Links & Resources
The following lists are services in Durham specifically for families going through a separation or divorce. Each is focused on a particular need. Simply click on the title you wish to see for a list of services.
For further information about resources in Durham, contact the Information & Referral Co-ordinator at the Family Law Information Center (905) 579-1988, or Toll Free 1-877-294-6529.
Children and Youth Services
Legal and Assessment Resources
Women’s Services
Men’s Services
Family Services
Parenting Programs and Courses
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Children and Youth Servies
The following resources are currently available in the Durham Region and offer services specifically for children and youth whose families are going through a separation or divorce.
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTER OF CANADA
Ajax-Pickering 905-831-3777
Phone: 905-831-3777Website:
Website: www.bigbrothersandsistersofajaxpickering.com
Email: info@bbandsofap.com
Clarington
Phone: 905-623-6646
Website: www.bigbrothersandsisters.ca
Email:bbsclarington@aol.com
Oshawa-Whitby
Phone: 905-579-2551
Website: bbsclarington@aol.com
Email: bbbsow@bellnet.ca
FRONTENAC YOUTH SERVICES
Oshawa
Phone: 905-579-1551
Toll Free: 1-877-455-5527
Central Intake: 1-888-454-6275
Crisis Line: 1-800-742-1890
Website: www.frontenacyouthservices.org
Email: reception@frontenacyouthservices.org
GIRLS INCORPORATED OF DURHAM
Ajax
Phone: 905-428-8111
Toll Free: 1-887-5795
Website: www.girlsinc-durham.org
Email: info@durham.girls-inc.org
KINARK CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES
Whitby
Phone: 905-668-2411
Central Intake: 1-888-454-6275
Toll Free: 1-866-929-0061
Websit: www.kinark.on.ca
Email: info@kinark.on.ca
SIMCOE HALL SETTLEMENT HOUSE
Oshawa
Phone: 905-728-7525
Website: www.simcoehall.com
Email: info@simcoehall.com
THE YOUTH CENTER
Ajax
Phone: (905) 428-1212
Website: www.theyouthcentre.ca
Legal and Assessment Resources
ARCH DISABILITY LAW CENTER
phone: 416-482-8255
Toll Free: 1-866-482-2724
TTY: 416-482-1254
Toll Free TTY: 1-866-482-2728
Websie: www.archdisabilitylaw.ca
Email: archlib@lao.on.ca
DURHAM COMMUNITY LEGAL CLINIC
Oshawa
Phone: 905-728-7321
Toll Free: 1-888-297-2202
Website: www.durhamcommunitylegalclinic.ca
Email: dclcinfo@gmail.com
FAMILY RESPONSIBILITY OFFICE
For more information, contact your lawyer or the FRO directly at the Family Responsibility Office. A 24-hour automated info line is also available to assist you with your inquiries.
Client Services Call Center: 1-800-267-4330 or 416-326-1817
24-Hour Automated Info Line: 1-800-267-7263 or 416-326-1818
TTY Service for Deaf and Hard of Hearing: 1-866-545-0083
Website: www.thefrosolution.ca
LAW SOCIETY OF UPPER CANADA
Phone: 416-947-3300
Toll Free: 1-800-668-7380
Website: www.lsuc.on.ca
Email: Lawsociety@Isuc.on.ca
LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE
Phone: 416-947-3330
Toll Free: 1-800-268-8326
TTY Service for Deaf and Hard of Hearing: 416-644-4886
Website: lawrefer@lsuc.on.ca
Email: www.lsuc.on.ca
LEGAL AID ONTARIO
Oshawa
Phone: 905-576-2125
Toll Free: 1-866-595-0563
TTY Service for Deaf and Hard of Hearing: 1-866-641-8867
Website: www.legalaid.on.ca
OFFICE OF THE CHILDREN’S LAWYER
Phone: 416-314-8000
Website: www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/family/ocl
Women’s Services
ANISHNAABE KWEWAG GAMIG – ALDERVILE WOMEN’S SHELTER
Phone: 905-352-3898
Toll-free: 1-800-388-5171
Crisis Phone: 905-352-3708
Website: www.eagle.ca/~akg
Email: akg@eagle.ca
A.P.P.L.E COMMUNITY PROJECT
Ajax/Pickering
Phone: 905-619-2556
Crisis Line: 905-576-2997
Website: http://www.ywcadurham.org/content/view/36/70/
Email: ywcapple@ywcadurham.org
BETHESDA HOUSE
Bowmanville
Phone: 905-623-6045 ext. 206
24 hour support line: 905-623-6050
Toll Free: 1-800-338-3397
Website: www.bethesdahouse.ca
Email: bethesdahouse1@rogers.com
THE DENISE HOUSE
Oshawa
Phone: 905-728-7311
Toll Free: 1-800-263-3725
TTY Line: 905-728-4394
Website: www.thedenisehouse.com
Email: info@thedenisehouse.com
HERIZON HOUSE
Ajax
Phone: 905-426-1064 ext. 1
Crisis Line: 1-866-437-4066
Website: www.herizonhouse.com
Email: administration@herizonhouse.com
LUKE’S PLACE
Whitby
Phone: 905-728-0978
Website: www.lukesplace.ca
Email: admin@lukesplace.ca
MUSLIM WELFARE HOME FOR NEEDY WOMEN AND CHILDREN
Open to all faiths, the centre offers a variety of services free of charge including family counseling, legal advice, medical referrals and translation services. An indoor recreation facility is accessible for children.
