Family Service Toronto
Free single session counselling (50 mins) for people 18+ years. No appointment or Ontario Health Insurance required. Counselling and support for individuals and families.
FCJ Refugee Centre
Public education and workshops on anti-human trafficking, Toronto Counter Human Trafficking Network, settlement, immigration and refugees, housing support and training. Orientations, legal assistance and referrals, info about immigration options, appropriate housing, employment support, counselling and other forms of psycho-social support.
Flemingdon Community Legal Services
Primarily deals with tenant issues, immigration, social assistance, pensions, Employment Insurance (EI), Legal Aid appeals; may provide representation. Provides legal services for persons who are deaf.
Headquarters
HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario (HALCO)
Representation, summary advice, law reform and education – Referrals to other legal and non-legal services when agency cannot provide service directly. Home and institutional visits with adequate notice.
Immigrant Women’s Health Centre (IWHC)
Free, confidential, culturally sensitive, and language accessible sexual health clinical services, counselling, support services, diagnostic screening and treatments, birth control (available for low cost), workshops. Serves women with and without Ontario Health Insurance Mobile Health Clinic: STI, pap and pregnancy tests, breast exams, referrals for mammograms and ultrasounds.
INTERCEDE: International Coalition to End Domestic Exploitation
Advocating for the rights of domestic workers, caregivers, and newcomers. Leadership and advocacy training, integration and settlement services, orientation, info, and counselling.
Jane Finch Community Legal Services
Deals with tenant rights, immigration, citizenship, Ontario Works (OW), Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Canada Pension Plan (CPP), Old Age Security (OAS), Employment Insurance (EI), Criminal Injuries Compensation, debtor and creditor, legal aid certificate appeals, notarizing documents, commissioning documents, statutory declarations and affidavits, and Power of Attorney (POA).
Justice for Children and Youth (JFCY)
Info about legal rights of children and youth in Ontario, provincial offences, education rights, and health and mental health care treatment legal rights. Provides representation and advocacy for youth under 18 years, education, assistance leaving home for 16+ years, a lawyer for homeless youth 16 to 25 years, select legal representation for low-income children and youth in Toronto, and Child Discipline, Child Protection & Child Custody.
Kensington-Bellwood’s Community Legal Services
Provides advice and representation, public legal education, law reform, and community development. Areas of law dealt with are housing, Employment Insurance (EI), employment standards, general administrative, immigration and refugee, income security, social assistance, human rights, domestic violence, and Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (CICB).
Landlord’s Self Help Centre (LSHC)
Community legal clinic that supports Ontario’s small-scale landlord community exclusively. Provides info, summary advice, referrals, educational materials, educational outreach programs, info to aid landlords in understanding their rights and responsibilities, and info on a variety of topics related to residential rental relationships.
Mental Health
METRAC (Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women & Children)
Promotes safety in communities, equity, and inclusion – Prevent violence, harassment, and discrimination; campaigns for prevention: May Be Me. Increases access to justice and builds youth leadership.
Mississauga Community Legal Services (MCLS)
May provide representation, and legal advice Deals with advocacy, public legal education, languages, expenses, financial eligibility, Ontario Works (OW), Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), immigration, Canada Pension Plan (CPP), Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), and tenant issues.
National Action Committee on the Status of Women
Action oriented organization. Focuses mainly on advocating for changes that will improve the status of women, women’s concerns and issues. Lobbies governments on behalf of over 700 organizations.
Native Women’s Resource Centre of Toronto
Women of Aboriginal ancestry, women with children of Aboriginal ancestry, and Aboriginal female youth. Food bank/programs, housing, crisis intervention, info and referral, literacy and basic skills program/academic upgrading to grade 10, urban orientation, advocacy, community outreach, and cultural programming (crafts, traditions, support groups, speakers, and fitness programs). Aboriginal Healthy Babies Healthy Children: home visits for families with children birth to 6 years, drop-in for mothers and children birth to 6 years, prenatal and postpartum support, early education support, links to community resources, and parenting class.
Neighbourhood Legal Services
Free legal services and assistance to low income individuals who live within our catchment area (Yonge St E to the Don Valley Pkwy, Bloor St S to the Toronto Islands) and qualify financially under Legal Aid Ontario’s guidelines.
Neighbourhood Resource Support
Nellie’s
Community support and outreach program. For single women 16 years + and women with children who are leaving situations of violence, poverty, and homelessness (trans-women positive facilities). Assistance for women in accessing/maintaining safe and affordable housing, developing community support networks, for women with mental health or substance abuse issues to live independently in the community. Info, referrals, community links (immigration and legal info), family advocacy, workshops, seminars, and support groups.
Oshawa (Central East Division)
Parkdale Community Legal Services
May assist assaulted women with court accompaniment, peace bonds, restraining order, injury compensation claims, and representation in cases where the alleged assailant counter charges. Deals with tenant issues, mental health, immigration, violence against women and children, refugee claims, social assistance, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), workers’ rights, Employment Insurance (EI), human rights and police complaints. May provide representation.