Please scroll below to learn more about our member organizations, including the services they offer, contact information and a link to their websites!
Family and Children’s Services of the Waterloo Region (F&CS) has a specialized regional team of intake workers, family service workers and counsellors who provide services to children, mothers and fathers.
Services increase the safety and well-being of children where the main reason for involvement with the family is domestic violence.
Kitchener Waterloo Multicultural Centre’s mission is to foster inclusion by providing settlement services,
programs and interpretation supports to our community while celebrating its cultural diversity.
We provide language interpreter services for all victims/survivors of domestic violence, sexual violence,
human trafficking and elder abuse in Waterloo Region, Guelph-Wellington, Brantford and surrounding
townships at no charge to the service providers or clients.
Settlement workers are available to provide all newcomers and immigrants, regardless of status,
confidential services including needs assessment, information and referral, orientation, assistance in
completing forms, translations, employment related, services and supports.
Phone (General): (519) 745-2531
Phone (Interpretation): (519) 745-2593
Individual and group counselling services are available for women and children who have experienced domestic violence; and for men and women who have been criminally charged with domestic violence.
Group counselling programs include:
Partner Assault Response (PAR), 12-week group meeting is designed for men and women who have been charged or convicted of domestic violence and mandated to attend a group meeting by the Crown or Probation and Parole.
Women Helping Women, an open support group for women survivors of domestic violence and abuse.
For over 30 years, the Sexual Assault Support Centre (SASC) of Waterloo Region has been a place of healing and hope for survivors of sexual violence.
SASC provides free, wraparound support, including trauma-specific counselling, groups, and accompaniments to court, the hospital, and the police station.
They also offer a 24 Hour Support Line, family court-related services, sexual violence legal advocacy, an Anti-Human Trafficking Program, and innovative public education.
SASC’s Family Court Support Program empowers women and non-binary people through information, support and appropriate referrals.
Victim Services of Waterloo Region provides immediate crisis intervention, emotional support and referrals to individuals affected by crime and tragic circumstances.
Victim Services Unit
Services are designed to assist victims of domestic violence in dealing with the victimization and/or the criminal acts of domestic assault, sexual assault, or criminal harassment.
Domestic Violence Investigations Branch (DVIB)
DVIB has a dedicated team of detectives who investigate incidents of domestic violence where the commission of an offence has been identified.
Women’s Crisis Services of Waterloo Region (WCSWR) supports women and children to move beyond violence by providing safe shelter, transitional housing, education and outreach services. WCSWR operates two emergency shelters for women and children experiencing domestic violence.
WCSWR also offers a free, confidential, outreach program for women who are experiencing domestic violence but do not require emergency shelter. Shelter and outreach services can both be accessed by calling WCSWR’s 24/7 crisis support lines via phone or online chat.