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Links & Resources

Acadia First Nation
Website:  https://acadiafirstnation.ca/

Access Nova Scotia
Services: https://novascotia.ca/access-services-online/
Locations: https://novascotia.ca/access-locations/

Addiction Services
Programs: https://mha.nshealth.ca/en/clinics/yarmouth-regional-hospital
Government Website: https://novascotia.ca/dhw/addictions/addiction-services-offices.asp

Aiden's Place
Website: https://www.aidaensplace.com/

Big Brothers Big Sisters Yarmouth
Website: https://southshore.bigbrothersbigsisters.ca/

Boys and Girls Club of Yarmouth Daycare
Website: https://bgcyarmouth.ca/our-programs/

Canada Child Benefit
Website: https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/child-family-benefits/canada-child-benefit-overview.html

Canada Pension-Old Age Security
Website: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/corporate/contact/oas.html

Canada 211 Information
Website: https://ns.211.ca/

Canadian Mental Health Association
Website: https://cmha.ca/
 
Career Resource Centre
 Website: http://swemployment.com/joomla/index.php/en/

Centre for Youth Crime Prevention 
Website: http://deal.org/

Cloud Nine Shuttle Service
Website: https://www.mapquest.com/ca/nova-scotia/cloud-nine-shuttle-service-359116262

Department of Social Services
Provincial Website: https://novascotia.ca/coms/

Employment Insurance/ SIN Number
Website: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/ei.html
SIN: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/sin/apply.html

Family Pharmacare Program
Provincial Website: https://novascotia.ca/dhw/pharmacare/family-pharmacare.asp

First Nations Health Authority
Website: https://www.fnha.ca/what-we-do/mental-wellness-and-substance-use/residential-schools

Food Bank
Website: https://feednovascotia.ca/

Fuel Bank
To make a Facebook Inquiry: https://m.facebook.com/tricountywomenscentre/photos/a.474255266065702/1755520361272513/?type=3&refsrc=deprecated&_rdr

Greenshield Dental Program, Income Assistance
Link: https://www.sbis.ca/dental-insurance.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIro-E8p_e8gIVlbjICh1UegsuEAAYAiAAEgLfS_D_BwE 
Provincial link to Income Assistance Website: https://novascotia.ca/coms/employment/income_assistance/index.html
 
GST/HST
Website: https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/child-family-benefits/goods-services-tax-harmonized-sales-tax-gst-hst-credit.html

Heating Rebate Program
Heating Website: https://westnovasuperline.ca/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI9Jbv0KDe8gIVBajICh0xzgfZEAAYAiAAEgIlTvD_BwE 
Program Application: https://beta.novascotia.ca/programs-and-services/heating-assistance-rebate-program-harp

Hope Dial-A-Ride
Website: https://gohope.ruralrides.ca/

Juniper House (Residential & Outreach)
Website: http://www.juniperhouse.ca/

Legal Info Nova Scotia
Website: http://youthjustice.ns.ca/
 
Website: http://www.tricountywomenscentre.org/wellness-clinic.html
Mental Health Crisis
Yarmouth Website: https://mha.nshealth.ca/en/clinics/yarmouth-regional-hospital
Shelburne Programs: https://mha.nshealth.ca/en/clinics/roseway-hospital

Mental Health Intake
Website: https://mha.nshealth.ca/en/clinics/yarmouth-regional-hospital

Nova Scotia Legal Aid
Website: https://www.nslegalaid.ca/

Nova Scotia Works
Provincial Website: https://novascotiaworks.ca/nsdc/
Yarmouth Location: http://swemployment.com/joomla/index.php/en/

811 Nova Scotia
Website: https://811.novascotia.ca/

NSCC Burridge Campus
Yarmouth Website: https://www.nscc.ca/default.aspx

NS Social Workers
Provincial Site: https://nscsw.org/about/find-a-social-worker/

Ocean View Family Practice
Facebook Link: https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=899576606838185

Our House Youth Wellness Centre
Shelburne Website: https://ourhouse.scyhsa.com/

Parents’ Place Yarmouth Family Centre
Website: https://www.yarmouthparentsplace.com/

Phoenix Youth Shelter
Shelter Website: https://www.phoenixyouth.ca/
Programs: https://phoenixyouth.ca/programs

Poverty Reduction Credit
Website: https://novascotia.ca/coms/noteworthy/PovertyReductionCredit.html

