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STV Outreach Program

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Provides support services to women who have experienced or are at risk of violence. The program is based on harm reduction, meeting immediate needs and promoting healthy choices.

This includes the following:

  • Emotional support

  • Connecting with community resources (food security, support groups, legal)

  • Housing support (subsidized housing applications, rental assistance program) when space permits

  • Assistance with forms and applications

Drop-In Program

Drop-in is a free and confidential service for adult women who have experienced abuse in intimate partner relationships, childhood sexual abuse, and or trauma and sexual assault.

  • Tuesday to Thursday 1-3

  • Free

  • Safe space/confidential

  • 15-30 min 1-1

  • Resource and referral to Haven programs or other community resources

  • No appointment required

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Homeless Prevention Program HPP (Space Permitting)

Provides housing assistance and case management to women and their children who are homeless or at risk of homelessness due to intimate partner violence.

  • Rent supplements

  • Housing supports

  • Referrals

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Boundary Supportive Housing

Provides long-term subsidized housing and onsite support services for women who have experienced violence and who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

  • 13 bachelor units

  •  support groups

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16 Steps to Empowerment

This is a drop-in group for women to explore overcoming addictions/dependencies using a holistic approach. Groups are intrinsic to empowerment in place of relying on experts, we learn through each other's experience and come to trust in our own wisdom.

  • Tuesdays 10-12 pm

  • No pre-registration required

 

This group is offered at different times throughout the year. For more information, call 250-756-2452 ext. 245 or email haven@havensociety.com.

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Crisis Line: 250-756-0616

Toll-free: 1-888-756-0616

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Community Services Building

Phone: 250-756-2452

Fax: 250-756-2414

haven@havensociety.com

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2270 Labieux Rd.

Nanaimo, BC

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Mailing Address:

Box 37086, 38-3200 Island Hwy

Nanaimo, BC V9T 6N4

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Registered Charitable Number:

119261105 RR0001

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Haven Society would like to acknowledge that we operate on the traditional territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation.

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Haven Society is a safe scent organization.

As a part of this policy, we ask all visitors to refrain from using or donating scented/fragranced products.

If you have any questions or would like more information about our Scent Safe Policy, please don't hesitate to reach out to haven@havensociety.com

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