Services for Families

Many of our partners offer complementary family services. Check out the list of resources and information available for families categorized into four main groups.

School Boards with Child-Care Services

Conseil des Écoles Publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario (CEPEO)

  • 1-888-332-3736 (toll free)

Conseil Scolaire de District Catholique de l'Est Ontarien (CSDCEO)

  • 613-675-4691
  • 1-800-204-4098 (toll free)

Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO)

  • 1-800-443-4562 (toll free)

Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB)

  • Administrative Office Brockville: 1-800-267-7131 (toll free)
  • Oxford Public School: 1-888-402-3522 (toll free)
Literacy and Libraries

Literacy Centres

Centre d'alphabétisation Moi j'apprends du comté de Russell Inc.

  • Casselman: 613-764-0214
  • Hawkesbury: 613-632-7979
  • Rockland: 613-446-5312
  • Ottawa: 613-748-3879

Libraries

  • Alfred: 613-679-2663
  • Bourget : 613-487-9488
  • Casselman: 613-764-5505
  • Clarence-Rockland: 613-446-5680
  • Embrun: 613-443-3636
  • Hawkesbury : 613-632-0106 extension 2250
  • Limoges: 613-443-1630
  • Plantagenet: 613-673-2051
  • Russell: 613-445-5331
  • St-Albert: 613-987-2143
  • St-Isidore: 613-524-2252
  • Wendover: 613-673-2923
Children with Specials Needs

Early Intervention Services for children who are blind or have low vision

A comprehensive program of direct services, information resources, parent, peer support, and advocacy training for children with vision loss and their families

  • 613-688-3979
  • 1-866-432-7447 (toll free)

Canadian National institute for the Blind

Comprehensive program offering direct services, information resources, support to loved ones and parents, as well as advocacy training for children with visual impairments and their families.

  • 613-936-2300

Inclusion Services

Our mandate is to provide support to nursery schools, Child Care Centres, and Home Child Care Licensed Agency accommodating children with special needs in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell.

  • 613-764-3434
  • 1-866-764-3434 (toll free)

Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)

  • 613-737-7600

Autism Intervention Program

Working with families to optimize the potential of children with autism in Eastern Ontario.

  • 613-745-5963
  • 1-877-542-2294 (toll free)
Community Services

Ambulance

  • 911 

Assaulted Women's Helpline 

  • 1-866-836-0511

Canadian Mental Health Association Champlain East

  • 1-800-493-8271 (toll free)

Centre de santé communautaire de l'Estrie

  • Bourget: 613-487-1802
  • Embrun: 613-443-3888
  • Limoges: 613-557-2210

Centre NOVAS

  • 613-764-5700
  • 1-866-772-9922 (toll free)

Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)

  • 613-737-7600

Clinique juridique de Prescott-Russell

  • 613-632-1136
  • 1-800-250-9220 (toll free)

Eastern Ontario Health Unit

It's been shown that a good start in life will help children develop physically, intellectually, and emotionally. At the Eastern Ontario Health Unit, we believe that children who start healthy habits at an early age will keep them for life. That's why we offer a variety of helpful resources and services.

  • Main Office
    • 613-933-1375
    • 1-800-267-7120 (toll free)
  • Casselman: 613-764-2841
  • Hawkesbury: 613-632-4355
  • Rockland: 613-446-1400

Emergency Poison Unit

  • 416-813-5900
  • 1-800-268-9017 (toll free)

Family Centres

A place where parents and caregivers can get answers to questions, information about the programs and services that are available for young children, and an opportunity to talk to other parents and caregivers in the community.

  • Embrun: 613-443-1614
  • Hawkesbury: 613-632-6959
  • Rockland: 613-446-4220

Food Banks

Alfred

  • 330 St-Philippe Street (basement of the church, at the back)
  • Regions: Alfred, Lefaivre, Plantagenet, Wendover, Treadwell
  • 1-613-679-4269

Bourget

  • B-3779 Champlain Street (behind the NBC)
  • Regions: Bourget and surroundings
  • 1-613-293-9855 (cellular)

Casselman

  • 756 Brébeuf Street Paul-Émile Lévesque Community Centre)
  • Regions: Casselman, The Nation, North Stormont
  • 1-613-764-5203

Embrun

  • 42 Blais Street
  • Regions : Embrun, Limoges, Marionville, Russell
  • [email protected]
  • 1-613-443-2793

Hawkesbury

  • 419 Cartier Boulevard
  • Region: Town of Hawkesbury
  • 1-613-636-0666

L'Orignal

  • 261 Longueuil Street
  • Regions: L'Orignal and Longueuil (K0B)
  • 613-675-1999

Riceville

  • 3839 County Road 16 (Riceville Christian Church Building)
  • Regions: Riceville, Plantagenet, Wendover,
  • Treadwell, Pendleton, St-Isidore, Fournier
  • 1-613-715-0867

Rockland

  • 2815 Chamberland Street
  • Regions: Rockland, Clarence Creek, Hammond, St-Pascal-Baylon
  • 1-613-446-7594

Vankleek Hill

  • 124 Main Street East
  • Regions: Vankleek Hill, St-Eugène, Ste-Anne-de-Prescott, St-Bernardin, parts of L'Orignal, Dalkeith, Alfred
  • 1-613-678-8119

Groupe Action for the children, family and community of Prescott-Russell

Groupe Action is a leading provider in complementary health care and early childhood services throughout the Prescott-Russell's territory.

  • 613 632-7837
  • 1-866-363-3210 (toll free)

Hawkesbury and District General Hospital

  • 613-632-1111

Home and Community Care Support Services Champlain

Home and Community Care Support Services Champlain provide a single point of access to health and personal support services to help people live independently in their homes or to facilitate their transition into a long-term care home.

  • 1-800-538-0520 (toll free)

Housing Services

  • 613-675-4642
  • 1-800-667-9825 (toll free)

Interlude House

  • 613-632-1131
  • 1-800-267-4101 (toll free)
  • 613-801-8169 (for sending text messages)

La Lèche League

An organization where mothers can get support and advice regarding breastfeeding.

  • 613-238-5919
  • 1-800-665-4324 (toll free)

Mental Health Crisis Line 24/7

  • 1-866-996-0991 (toll free)

Office of Child and Family Service Advocacy

The Office of Child and Family Service Advocacy listens, solves problems, mediates complaints, negotiates with service providers, government officials, or some networks in the community, and intercedes on behalf of children, teenagers, and young adults when they are unable to defend themselves.

  • 1-800-263-2841 (toll free)

Ontario

  • 211

Ontario Provincial Police

  • 911
  • 1-888-310-1122 (toll free)

Outreach/Transitional and Housing Support Program

  • 613-525-5338
  • 1-800-461-1842 (toll free)

Pinecrest Queensway Community Health Centre

  • 613-820-4922

Prescott and Russell Community Services

  • 613-632-0939
  • 1-800-267-0853 (toll free)

Prescott & Russell Victim Services

  • 613-632-5282
  • 1-877-632-7530

Probation Services

  • 1-877-680-7832 (toll free)

Regional Mental Health and Addiction Centre

  • 1-844-304-1414 (toll free)

United Way Prescott-Russell

The 125 Centraide - United Way aim to "promote mutual aid, sharing and community and individuals commitment". Centraide - United Way offers a direct financial support to some 7,000 organizations and, by means of designated programs, to more than 10,000 organizations.

  • 613-632-4699

Valoris for Children and Adults of Prescott-Russell

  • 613-673-5148
  • 1-800-675-6168 (toll free)

Victims / Witness Assistance Program

  • 613-675-1991
  • 1-866-296-0164 (toll free)