Sector: Support Services, Victim Services, Bereavement, Senior Supports
Website: www.timminsvictimservices.ca
Contact: Michelle Gosselin, B.A. Victim Services & Mobile Crisis Supervisor |
michelle.gosseling@hkscounselling.ca
Phone: 705-372-1933
Location: 16 Ninth Street, PO Box 2248 Hearst ON, P0L 1N0
SupportLink is designed as an intervention strategy to address the need to enhance the safety of individuals identified at risk of domestic violence, sexual assault and/or stalking. The purpose of the SupportLink program is to increase safety and mobility for individuals identified at risk of domestics violence, sexual assault and/or stalking. A cell phone is part of an intervention strategy for person’s identified as high risk. VCARS is a community-based service, which assists police in providing short-term emotional and practical assistance to victims of crime, tragic circumstance, and disaster. Crisis Assistance is proved by specially trained community volunteers who are on-call to area police services 25 hours a day, 7 days a week. Volunteers are recruited from within each community and understand the particular needs of their areas. A comprehensive screening process and ongoing training ensures that victims are assisted with compassion, respect, and dignity in a confidential manner.
Funding source: Government of Ontario, Government of Canada, City of Timmins
