COVID19 Teleconferencing with clients on a secure medical platform. Limited in-person visits. Call to book appointment and see website for safety procedures

Diverse group of experienced practitioners that provide short and long term counselling and psychotherapy to individuals, couples, and families from ages 4 and up. A variety of group therapy interests are also represented. Issues that are treated include:

• anxiety
• depression
• relationships
• adjustment to illness or injury
• trauma
• anger management
• Cognitive Behaviioural Therapy (CBT)
• family and marital relationships
• mediation
• separation and divorce
• meditation
• personality problems
• substance abuse

COVID19 Both virtual and in-services are available depending on the needs of the client/family and volunteer availability.

Mission is to provide:

• Compassionate care and support
• trained volunteers
• information and support to individuals with life limiting illness
• family support
• community awareness
• social, emotional and practical support
• bereavement support

COVID19 All services are being offered via telephone or video conferencing. Call 519-524-8316 ext. 5750 for service. Psychiatrists also connect via telephone or video conferencing. Call 519-524-8323 ext. 5361 or 5388 to connect with the psychiatrist’s office.

Huron Community Mental Health Services offer skill based educational groups, therapy groups, psychosocial rehabilitation groups, time limited individual counselling based on severity of illness and advocacy.

COVID19 This office is closed at this time. All services are being offered via telephone or video conferencing. Call 519-524-8316 ext. 5750 for service. Psychiatrists also connect via telephone or video conferencing. Call 519-524-8323 ext. 5361 or 5388 to connect with the psychiatrist’s office.

Huron Community Mental Health Services offer skill based educational groups, therapy groups, psychosocial rehabilitation groups, time limited individual counselling based on severity of illness and advocacy.

COVID19 Committed to ensuring youth and their families have access to support, services and advocacy during the pandemic via telephone, email, and video conferencing. To access service please call 1-800-361-1640.

Provides voluntary, confidential services for youth (16 years of age to their 18th birthday) and their families in Huron County Services include:

• temporary shelter in a Safe Home when the youth has no other viable alternative
• mediation between youth and their parents/caregivers
• short-term counselling
• immediate and long term planning developed in conjunction with the youth and the family to address their needs
• crisis intervention and support services for youth and/or families
• support services for pregnant teens
• provision of life skills training
• education and resources
• supported independent living
• ability to act as a trusteeship for Ontario Works

COVID19 Continue to provide support via telephone or video conferencing. For service call 519-524-8316 ext 5750. Psychiatrists also connection via telephone or video conferencing. Call 519-524-8323 ext 5361 or 5388 for the psychiatrist office.

Huron Community Mental Health Services offer skill based educational groups, therapy groups, psychosocial rehabilitation groups, time limited individual counselling based on severity of illness and advocacy.

COVID 19 All services are being offered via telephone or video conferencing. Call 519-524-8316 ext. 5750 for service. Psychiatrists also connect via telephone or video conferencing. Call 519-524-8323 ext. 5361 or 5388 to connect with the psychiatrist’s office.

Huron Community Mental Health Services offer skill based educational groups, therapy groups, psychosocial rehabilitation groups, time limited individual counselling based on severity of illness and advocacy.

COVID19 Vaccination Clinics – available in several locations in Huron and Perth. Online booking through Provincial Vaccine Booking System for first, second or booster doses HERE or by calling 1-833-943-3900(open 7 days a week, 8 am-8 pm). Vaccination information available on HPPH website HERE.

The Province has a Testing and Isolation Information Line that can be used for information regarding testing and access, confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases, self-isolation, or exposure to COVID-19 1-888-777-0730.

Huron Perth Public Health works in partnership with the community to foster conditions in which people can be healthy and promote health, protect health, and prevent disease by providing community health services and programs for Huron and Perth County.

Services include:

• prenatal classes
• stop smoking help
• sexual health clinics
• immunization
• communicable disease investigations and outbreak control
• food safety inspections
• rabies investigations
• safe drinking water measures

Please note that to focus efforts on protecting the health of the community in response to COVID-19, some services and programs have been modified. Visit our website for more information.

Confidential telephone, chat, and email information and referral and listening service providing detailed descriptions of mental health services and supports in Ontario, including how to access them

• information about community-based counselling services and supports
• strategies to meet goals
• support
• basic mental illness education

Web chat with information and referral specialist available * operated by ConnexOntario Health Services Information

Huron Perth Children’s Aid Society advocates for and protects children’s rights, supports, and strengthens families; and is a leader for change in our community.

