24-Hour Helpline

Trained staff are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to provide crisis support, safety planning and referrals to women and anyone impacted by domestic violence.

To access this free and confidential service immediately over-the phone, call 519-252-7781, or drop-in at our Emergency Shelter in-person at 250 Louis Avenue, Windsor.

Transitional and Housing Support (THSP)

This program assists women and their children with safety planning and support so they may live free from violence. Women in the program are connected with available community supports such as:

• housing
• counselling
• income support
• children’s services
• legal services
• education upgrading
• job training
• health and well-being

These services are provided to women staying in the shelter or to those living in the community.

For more information please call 519-252-7781

Fresh Start – Men

This voluntary service that provides group intervention for abusive partners.

The primary goal of the program is to help you to understand, to take responsibility for, and to end, abusive behaviour.

In order to meet the goal, you will:

• learn alternative ways of responding
• learn more effective communication and problem-solving skills
• learn to identify and express feelings and self-doubts
• learn new and more flexible attitudes and expectations towards women
• learn to express anger in non-oppressive and more constructive ways
• Identify the roots of anger and its impact on others and yourself

The program is also provided to men in same sex relationships and men who are victims of abuse.

COST: There is a fee for this service in order to ensure that we can continue to run the program.

Crossroads Program

The Crossroads Program is a specifically designed ten-week psychoeducational group program for children and youth, ages four to eighteen years old, who have witnessed or been impacted by domestic violence.

The focus of this short-term program is to provide confidential and age appropriate early intervention, information and support to children and youth. Group topics include: Recognizing Violence, Safety Planning, Protecting Yourself, Responsibility for Violence, Conflict Resolution, Healthy Relationships, Self-Esteem, Feelings, Stress Reductions, Family Challenges and Changes.

For safety reasons, eligibility requires families to be safe in order to participate including separation from the abusive partner. The Crossroads Program is offered throughout the year and is available to shelter and community clients from Windsor-Essex County. There is no waitlist or fee for this program.

For more information please call 519-252-1143

Training

Hiatus House provides community consultation, public speaking engagements and professional development training opportunities upon request.

For further information, please contact admin@hiatushouse.com

Language Services

Hiatus House offers interpreting services, including over 75 different languages, through the Multicultural Council of Windsor and Essex County.