Public Health Services
NS Health Website: http://www.nshealth.ca/public-health-offices
Services & Information: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health.html
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RCMP Yarmouth Rural Detachment
Website: https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/detach/en/d/394

RCMP Yarmouth Town Detachment
Website: https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/detach/en/d/395

Residential School Resolution Health Support Program
Supports (PDF File): https://www.mikmaweydebert.ca/home/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/External-RHSW-CSP-Atlantic-Contact-List-revised-August-15-2018-1.pdf
 
Revenue Canada
Information: https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency.html
Log in: https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/e-services/cra-login-services.html

Salvation Army Community Church
Facebook Link: https://www.facebook.com/GreatYarmouthSA

Salvation Army Thrift Store
Website: https://thriftstore.ca/

Seniors Safety Program
NS Website: https://novascotia.ca/seniors/senior_safety_programs.asp 
Yarmouth Website: https://munyarmouth.ca/services/senior-safety-program

Service Canada Centre (Benefits, EI, GST, SIN& Forms)
Website: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/corporate/portfolio/service-canada.html

Sex & U
Website: https://www.sexandu.ca/
 
South West Employment
Website: http://swemployment.com/joomla/index.php/en/

Split Rock Learning Centre
211 Website: https://ns.211.ca/services/57410502/split-rock-learning-centre-association-housing-support-services/

Tabitha Centre
Website: http://www.stambroseyarmouth.ca/church-groups/tabatha-center

Tenancy Board
Programs, Policies & Forms: https://beta.novascotia.ca/programs-and-services/residential-tenancies-program 

Transition Houses of Nova Scotia
Website: https://thans.ca/ 
Tri-County Housing Authority
Website: https://novascotia.ca/coms/department/contact/HousingAuthorityOffices.html#6

Tri-County Pregnancy Care Centre
Website: https://www.tricountypregnancycarecentre.ca/

Tri-County Restorative Justice
Website: https://www.tricountyrj.ca/

Tri-County Women’s Centre & Leahey Wellness Clinic
Yarmouth, Digby & Shelburne: http://www.tricountywomenscentre.org
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Turbo Tax
Website: https://turbotax.intuit.ca/tax/software

Western Regional Housing
Website: https://housing.novascotia.ca/housing-authorities

Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School
Website: https://sites.google.com/a/gnspes.ca/ycmhs/

Yarmouth County Learning Network
Website: https://www.yarmouthcountylearningnetwork.org/

Yarmouth Life Skills
Website: https://www.yarmouthlifeskills.com/

Yarmouth Mental Health & Addiction
Website: https://mha.nshealth.ca/en/clinics/yarmouth-regional-hospital

Yarmouth Recreation
Website: http://yarmouthrecreation.ca/

Yarmouth Regional Hospital
Website: http://www.nshealth.ca/locations-details/Yarmouth%20Regional%20Hospital

Youth Project
Website: http://www.youthproject.ns.ca/
 
Youth Service Centre
Outreach information: https://novascotia.ca/coms/families/prevention-and-early-intervention/youth-outreach-program.html
Service Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/corporate/service-canada/home-accueil.html


Potential Education Resources

• Need resources on bullying?

Check this out! http://prevnet.ca/BullyingResources/ResourcesForTeens/tabid/389/Default.aspx

• Struggling with Trauma?

Check this out! -  Trauma | youth.gov

• Want to learn more about the Black Lives Matter Movement?

Check these out! - Resources Archive - Black Lives Matter
https://octaneseating.com/blog/black-lives-matter-media/

• How to Support Black Lives Matter Online

https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/support-black-lives-matter-online/
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• What are Residential Schools?

Learn more at – The Residential School System - Canada.ca

• What is the Sixties Scoop?

Learn more at - Sixties Scoop | The Canadian Encyclopedia

• LGBTQ+ Education

Learn more at - What Does LGBTQ+ Mean? | OK2BME

• Want to learn what Culture means?

Check this out - Culture | The Canadian Encyclopedia
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• What is Addiction?

Learn more at - What Is Addiction? (psychiatry.org)

Youth Helping Tree
Digital Copy: https://3615f2b3-3eb0-4405-97d3-567f9ab7be30.filesusr.com/ugd/f335ad_ad7b03c724834997a59d1b6ee34a7dbf.pdf
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