Provides child protection services as mandated by the Child Youth and Family Services Act including:

• As a paramount objective, to promote the best interests, protection, and wellbeing of the children
• Investigate allegations or evidence that children who are under the age of sixteen years or are in the Society’s care or under its supervision may need protection
• Protect, where necessary, children who are under the age of sixteen years or are in the Society’s care or under its supervision
• Provide guidance, counselling and other services to families for protecting children or for the prevention of circumstances requiring the protection of children

To provide such family support services as:

• child management
• parenting education
• family counseling

COVID19Offices open. Call for intake and protocols. Clients will be supported over the phone and via OTN or other forms of videoconferencing as well as in-person. Intake and main office lines will be monitored and messages responded to within one business day. Some peer support groups are running via Zoom. Ensuring clients have resources they need to stay connected and safe. Still taking referrals – please call.
The Addiction Medicine Clinics supported in partnership with Dr. Datema, are considered an essential service so will remain open on their usual days. They are doing active telephone screening day before clinic and active screening is taking place at clinics and practicing social distancing by limiting the number of clients at the clinic at one time.
Anyone in acute mental health or addiction crisis should contact the Huron Perth Helpline and Crisis Response Team at 1-888-829-7484

Community-based agency offering professional counselling, resources and support for the treatment and prevention of substance abuse and problem gambling/gaming, assessment and community counselling for individuals experiencing difficulties with either their own or a loved one’s substance use or gambling/gaming behaviour.

Services include

• Addiction Supportive Housing
• Adult Substance Use
• Community Withdrawal Management
• Court Support
• Heart to Home
• Opiate Counselling
• Peer Support
• Pregnancy and Parenting
• Problem Gambling and Behavioural Change
• Supportive Housing of Perth Program
• Transitional Case Management
• Youth Community Treatment
• Youth Substance Abuse
• Youth Virtual Hub

Main offices in Stratford and Seaforth with outreach offices in many locations throughout Huron County and Perth County as well as in all Huron/Perth Secondary schools.

COVID19 Offices open. Call for intake and protocols. Clients will be supported either in-person, over the phone or via videoconferencing. Intake and main office lines will be monitored and messages responded to within one business day. Some peer support groups are running via Zoom. Ensuring clients have resources they need to stay connected and safe. Still taking referrals, please call.

Outreach for homeless and precariously housed individuals with addictions available providing food and additional resources. Daytime warming centre available in Goderich (not at Choices For Change office) mid November to mid April. Call to connect

The Addiction Medicine Clinics supported in partnership with Dr. Datema, are considered an essential service so will remain open on their usual days. They are doing active telephone screening day before clinic and active screening is taking place at clinics and practicing social distancing by limiting the number of clients at the clinic at one time.

Anyone in acute mental health or addiction crisis should contact the Huron Perth Helpline and Crisis Response Team at 1-888-829-7484

Community-based agency offering professional counselling, resources and support for the treatment and prevention of substance abuse and problem gambling/gaming, assessment and community counselling for individuals experiencing difficulties with either their own or a loved one’s substance use or gambling/gaming behaviour.

Services include

• Addiction Supportive Housing
• Adult Substance Use
• Community Withdrawal Management
• Court Support
• Heart to Home
• Opiate Counselling
• Peer Support
• Pregnancy and Parenting
• Problem Gambling and Behavioural Change
• Supportive Housing of Perth Program
• Transitional Case Management
• Youth Community Treatment
• Youth Substance Abuse
• Youth Virtual Hub

Main offices in Stratford and Goderich with outreach offices in many locations throughout Huron County and Perth County as well as in all Huron/ Perth Secondary schools.

ALL intake through Stratford office – call toll-free number and dial 0 for reception. This office is open by appointment only. Access to programs only through case management

Advocates with and provides programs and services for people with mental disorders. Enhances, maintains and promotes the mental health of all individuals.

Services include: community support programs including case management, concurrent disorders and court support services, peer support programs, family support programs, education, volunteering and supported housing program.

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The Huron-Perth Children’s Aid Society (H-PCAS) serves children, adolescents and families under the Child and Family Services Act
Services provided by the H-PCAS include:

• Child Protection
• Counselling services to children under 16 years of age and their parents
• Placement of children at risk in individual and group home foster family settings
• Adoption placement of infants and older children who are legally and emotionally free for adoption
• Supervision, finalization of adoptions through the court
• Ongoing assistance to adoptive families
• Information Dissemination regarding “Duty to Report” suspected cases of child abuse and neglect through the Purple Ribbon Campaign