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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.