Wednesday Sep 08, 2010
City of Ottawa
Home Management Services
The City of Ottawa supports a number of services at NROCRC including Home Management Services. Home Management Services are available for people receiving O.W. or O.S.D.P.
Home Management Counselling offers guidance and teaching on how to:
- Balance home, job, school and family;
- Set up household routines;
- Plan and prepare meals;
- Manage money;
- Be an effective parent;
- Solve problems creatively; and
- Set goals for self and family.
City of Ottawa
Immigration Information
The City of Ottawa is opening its door to immigration and invites you to consider making Ottawa your new home. Explore this site to find out more about immigration to Ottawa, links to resources, etc: City of Ottawa Immigration Web Portal.
For example, the site contains information about living and working in Ottawa, frequently asked questions, personal stores from other immigrants; a map of Canada; and links to other government sites related to immigration in Canada.
City of Ottawa
Success by 6
is working to offer all children in Ottawa a good start in life so that by the time they reach the age of 6, they are physically, socially and emotionally healthy and ready to learn.
More information about Success By 6 can be found at: Success by 6
City of Ottawa
Best Start
The BestStartNetwork in Ottawa creates a comprehensive integrated system of services that support families with children from birth through to the transition into school. The goal is to have children in Ottawa ready and eager to learn and achieve success in school by the time they start grade one.
The Network was formed after the provincial government's Best Start Plan was designed to give Ontario's children the best possible start in life so that they can achieve success in school.
More information about Best Start can be found at: Best Start
City for All Women Iniative (CAWI)
City For All Women Initiative (CAWI) is a partnership between women from diverse communities, community organizations, academics and the City of Ottawa. Our city can become a better place to live when the ideas and concerns of all women are taken into account.
The
aim is to strengthen the capacity of the full diversity of women and
the City of Ottawa to work in partnership so as to create a more
inclusive city and promote gender equality. More information abouut CAWI cna be found at CAWI.
United Way / Centraide Ottawa
Some of NROCRC's programs are United Way supported.
United Way is volunteer-led, research-based organization, and a leader in developing and supporting community solutions. United Way invests in areas where the agency can make a measurable difference towards building a strong, healthy, safe community for all.
United Way is focused on results and impact and brings together the entire community to identify needs and provide solutions.
More information about United Way can be found at: United Way
New Horizons for Seniors
Sponsored by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC)
Through grants, New Horizons enables NROCRC to build upon past and current initiatives in food security. Current grants support our Community Kitchen programs for multicultural seniors.
Through funding to non-profit organizations, New Horizons for Seniors helps to ensure that seniors can benefit from, and contribute to, the quality of life in their communities. There are three kinds of funding: Community Participation and Leadership, Capital Assistance, and Elder Abuse Awareness. Visit this link for more information about New Horizons.
Champlain Elder Abuse Consultation Team
Elder Abuse Steering Committee (EASC), Ottawa
Ottawa Police
Elder Abuse Section
Ottawa Police introduced a dedicated Elder Abuse Section in recent years to deal with the emerging issue of elder abuse in the aging population. Find out more
More information about fraud against seniors
Council on Aging of Ottawa
The Council on Aging of Ottawa (COA) is a bilingual non-profit voluntary organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for all seniors in Ottawa. Find out more
Algonquin College
School of Media and Design
Broadcasting - Radio
NROCRC's first Public Service Announcement was created in January 2009 by Algonquin students in the Broadcast Radio program. NROCRC wlecomes our new partner in public outreach.
The Broadcast Radio program is a two-year diploma program that provides students with formal training to become leaders in the communication industry. All aspects of the radio industry are covered with the common focus of making graduates job-ready. Equal importance is given to creative production elements and technical quality in operations. The program has an academic component and follows a hands-on approach to learning, stressing the importance of teamwork. Students follow a common curriculum that emphasizes announcing, broadcast journalism and production techniques.
For more information on the School of Media and Design at Algonquin follow this link to Algonquin College.
The Men's Project
The Men's Project is a non-profit charitable men's counselling agency that has been providing services to men and their families since 1997.
The Men's Project provides individual and couple counselling, as well as a specialized healing program for men who have experienced sexual or physical abuse as children, anger management, emotional intelligence and fathering.
