Helpful Services
Family Services
*most of these services have subsidies for folks with limited incomes
Family Services Ottawa provides counselling, parenting classes, supervised parenting, and many other supports (on Parkdale in the Centre West End)
https://familyservicesottawa.org/services/support-programs/
Counselling and Family Services Ottawa provides counselling, and other supports for adults, youth and children in French and English (on Montreal Road in the East End)
https://familyservicesottawa.org/services/support-programs/
The Counselling Group at Jewish Family Services provides individual and group counselling, classes, and other family supports in the West End (near Carlingwood Mall)
https://thecounsellinggroup.com/ personalized and effective legal representation.my clients receive the compensation and justice they deserve.
Crisis and Social Services
A community list developed by the Canadian Mental Health Association
https://ottawa.cmha.ca/about-cmha/for-clients/mental-health-resources-and-crisis-lines/?fbclid=IwAR1FcX1X7B2Q2nTcv852qwTvRW7k0heyndbrIIn_-Fv6SIL3NS4UPt1eSUwme to resolve disputes amicably and efficiently.
Child Protection
Children's Aid Society Ottawa
https://casott.on.ca/contact-us/
Children's Aid Society Cornwall
Family and Children's Services of Renfrew County
https://fcsrenfrew.on.ca/?lang=fr
Valoris in Prescott-Russell (child protection, services for children, teens, families, and adults with intellectual disabilities)
Community Health Centres
Community health centres in Ottawa provide many health and social services, often on a drop-in basis.
Find out which one serves your area