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APPENDIX C – Examples of Emergency Support Referrals Identified in Decision Maker Survey

APPENDIX C – Examples of Emergency Support Referrals Identified in Decision Maker Survey

Local Supports

  • Addictions resources
  • Adult Day Programs
  • Alcoholics Anonymous
  • Church Groups
  • Community Mental Health Services
  • Credit/financial counselling
  • Debt Counselling Society
  • Food banks
  • Grief Support groups
  • Hope Mission
  • Hospitals
  • Immigrant Services
  • Legal Referral
  • Local Rental Subsidy wait list
  • Meals on Wheels
  • Police Agencies
  • Realtors
  • Senior Resource Centres
  • Seniors for Seniors
  • Shelters (homeless, women and children’s abuse etc.)
  • Transitional Housing programs
  • Valour Place
  • Veterans Food Bank
  • Veterans Villa

Provincial Supports

  • Addictions Treatment Centres
  • Adult Protection
  • Alberta Veterans Service Centre
  • Alberta Works Income Support
  • Alzheimer/Dementia Care
  • BC Housing
  • Family Court
  • Island Health Community Care
  • Low-Cost Dental Clinics
  • MB Rent Assistance
  • NB Housing
  • Ontario 211
  • Ontario Disability Support Program
  • Ontario Family School Supply
  • Ontario Works
  • Pain Management Clinic
  • Provincial Child Day Care Subsidy
  • Provincial Housing Resources
  • Provincial Income Support
  • Provincial Seniors Support
  • Provincial Social Services
  • Psychiatrist/Psychologist referrals
  • Social Assistance Grants
  • Social Work Services

National Supports

  • Canadian Cancer Society
  • Canadian Emergency Response Benefit
  • Canadian Forces Personal Assistance Fund
  • Canadian Mental Health Association
  • Canadian National Institute for the Blind
  • Department of National Defence Emergency Programs
  • Easter Seals
  • Employment and Social Development Canada
  • Manual Life (Public Service Health Care)
  • March of Dimes
  • Military Family Resource Centre
  • Operational Stress Injury Clinic
  • Operational Stress Injury Social Support
  • Red Cross
  • Royal Canadian Legion (Poppy Fund, Leave the Streets Behind Program, etc.)
  • Salvation Army
  • SISIP Financial
  • Soldier On
  • Soldier's Aid Commission
  • Soldier's Helping Soldiers
  • VAC Assistance Line
  • VAC Programs and Assistance Funds
  • VETS Canada
  • Wounded Warriors