Shelter

Staff

Facility
Open Since
Confidentiality

Services

Demographic

Financing and
Resources

Executive Director
Administrative Assistant
House Manager
3 Primary Counsellors
1 Childcare Worker
2 Support Counsellors
2 Overnight Counsellors
4 Replacement Workers
Housing Facility
1975
Location kept strictly confidential
Clients need to have ended the relationship
with their abusive partner
Short term housing (3 month stay)
24/7 counselling support available to
residents
Free food and lodging with the request of
participation in household tasks and active
participation in action plan with counsellor
Workshops on topics related to intimate
partner violence and steps to move forward
Individual counselling and support through
social services with an assigned primary
counsellor
External phone counselling services (crisis
calls)
Sensitizations in the community (CEGEPs
and Universities)
Stagiaire(internship) placements for CEGEP
and University students

Women 18yrs+ of all ethnocultural

backgrounds who have lived intimate
partner violence
Primary needs must be related to intimate
partner violence
Women must meet criteria for admission
outline in phone intake process
Once admitted to the shelter clients must
adhere to regulations and policies of the
shelter through their stay
85%-90% from the Quebec Health and
Social Service Ministry
10%-15% Donations from individuals,
corporations, and organizations

External Center
(Same Executive Director/Admin
Assistant as at the Shelter)
1 Coordinator/Primary Counsellor
1 Primary Counsellor
1 Childcare Worker

Office facility
2010
Less confidentiality rules apply
Clients can receive services if they are
still in the abusive relationship
Open during business hours
External phone counselling
Long-term individual external
counselling service
One-year follow up program for former
residents of the shelter
Workshops on topics related to intimate
partner violence and steps to move
forward
Childcare worker services (supporting
children who have been impacted by
intimate partner violence)
Outreach sensitization and workshops in
partnership with local schools and
community organizations
Workshop series offered at the shelter
on an ongoing basis
Additional community projects
(campaigns, awareness, media, outreach
fundraisers) related to violence against
women
Women 18yrs+ of all ethnocultural
backgrounds who are living or have lived
intimate partner violence
Primary needs must be related to
intimate partner violence
Women must meet criteria outlined
through a phone intake process

Existing funds are divided between the

shelter and external center