EFry Hope and Help for Women

Community programs

Group and individual counseling including theft prevention, anger management, drug and alcohol counselling

Court programs

Diversion and alternate measure programs including community service and counselling

• Court support program -- practical assistance, support, information to women in and out of custody

Youth Programs

Attendance Centres -- for young women in conflict with the law who have received probation, detention and/or custodial sentences

• programs and services include counselling, education, job skills/employment, parenting and anger management
• also located in Milton and Oakville
  
  

Transitional housing

Ellen House -- halfway house for women 18 years and older, capacity 10

• counselling, release planning

Marjorie Amos Residence -- open custody/open detention facility for young women 12-17 years, capacity 10

• helps reintegration into the community
• supervision and guidance
• educational upgrading
• life skills

Outreach/Preventative Education programs

Female Mobile Support (FMS), 416-312-6938 -- for female youth 12-24 years who have been involved, are still involved or at risk of sexual exploitation

• Monday-Sunday 24 hours
• support and services including housing, life skills, counselling, medical care and mentoring and advocacy
• referrals to community resources

Building Resiliency in Girls (BRG), 416-627-3701 -- prevention/intervention based program addressing the social, emotional and cultural needs of young women 12-18 years

Empowering Against Exploitation (EAE), 416-671-9726 OR 437-331-2134 -- preventative education program for young women 12-24 years to address online safety and sexual exploitation in the community

Change is Choice program -- addresses problems with substance abuse, anger management and criminal thinking to motivated women at Vanier Centre for Women to enter more intensive rehabilitation

• Halton Region
• Peel Region
• York Region