Whitby
Phone: 905-665-0424
Website: www.muslimwelfarecentre.com
Email: muslim@muslimwelfarecentre.com
OUTWARD BOUND- WOMEN OF COURAGE PROGRAM
Phone: 705-382-5454
Toll Free: 1-888-688-9273 x. 224
Website: www.outwardbound.ca
WOMEN’S MULTICULTURAL RESOURCE & COUNSELING CENTRE OF DURHAM
Pickering
Phone: 905-427-7849
Toll free: 1-877-454-4035
Website: www.wmrccdurham.com
Email: info@wmrccdurham.com
WORK LINKS FOR WOMEN
Oshawa
Phone: 905-433-9539
Toll free: 1-866-375-9539
Website: www.northernlightscanada.ca
E-mail: worklinks@northernlightsosh.com
Y’s WISH SHELTER
Oshawa
Phone: 905-576-6743
Crisis Phone: 905-576-2997
Men’s Services
CORNERSTONE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION DURHAM INCORPORATED
Oshawa
133 Simcoe Street South
Oshawa, Ontario L1H 4G8
Phone: 905-433-0254
Email: ccadi@rogers.com
D.A.D.S. OF DURHAM (DADS AIMING FOR DIRECTION AND SUPPORT)
Website: www.jhsdurham.on.ca/dads/
Oshawa
Phone: 905-579-8482
Ajax
Phone: 905-427-8165
NEW CHOICES PARTNER ASSAULT RESPONSE PROGRAM (P.A.R. PROGRAM)
Whitby
Lowe Level
605 Rossland Road East
Whitby, Ontario L1N6A3
Phone: 905-668-4113 ext. 3994
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Family Services
CATHOLIC FAMILY SERVICES
Website: www.cfsdurham.com
Email: info@dfsdurham.com
Toll Free: 1-877-282-8932
Oshawa
Phone: 905-725-3513
Ajax
Phone: 905-428-1984
Port Perry
Phone: 905-985-4221
DISTRESS CENTRE DURHAM
Whitby
Phone: 905-430-3511
Local Helpline: 905-430-2522
Toll Free: 1-800-452-0688
Website: www.distresscentredurham.com
Email: dcd@distresscentredurham.com
DIVORCE CARE
Whitby
Phone: 905-723-6685
Email: kennedy.c@sympatico.ca
DURHAM CHILDREN’S AID SOCIETY
Oshawa
Phone: 905-433-1551
Toll Free: 1-800-461-8140
Website: www.durhamcas.ca
Email: durhamcas@durhamcas.ca
DURHAM REGION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE/SEXUAL VIOLENCE/SEXUAL ASSAULT CARE CENTRE (SACC)
24 Hour Emergency Services: 905-576-8711
Counselling Services 905-721-6128 ext 2787
Website: www.dvsacc.com
DURHAM RAPE CRISIS CENTRE (DRCC)
Whitby
Phone: 905-444-9672
24 Hour Crisis Line: 905-668-9200
Website: www.durhamrapecrisiscentre.com
Email: info@durhamrapecrisiscentre.com
EQUAL PARENTING OF DURHAM
Bowmanville
Phone: 905-697-1940
Email: rights4kids@hotmail.com
FAMILY SERVICES OF DURHAM
For intake, please call 1-866-840-6697
Website: www.durham.ca/social.asp?nr=/departments/social/famcounsel.htm
Ajax
Phone: 905-683-3451
Brock
Phone: 705-357-2241
Clarington
Phone: 905-623-9141 or 905-697-3400
Port Perry
Phone: 905-985-7665
Oshawa
Phone: 905-434-5855
Uxbridge
Phone: 905-852-4566
Whitby
Regional Office Phone: 905-666-6240
Phone: 905-668-1421 or 905-668-6860
JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY
