Ottawa-Carleton, ON
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Starling Community Services (Formerly Lutherwood)
Provides a complete range of preventative and supportive interventions for children, adolescents and their families who are coping with behavioural, emotional or psychological problems. Services include:

*Children's Mental Health Services including live-in and day treatment, mobile crisis, youth shelter
*Youth Justice/open custody treatment
*Family Counselling Services
*Walk-in Counselling
*Supervised Access
*Autism Services
*Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Services
*Housing Services
*Employment Services
285 Benjamin Rd
Waterloo, ON, N2J 3Z4 Map
519-884-1470
Ages served: Up to 18 years
Languages served: English
Fees: None
To be seen: Clients/families may self refer
Area Served: Waterloo Regional Municipality

Programs/Services Include...

Child & Parent Place (CAPP)
*Helps separated or divorced parents keep good, healthy relationships with their children by offering a neutral, supervised place for parents to:
*Visit with their children, or
*Drop-off and pick-up children to exchange them from one approved parent to another.
30 Wyndham St. N.
Guelph, ON, N1H 4E5 Map
519-822-4141 x1532
Ages served: All ages
Languages served: English
Fees: Yes (There is an annual fee which is paid before the visits or exchanges begin.)
Child & Parent Place (CAPP)
*Helps separated or divorced parents keep good, healthy relationships with their children by offering a neutral, supervised place for parents to:
*Visit with their children, or
*Drop-off and pick-up children to exchange them from one approved parent to another.
*Access centres are located in Kitchener, Cambridge and Guelph.
35 Dickson St.
Cambridge, ON, N1R 7A6 Map
519-743-1460 x1298
Ages served: Up to 18 years
Languages served: English
Fees: Yes (There is an annual fee which is paid before the visits or exchanges begin.)
Community Mental Health
A joint initiative between Carizon and Lutherwood, Front Door provides centralized access for families and young people in Waterloo Region who are looking for assistance and services.

Services include:
*Centralized intake for all Lutherwood and Carizon programs, referrals can be made to appropriate areas
*Walk-in Counselling
*Mobile Crisis
*Intensive home-based family counselling
*Intensive Support and Resource Co-ordination Program (ISRCP)

In addition, Lutherwood offers
- Community Youth Justice Programs
- Hospitals and School Based Workers
- Family Counselling
1-1770 King Street East
Kitchener, ON, N2G 2P1 Map
519-749-2932
Ages served: Up to 18 years
Languages served: English
Fees: None
To be seen: Clients/families may self refer
Employment Services
*Connects people with employers, training, funding, and jobs.
*Free services in Cambridge, Kitchener, and Guelph help individuals find and maintain their jobs, entrepreneurs launch their businesses and employers recruit and train employees.
*Our resource centres include a job board, computers for employment-related use, workshops, and more.
*Services are targeted for the general public, young people, persons with disabilities, youth with mental health challenges, newcomers, students, and older workers.
30 Wyndham St. N.
Guelph, ON, N1H 4E5 Map
519-822-4141 x1532
Ages served: All ages
Languages served: English
Fees: None
Employment Services
*Connects people with employers, training, funding, and jobs.
*Free services in Cambridge, Kitchener, and Guelph help individuals find and maintain their jobs, entrepreneurs launch their businesses and employers recruit and train employees.
*Our resource centres include a job board, computers for employment-related use, workshops, and more.
*Services are targeted for the general public, young people, persons with disabilities, youth with mental health challenges, newcomers, students, and older workers.
165 King St. E
Kitchener, ON, N2G 2K8 Map
519-743-2460
Ages served: All ages
Languages served: English
Fees: None
Provides a range of services in Cambridge and Kitchener to support individuals and families to find and maintain safe and affordable housing. Services include:

*Housing Counselling
*Rent Bank and Eviction Prevention
*Families in Transition
*Whatever it Takes
*Safe Haven Shelter (for youth aged 12-15)
*Part of HHUG (Homelessness and Housing Umbrella Group)
35 Dickson St
Cambridge, ON, N1R 7A6 Map
519-749-8305 x7368
Ages served: All ages
Languages served: English
Fees: None
Residential & Day Treatment
Therapeutic services for youth experiencing significant mental health, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties at school, home, and/or in the community. Services include:
*Bridgelands (residential program for youth requiring longer term placement)
*Woodlands (residential program for youth requiring five day per week placement)
*Day Treatment (for youth requiring treatment in a school setting)
*Parklands (open-custody treatment)
285 Benjamin Rd
Waterloo, ON, N2J 3Z4 Map
519-884-1470
Ages served: 12 - 18 years
Languages served: English
Fees: Yes (Some services are free of charge, while other programs are fee-for-service.)
Safe Haven Youth Shelter
*Offers youth a safe alternative to living on the street.
*Open 24/7
*Provides assistance with family reintegration, family support, runaway prevention, skill-development, educational support, community resource support.
41 Weber St. W
Kitchener, ON, N2H 3Z1 Map
519-749-2450
Ages served: 12 - 15 years
Languages served: English
Fees: None
Youth Justice Services
Services include:
*Parklands (open-custody, court directed residential treatment)
*Youth Contact (community based probation services for high risk youth)
*Intensive Support and Supervision (court directed community intervention)
*Youth Court Worker (assistance and consultation within the court settting.
285 Benjamin Rd
Waterloo, ON, N2J 3Z4 Map
519-884-1470
Ages served: 12 - 18 years
Languages served: English
Fees: None
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This resource is listed under these topics

Crisis and Emergency
System Navigation, including Information and Referral Services
Emergency Shelter and Housing
Psychiatrists
Addictions (including Drugs, Alcohol and Gambling)
Attention Deficit Disorders (ADD/ADHD)
Anger
Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders
Behaviour and Conduct Problems
Bullying
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