Women and Children
www.metrac.org
Main number: 416-392-3135
Toll-free: 1-877-558-5570
Fax: 416-392-3136

New Baby / Post Natal Programs

Prenatal Care

Markham-Stouffville Hospital -Markham Site

https://www.oakvalleyhealth.ca/clinics-departments/stollery-family-centre-childbirth-children

Labour and Delivery- 905-472-7366
381 Church Street Markham, ON L3P 7P3

Midwifery services available
Prenatal tours available
Prenatal classes available

Southlake Regional Health Center

https://southlake.ca/patient-care-program/families-and-babies/

Labour and Delivery- 905-895-4521 ext 2225
596 Davis Drive Newmarket, ON L3Y 2P9

Midwifery services available
Prenatal tours available
Prenatal classes available

Mackenzie Health Hospital

https://www.mackenziehealth.ca/programs-services/mother-and-baby-care

Woman and Child Program- 905-883-1212 ext 5401
10 Trench Street Richmond Hill, ON L4C 4Z3

Midwifery services available
Prenatal tours available
Prenatal classes available

Uxbridge Community Midwives

https://www.uxbridgemidwives.com/

905-862-3535
uxbridemidwives@gmail.com
2 Campbell Drive Suite 207, Uxbridge

All Babies Count Prenatal Nutrition Program- York Region Health Unit

https://www.rainbowhealthontario.ca/service-provider-directory/abc-all-babies-count-canada-prenatal-nutrition-program/

905-853-5514
361 Eagle Street, Newmarket, ON L3Y 1K5

Free weekly prenatal nutrition program funded by Public Health Agency of Canada. Offering support for expecting parents to promote maternal and infant health. Information on nutrition, cooking classes, labour and delivery, breastfeeding, parenting, etc. Opportunity to socialize with other parents, eat a healthy meal and/or snack together and take home a gift card or groceries. Assistance with transportation and translation services may be available.

The MotHERS Program Smoking Information

https://www.themothersprogram.ca/during-pregnancy/whats-safe-whats-not/smoking

Breastfeeding Hotline

Telehealth Ontario’s 24/7 Breastfeeding advice and support service

Phone: 1-866-797-0000
TTY: 1-866-797-0007

Eat Right Ontario

https://www.kflaph.ca/en/partners-and-professionals/eat-right-ontario-supports-families-in-eating-well.aspx

La Leche League Canada
https://www.lllc.ca/

La Leche League Canada is a registered charity that provides peer support for pregnant women/parents, new moms/parents and beyond. We are parents like you who have breastfed, or chest fed our own children and now volunteer to support others to reach their goals. As volunteer Leaders we are accredited within La Leche League Canada after a detailed training program and have access to current scientific and legal information to help support others.

Telehealth Ontario

1-866-797-0000
Call to speak to a registered nurse for information about health-related concerns. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Rose of Sharon, Services for Young Mothers	361 Eagle Street East, Newmarket	(905)853-5514
CHATS- Community & Home Assistance to Seniors	240 Edward Street, Suite 1 Aurora	(905)713-6596
Blue Door Shelters- Kevin’s Place Youth Shelter	835 Gorham Street, Newmarket	(905)898-1015
Sandgate Women’s Shelter	4 Ashley Ct, Sutton West	(905)722-4043
Belinda’s Place- Women’s Shelter for women with no children	16580 Yonge Street, Newmarket	(289)366-4673
Yellow Brick House- Women’s Shelter	52 West Beaver Creek Rd Unit 4, Richmond Hill	(905)709-0900
Victim Services of York Region	16775 Yonge Street, Newmarket	(905)953-5363
360 Kids- Children and Youth at Risk of Homelessness	10415 Yonge Street, Richmond Hill	(905)475-6694
Women’s Centre of York Region	16775 Yonge Street Unit 207, Newmarket	(905)853-9270
PFLAG of York Region- for LGBTQ Community Support	10909 Yonge Street Unit 203, Richmond Hill	(1-866)977-3524
Family Services of York Region	1091 Gorham Street Unit 300, Newmarket	(905)895-2371
Catholic Community Services of York Region	21 Dunlop Street Unit 101, Richmond Hill	(905)770-7040
Cedar Centre- Trauma Support	17705 Leslie Street Unit 12, Newmarket	(905)853-3040
York Region Public Health	17150 Yonge Street, Newmarket	(1-877)464-9675
Canadian Mental Health Association	15150 Yonge Street Unit 201, Aurora	(905)841-3977
York Hills Centre for Children, Youth and Families	11225 Leslie Street, Richmond Hill	(905)503-9560
Welcome Centre Immigrant Services	16655 Yonge Street Unit 26, Newmarket	(289)841-3032
Aurora Food Pantry	350 Industrial Parkway South, Aurora	(905)841-1577
Newmarket Food Pantry	1251 Gorham Street Unit 8, Newmarket	(905)895-6823
Ontario SPCA York Region Animal Centre	16586 Woodbine Ave, Stouffville	(905)898-7122 ext. 306
York Region’s Children’s Aid Society	16915 Leslie Street, Newmarket	(905)895-2318
Abuse Hurts- Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness	120 Harry Walker Parkway North, Newmarket	(905)727-4357

Support Services

York Region Public Health

Women Support Services