The services provided by The Men's Project are specifically designed for men and professionally facilitated by accredited psychotherapists. Individual programs are tailored to specifically meet men's needs in a way that speaks to men.
All of The Men's Project programs are open to straight, gay and bisexual men.
More information about The Men's Project can be found at: The Men's Project
Entraide Budgetaire Ottawa
Entraide Budgetaire Ottawa is a non-profit community organization whose 25-year mission mission has been to fight against exploitation and indebtedness by helping a growing number of low-income Ottawa residents gain control over their personal and family finances.
Entraide Budgetaire has unique expertise in the area of budget counselling and can help low income consumers in Ottawa attain financial autonomy. Most of their services are provided free of charge in both offical langauages and are tailored to individual needs. Entraide Budgetaire also offeres emergency support when income is garnished or services are being cut off.
More information about Entraide Budgetaire Ottawa can be found at: Entraide Budgetaire
Jewish Family Services (JFS)
NROCRC has partnered with JFS on a variety of programs, most recently including youth work. Currently, NROCRC is part of the JFS network of Settlement Outreach Programs, with a settlement outreach agent working directly from our office to provide assistance to newcomers in Nepean primarily.
Jewish Family Services’ mission is to strengthen Jewish individual, family, and communal life, as well as that of the greater Ottawa community. JFS envisions not only the growth of JFS but also the spawning of new independent organizations to serve a variety of various needs, both within the Jewish community and the greater community at large. The agency has played and continues to play a leading role in advocating for ethnic diversity in service delivery in Ottawa. Find out more about JFS.
Bibles for Mission Thrift Stores
Bible for Mission Thrift Stores provide excellent quality used merchandise at reasonable prices. The store located in our catchment is on 1545 Merivale Rd. NROCRC staff will meet with individuals who have run into difficulty and approached BfM for help. NROCRC staff will assess the individual's situation and then refer the indivudal to the appropriate service. That may include housing loss prevention, counselling, elder abuse response and referral, legal aid, home management, youth services, Good Food Box, etc. Find out more about BfM.
Coalition of Community Resource Centres (CRCs)
and Community Health Centres (CHCs)
of Ottawa
The coalition is a network of community-based health and resource centres which recognizes the importance of responding to the diversity of needs within local communities and pays particular attention to those members of the community who are most vulnerable and at risk.
The coalition, of which NROCRC is a member, acts as a catalyst to:
- Develop the capacity of communities to address local issues;
- Advocate and facilitate social action; and
- Plan, design, coordinate and provide francophone and anglophone health and social services,
that contribute to healthy communities within Ottawa.
More information about the coalition can be found on the coalition website.
Nepean Housing
Nepean Housing is a non-profit housing provider. Nepean Housing builds integrated, community based affordable housing for people of diverse backgrounds and promotes strong, healthy sustainable communities through leadership, corporate excellence and community development.
More information about Nepean Housing can be found online at: Nepean Housing.
Child and Youth Friendly Ottawa (CAYFO)
CAYFO is an Ottawa charity that enables children and youth to act on their ideas and create a better Ottawa. NROCRC partenrs with CAYFO to offer the Tools 4 Schools program in our catchment area. NROCRC staff also sit on the Schools Supplies Working Group. For more information, go to CAYFO.
Adaptive Learning Program
The Adaptive Learning Program, facilitated by the Ottawa-Carleton School Board, is a continuing education program supporting lifelong learning by offering a wide variety of courses and programs for people of all ages. For more information, visit Ottawa-Carleton District School Board.
Youth Employment Resource Centre
The Centre offers employment services and programs for youth in the west end of Ottawa. The Job Connect program has several components, including:
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a Resource room open to the public (of all ages) with 11 computers (8 of which are funded by Industry Canada, through the Community Access Program). Job postings, Employer Hiring Fairs, and career assessments are all available
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individual employment counselling for youth between 16 and 24 years of age.
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job placement services (paid on the job training)
Services include information, resources, referral, advocacy, resume development, employment preparation and planning, and workshops including Smart Serve certification. The Summer Jobs Service program assists students with finding jobs for the summer. Many employers post their jobs with the Centre. Anyone needing employment assistance may drop in and speak with a knowledgeable Counsellor in the Resource Room. For more information, go to: YERC
Amethyst Women's Addiction Centre
NROCRC often partners with Amethyst to deliver programs for women.
