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- provides referrals and professional counselling to children and youth across Canada, by telephone, online tools, and live chat
- offers free, anonymous, confidential services, in English or French, and can address any concerns or issues facing children and youth including, but not limited to, peer and family relationships, bullying and cyberbullying, substance abuse, sexuality, loneliness, depression, and suicide
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- is a partner in a network of community-based supports that helps youth (26 and under) and their families work through and move beyond crisis together
- provides fast access to mental health services, with a focus on preventing involvement with child welfare
- provides intake via a 24-hour crisis line and mobile crisis teams (day, evening, overnight)
- offers follow-up services and brief therapy (crisis counseling)
- operates Mobile Crisis Teams (MCT) which can assess youth (ages 9-17) for Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU) admissions (2-3 day stay)
- has Youth Education Services (YES) program - which offers short term intervention that helps/supports students in Grades k-12 with long term planning
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* maintains Canada's national tipline for reporting the online sexual exploitation of children
* accepts / addresses online and telephone reports from the public regarding child abuse images (child pornography), online luring, child exploitation through prostitution and travelling to sexually exploit children
* accepts / addresses online and telephone reports from the public regarding child abuse images (child pornography), online luring, child exploitation through prostitution and travelling to sexually exploit children
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- provides child welfare assistance outside regular office hours
- responds to emergency and non-emergency calls, whether a family is currently being served by one of the agencies, or are requiring assistance for the first time
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- operates a child abuse hotline
- provides supportive and preventive services to families
- provides protection services to children at risk of abuse and neglect
- provides specialized placement services to meet the needs of children in care
- provides preservation and reunification services to families
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- operates a child abuse hotline
- provides supportive and preventive services to families
- provides protection services to children at risk of abuse and neglect
- provides specialized placement services to meet the needs of children in care
- provides preservation and reunification services to families
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* operates a child abuse hotline
* provides supportive and preventive services to families
* provides protection services to children at risk of abuse and neglect
* provides specialized placement services to meet the needs of children in care
* provides preservation and reunification services to families
* provides supportive and preventive services to families
* provides protection services to children at risk of abuse and neglect
* provides specialized placement services to meet the needs of children in care
* provides preservation and reunification services to families
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* operates a child abuse hotline
* provides supportive and preventive services to families
* provides protection services to children at risk of abuse and neglect
* provides specialized placement services to meet the needs of children in care
* provides preservation and reunification services to families
* provides supportive and preventive services to families
* provides protection services to children at risk of abuse and neglect
* provides specialized placement services to meet the needs of children in care
* provides preservation and reunification services to families
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* is mandated to protect children and strengthen families
* offers early childhood education programs for vulnerable families to support a child's learning and development
* has programs that support parents in meeting the education / development needs of their children through the parents' own education and learning of parenting skills
* promotes parental attachment and development through play and family literacy programs
* has programs that link isolated parents to networks of support
* helps connect parents to community services / resources that exist to support them
* works in partnership with other community based agencies to provide services that offer Westman families care and support, including (but not limited to):
* offers early childhood education programs for vulnerable families to support a child's learning and development
* has programs that support parents in meeting the education / development needs of their children through the parents' own education and learning of parenting skills
* promotes parental attachment and development through play and family literacy programs
* has programs that link isolated parents to networks of support
* helps connect parents to community services / resources that exist to support them
* works in partnership with other community based agencies to provide services that offer Westman families care and support, including (but not limited to):
- family strengthening and life skills programs
- parenting courses and workshops
- family literacy programs
- counselling services
- opportunities for parents and children to learn and play together
- in-home family support
- children's therapy program
- adoption and foster care services
- group care
- single expectant parent services
- volunteer opportunities
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- operates a child abuse hotline
- provides supportive and preventive services to families
- provides protection services to children at risk of abuse and neglect
- provides specialized placement services to meet the needs of children in care
- provides preservation and reunification services to families
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- operates a child abuse hotline
- provides supportive and preventive services to families
- provides protection services to children at risk of abuse and neglect
- provides specialized placement services to meet the needs of children in care
- provides preservation and reunification services to families
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- operates a child abuse hotline
- provides supportive and preventive services to families
- provides protection services to children at risk of abuse and neglect
- provides specialized placement services to meet the needs of children in care
- provides preservation and reunification services to families
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- operates a child abuse hotline
- provides supportive and preventive services to families
- provides protection services to children at risk of abuse and neglect
- provides specialized placement services to meet the needs of children in care
- provides preservation and reunification services to families
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- operates a child abuse hotline
- provides supportive and preventive services to families
- provides protection services to children at risk of abuse and neglect
- provides specialized placement services to meet the needs of children in care
- provides preservation and reunification services to families
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- operates a child abuse hotline
- provides supportive and preventive services to families
- provides protection services to children at risk of abuse and neglect
- provides specialized placement services to meet the needs of children in care
- provides preservation and reunification services to families
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