Resources

Canadian Mental Health Association

The Canadian Mental Health Association advocates and provides programs and services for people with mental disorders and enhances, maintains and promotes mental health in Huron and Perth counties. 

Choices for Change

Choices for Change is an alcohol, drug and gambling counselling centre in Huron and Perth counties. They provide assessment, referral, counselling and peer support to anyone impacted by their own or someone else’s substance use or gambling/gaming or other behavioural excesses and/or mental health concerns.

Conestoga Career Centre

The Conestoga Career Centre is a one-stop-shop for career direction, individual employment supports and self-employment.

Happy Valley Family Health Team

The Happy Valley Family Health Team focuses on family and community health, and coordinates patient care in order to assess and treat injuries or illnesses. The team includes family doctors, nurse practitioners, nurses, a dietitian, pharmacist, social worker, mental health worker, and addictions counselor. 

Legal Aid Ontario

Legal Aid Ontario provides legal assistance for low-income people living in Ontario.

Ontario Disability Support Program

The Ontario Disability Support Program provides income supports for people in financial need who have permanent disabilities or disabilities expected to last longer than one year.

Ontario Works

Ontario Works is a social assistance program that provides employment assistance and financial support for basic needs.

Optimism Place Women’s Shelter and Support Services

Optimism Place offers a wide range of supports to help women and children overcome the damaging effects of abuse, including housing, counselling and a crisis hotline. Through group and individual programs, they help rebuild lives in a supportive, caring environment.

Partners in Employment

Partners in Employment is an employment service agency funded under Employment Ontario that assists people in Huron and Perth counties to find and keep employment, as well as supports employers to find workers who match their needs. 

Salvation Army 

The Salvation Army administers programs that support vulnerable people with food, shelter, clothing and rehabilitation. 

Stratford-Perth Shelterlink

Shelterlink offers shelter to youth (age 16 - 24) at risk. Support and advocacy is also provided to help youth make positive lifestyle choices, stay in school, find employment or attend counselling.

Community Literacy of Ontario is a provincial literacy network of 100 community-based literacy agencies across Ontario. It provides many services to Ontario’s literacy community such as: creating and sharing information via e-bulletins, newsletters, resource guides, their website, and via online and face-to-face training events.

Laubach Literacy of Ontario

Laubach Literacy Ontario is a volunteer-driven, non-profit charitable organization dedicated to increasing literacy in Ontario, guided by the principle of “Each one Teach One”. It provides training, resources and services to meet the changing needs of its members.

QUILL Learning Network

QUILL Learning Network is one of 16 regional literacy networks in Ontario funded by the Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities to support literacy and basic skills programs that deliver free upgrading opportunities to adults.