Website: www.jhsdurham.on.ca
E-mail: jhs.durham@jhsdurham.on.ca
Ajax
Phone 905-427-8165
Bowmanville
Phone 905-623-6814
Oshawa
Phone: 905-579-8482
Email: oshawa.residence@jhsdurham.on.ca
Whitby
Phone: 905-666-8847
Email: whitby.residence@jhsdurham.on.ca
ONE-PARENT FAMILIES ASSOCIATION (OPFA)
Ajax/Pickering
Phone: 905-831-7098
Website: www.opfa.net
Oshawa/Whitby Chapter
Phone: 905-435-5351
Website: www.oshawa-whitby.co.nr
ONTARIO ASSOCIATION FOR FAMILY MEDIATION (OAFM)
Toll Free: 1-800-989-3025
Website: www.oafm.on.ca
Email: oafm@oafm.on.ca
PARENTS WITHOUT PARTNERS
Oshawa
Phone: 905-261-9021
Website: www.pwposhawa.com
Email: pwposhawa@hotmail.com
ROSE OF DURHAM
Toll free: 1-800-241-3534
Oshawa
200 Bond Street West
Oshawa, Ontario L1J 2L7
Phone: 905-432-3622
Port Perry
169 North Street, Unit 2
Port Perry, Ontario L9L 1B7
Phone: 905-985-4221
SALVATION ARMY – Family Services
Ajax
37 King's Crescent
Ajax, Ontario L1S 2L8
Phone: 905-427-7123
Email: familyservices@hope-communitychurch.com
Bowmanville
75 Liberty Street South
Bowmanville, Ontario L1C 2N8
Phone: 905-623-2185
Email: sacfsbowmanville@yahoo.com
Oshawa
45 King Street East
Oshawa, Ontario L1H 1B2
Phone: 905-723-7422
Email: cfs@oshawa.temple.org
Uxbridge
35 Toronto Street North
Uxbridge, Ontario L9P 1E6
Phone: 905-852-0090
Email: bnortheast@powergate.ca
Whitby
607 Palace Street
Whitby, Ontario L1N 6S5
Phone: 905-430-3454
Email: cburns34@bellnet.ca
SIMCOE HALL SETTLEMENT HOUSE
Oshawa
Phone: 905-728-7525
Website: www.simcoehall.com
Email: info@simcoehall.com
SUPERVISED ACCESS SERVICES OF DURHAM
Ajax
75 Centennial Road
Ajax, Ontario L1S 4S4
Phone: 905-619-4565 ext. 305
VICTIM CRISIS ASSISTANCE AND REFERRL SERVICE
Whitby
480 Taunton Road East
Whitby, Ontario L1N 5R5
Phone: 905-579-1520 ext. 1846
Toll-Free: 1-888-579-1520 ext. 1846
Website: www.drps.ca/internet_explorer/our_organization/unit.asp?Scope=Unit&ID=72
Email: vcars@drps.ca
VICTIM SERVICES UNIT, DURHAM REGIONAL POLICE SERVICE
Oshawa
Phone: 905-579-1520 ext. 5100
Website: http://www.drps.ca/internet_explorer/our_organization/unit.asp?Scope=Unit&ID=20
Email: victims@drps.ca
VICTIM WITNESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (VWAP)
Oshawa
Phone: 905-430-4170
419 King Street West, Suite 520
Oshawa, Ontario L1J 2K5
Website: www.drps.ca/internet_explorer/over_the_counter/index.asp?Do_What=fetch&ID=29&Category_ID=13&Page=1
Parenting Programs and Courses
CATHOLIC FAMILY SERVICES
- Offers programs including “Parenting After Violence” and “Families Forever”, a group for parents who are separated or divorced. For information and registration, call the Oshawa office at 905-725-3513 and ask for the Intake Coordinator.