Amethyst Women's Addiction Centre was the first addiction treatment centre of its kind in Canada when it opened its doors in 1979 in Ottawa, Ontario.
The centre, a non-profit charitable organization, was founded in order to provide community-based treatment services to address the unique issues affecting women coping with substance abuse.
Amethyst is grounded in the feminist belief that women's experience with alcohol and drugs cannot be separated from experiences and status as women.
More information about Amethyst can be found at:Amethyst
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Experience in Motion (EiM), the career transition program for 45+ facilitated by NROCRC, is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.
More information about the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities can be found at: OMTCU
Debra Dynes Family House
The Debra Dynes Family House is a multiservice community resource in a low-income social housing area. Over 150 people per day from a wide geographic area access the programs and services of the Family House. The House is open 7 days a week and five evenings in addition to full programming and services during the day.
The Debra Dynes Family House is committed to improving the quality of life for multiculturally diverse families, children and youth who are low income and working poor, through a range of services and programs that are community driven and meet their needs.
More Information about the Family House can be found at this link: Debra Dynes Family House
Nepean Allotment Gardens Association
Ottawa Community Gardening Network
Mathew House Ottawa
Ottawa Community Housing
Barrhaven Fellowship Christian Reform Church
The above community partners have donated either money, volunteers or resources to the Nepean Gardening Project and June 15, 2010 Nepean Community Gardening Work Day.
A Community garden is a single piece of land gardened collectively by a group of people. Community gardens provide access to fresh produce and plants as well as access to satisfying labor, neighborhood improvement, sense of community and connection to the environment. They are publicly functioning in terms of ownership, access, and management, as well as typically owned in trust by local governments or not for profit associations.
"Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and
economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary
needs, as well as to culturally acceptable food preferences for an active and
healthy life. As well, foods are produced as locally as possible, and their
production and distribution are environmentally, socially and economically
just." (The Community Gardening Network) For information about Ottawa Community gardening Network, click here.
Tzu Chi Foundation
The Ottawa chapter of the Tzu Chi Foundation is an ongoing supporter of a variety of NROCRC's programs. Volunteers from Tzu Chi often assist us in running our special events.
Tzu Chi Foundation is a non-profit organization founded in 1966 by Dharma Master Cheng Yen in the impoverished east coast of Taiwan. A volunteer-based, spiritual as well as welfare organization, Tzu Chi focuses on giving material aid and inspiring love and humanity in both the givers and receivers. Since its founding, the Foundation has dedicated itself in the field of charity, medicine, education, environmental protection, as well as the promotion of humanistic values and community volunteerism.
Today, Tzu Chi is an international organization with over 5 million supporters and over 30,000 certified commissioners around the globe. More information about Tzu Chi can be found at:Tzu Chi
Diabetes Education Program
A program for adults with type 2 diabetes (adult onset diabetes). Small group sessions are held in sites across the City of Ottawa, including at the Nepean, Rideau and Osgoode Community Resource Centre. The benefits of this program are to stay healthy, prevent or delay complications of diabetes, learn how to make the best choice for yourself, and meet other people with type 2 diabetes.
To register call call 613.233.6655.
This program is sponsored by Centretown Community Health Centre on behalf of the Coalition of Community Health and Resource Centres of Ottawa, and is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health.
Bells Corners Corners Christian Community Ecumenical Breakfast Committee
(BCCCCEBC)
The BCCCCEBC supports our youth programming in the Bells Corners area. Their donation assists us in providing much-needed youth activities and education for young people living in that area.
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a Resource room open to the public (of all ages) with 11 computers (8 of which are funded by Industry Canada, through the Community Access Program). Job postings, Employer Hiring Fairs, and career assessments are all available
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individual employment counselling for youth between 16 and 24 years of age.
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job placement services (paid on the job training)
Services include information, resources, referral, advocacy, resume development, employment preparation and planning, and workshops including Smart Serve certification. The Summer Jobs Service program assists students with finding jobs for the summer. Many employers post their jobs with us.
