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Medicine Hat & Area

Crisis services:

Help Line (provincial) 1-877-303-2642
Mobile Crisis Team through Community Mental Health Clinic 529-3500 or Help Line after hours.
Farm Stress Line 1-866-898-0280
Child Protection Crisis Line 1-800-638-0715
Canadian Red Cross Society (financial crisis situations, housing, meds at 1-888-800-6493 for 24 hr service) http://www.redcross.ca/
Phoenix Safe House (for battered women/children) 1-800-661-7949 www.psh-medhat.com
Salvation Army Family Support Centre (homeless shelter) Medicine Hat 526-9699
Victim Assistance (Medicine Hat Police Services) 529-8480 http://www.medicinehatpolice.com/
Victim Services Unit of Redcliff RCMP 548-7848
Bow Island/Foremost RCMP Victim Service 545-2784
Cantera Safe House (Brooks Women's Shelter) (403) 793-2232

Suicide related services:

Mobile Crisis Team through Palliser Community Mental Health Clinic 529-3500 daytime or 1-877-303-2642 after hours and weekends, call 911, or go to Emergency at Regional Hospital http://www.palliserhealth.ca/
Suicide Prevention Program (educational awareness, ASIST training, Hope and Healing after Suicide Support Group, Yellow Ribbon Program) at our CMHA ASER 504-1811 http://www.ser.cmha.ab.ca/

Youth-related mental health services:

http://www.palliserhealth.ca/
Youth Mental Health Services through Community Mental Health Clinics: Medicine Hat 529-3500, Brooks 793-6655, Bow Island 545-5120, Oyen 664-3803
Palliser Adolescent Services (hospital outreach) 529-8903
Children’s Health and Development Services (CHADS) 529-8966
Community Mental Health 529-3500
Youth Wellness Coordinator 527-4249 http://www.medicinehatyouthaction.ca/regionalcoordinator.html

Senior-related mental health services:

Seniors Mental Health Community Outreach at 502-8617
Geriatric Outpatient Mental Health 529-8913
http://www.palliserhealth.ca/contcare/geriatric.html
Seniors Outreach Worker 502-8718
www.city.medicine-hat.ab.ca/veiner/index.html
C.R.A.N.E. (Community Response to Abuse and Neglect of the Elderly) 529-4798

Affordable Housing:

Medicine Hat Community Housing Society (Subsidized Housing) 527-4507
http://www.mhchs.ca/
Transitional Housing 526-5200
Outreach Department Supervisor or MH Community Housing Society 527-3053
Champion’s Centre Supportive Housing (for men) 504-0342
http://www.thechampionscentre.org/
Musasa House (second stage housing for women and children) 580-8206
http://www.psh-medhat.com/
Miywasin Society of Aboriginal Services 526-0756

Local food banks:

Salvation Army Family Support Centre 526-9699
Medicine Hat Food Bank Client Services 528-4566
Brooks Food Bank 793-2535
Oyen Food Bank 664-2255
Community Food Connections Association Bow Island 502-6096
Community Food Connections (Good Food Box, community gardens, community kitchens) 502-6096 or 502-8209
www.memlane.com/nonprofit/mhfsc/goodfood
Neighborhood Kitchen 528-4313
Meals on Wheels 529-8383

Local shelters:

Inn Between Youth Shelter 527-1588 (daytime) or 529-6367 (evenings)
Salvation Army Family Support Centre 526-9699
Medicine Hat Women's Shelter Society 1-800-661-7949
Cantera Safe House (Brooks Women's Shelter) (403) 793-2232

Support services related to substance abuse:

AADAC 529-3582
http://www.aadac.com/
AADAC Help Line (gambling, alcohol or drugs) 1-866-332-2322
Medicine Hat Community Detox Program 529-1222
www.von.ca/branch/ab_south
Alcoholics Anonymous 527-2065
Alanon and Alateen 527-8252
Cocaine Anonymous 528-7758
Narcotics Anonymous 979-2440 ore 1-877-463-3537

Mental health support services:

Community Mental Health Clinic (children, adolescents, adults, seniors, groups) 529-3500
Schizophrenia Society (client support, Unsung Heroes, Family Support) 526-8515 www.schizophrenia.ab.ca
Concurrent Disorder Support Group (AADAC 529-3582 or Mental Health 529-3500)
Mood Disorders Association 580-4224 www.mhmooddisorder.com
Whispers of Wellness Mental Health Club (CMHA) 504-1811 www.ser.cmha.ab.ca
Routes to Work Mental Health Employment Program 526-5742 www.redi.ca/Routes.asp
Making It Work Specialized Employment Program 527-3400 www.redi.ca
Bereavement Support Groups 504-8026
Partial Hospitalization Program (support groups) 529-8030
Bridges Family Program 526-7473
Phoenix Safe House Women’s Support Group 527-8223
Men’s Work Aftercare Group (Med Hat John Howard Society) 526-5916
Family Life Education Programs (Med Hat Family Service) 504-8026
Sexual Health Clinics (no appointment necessary) 502-8305
Family and Friends Support Group (CMHA) 504-1811
Family and Friends of Adults with FASD 526-5742

Legal aid:

Legal Aid Alberta 529-3553
Dial-a-Law and Lawyer Referral Services 1-800-332-1091

How to find a family physician:

Palliser Health Region General Inquiries 529-8000

Local counseling services:

Community Mental Health Association 529-3500
Medicine Hat Family Service (individual, couple, family, EAP, groups) 504-8026
Sexual Abuse Recovery Counseling 529-3500
Pregnancy Support Centre 504-8560
Community Mental Health Oyen Clinic (403) 664-3803
Community Mental Health Bow Island Clinic (403) 545-5120
Community Mental Health Brooks Clinic (403) 793-6655
Lifetalk Counselling Services (Brooks) (403) 362-2210

Other important resources available:

Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Medicine Hat 527-6640
http://www.bbbsmedhat.ca/
Bridges Family Program 526-7473
Citizen Advocacy Society 527-9787
Community Employment Services 527-3400
http://www.redi.ca/
Medicine Hat John Howard Society 526-5916
http://www.johnhoward.ab.ca/
McMann Youth Family and Community Services 527-1588
http://www.mcmanfoster.com/ http://www.parentlinkcentre.com/
Saamis Immigration Services 504-1188
FAS-D 526-7473
HIV/AIDS Network in Medicine Hat at 527-5882 or Brooks 363-5548
http://www.hivaidsnetwork.ca/

For more information
Contact the organization directly or CMHA ASER; 403-504-1811 or www.ser.cmha.ab.ca.