DURHAM REGION HEALTH DEPARTMENT
- Through the Healthy Babies, Healthy Children program, parenting groups including “INFORMATION BABYVILLE”, for parents of infants as well as young parents’ and mothers’ support groups are available in various locations throughout Durham Region. Please call the Healthy Babies, Healthy Children program at 905-668-7711 or toll-free 1-800-372-1102.
FAMILY SERVICES DURHAM
- Offers the seminar series “Growing Great Kids! Growing as Parents!” for parents of children ages 0-7. Free childcare is available onsite. For more information and registration, call 905-683-3451 and ask for “Growing Great Kids! Growing as Parents!”
JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY
- Parenting programs includes “D.A.D.S”, a parenting group for fathers and the “Active Parenting Program” Call the Oshawa office at 905-579-8482 for additional information and registration.
ONTARIO EARLY YEARS CENTRES
- Centres are located throughout Durham Region and provide a variety of services and programs for parents and their young children (ages 0-6). Call the Durham Region office at 905-697-3171 or visit www.ontarioearlyyears.ca for additional information and to locate a centre in your area.
ROSE OF DURHAM
- Offers parent education programs including “Back to Basics” and “Nobody is Perfect” please call the Rose of Durham’s Oshawa office at 905-432-3622 for information and registration.
SIMCOE HALL SETTLEMENT HOUSE
- Offers a variety of programs for parents and children who are coping with the effects of separation and divorce. For more information and registration, please call 905-728-7525
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
ALCHOLICS ANONYMOUS
Oshawa
Phone: 905-728-1020
Toll Free: 1-800-921-3555
Website: www.aaoshawa.org
CANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION
Oshawa
Phone: 905-436-8760
Crisis Phone: 1-800-742-1890
Website: www.durham.cmha.ca
Email: cmha@cmhadurham.org
THE CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH (CAMH)
Phone: 705-745-4248
Toll free: 1-800-463-6273
Website : www.camh.net
COPE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM
Website: www.communitycaredurham.on.ca
General Email: admin@communitycaredurham.on.ca
Ajax/Pickering
Phone: 905-837-0017 ext. 229
Email: ajaxpick@communitycaredurham.on.ca
Brock
Phone: 705-432-3044
Email: brock@communitycaredurham.on.ca
Clarington
Phone: 905-623-4123
Email clarington@communitycaredurham.on.ca
Oshawa
Phone: 905-434-1693
Email: oshawa@communitycaredurham.on.c
Scugog
Phone: 905-985-8461
scugog@communitycaredurham.on.ca
Uxbridge
Phone: 905-852-9560
Email: uxbrudge@communitycaredurham.on.ca
Whitby
Phone: 905-668-6223
Email: whitby@communitycaredurham.on.ca
DESTINY MANOR ADDICTION TREATMENT SERVICES FOR WOMEN
Whitby
Phone: 905-668-1858
Toll Free: 1-800-825-6325
Website: www.pinewoodcentre.org
Email: pinewood@durham.net
DURHAM MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Toll Free: 1-800-742-1890
Crisis Line: 905-666-0483
Website: www.dmhs.ca
Email: intake@dmhs.ca
Ajax
Phone: 905-683-9124
Whitby Branch
Phone: 905-448-0453
Whitby Main
Phone: 905-666-0831
FIRST STEP MEDICAL CLINIC
Oshawa
32 Simcoe Street South
Oshawa, Ontario L1H 4G2
Phone: 905-720-0506
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS – Central Lake Ontario Area
Oshawa
Phone: 905-434-2020
Toll-free: 1-888-724-3861
Website: www.cloana.org
Email: webslave@cloana.org
PINEWOOD CENTRE
Oshawa
Phone: 905-723-8195
Toll Free: 1-888-881-8878
After Hours: 905-723-8195
Website: www.pinewoodcentre.org
Email: pinewood@durham.net
ROUGE VALLEY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Ajax
Phone: 905-683-2320 ext 3203
Website: www.rougevalley.ca
