Promoting mental fitness of all persons by providing information, strategies, supports, and services allowing people to manage and take positive charge of their life to the best of their ability.

Advocate and provide client-directed services and programs with and for people with mental health problems. Enhance, promote and maintain the mental health of individuals and communities through education and awareness.

Goals include ensuring the best possible care, treatment and rehabilitation of the mentally ill and mentally disabled. Services include supported community housing, outreach, and crisis accomodation.

Provides a quality service which empowers clients with a mental illness to maximize their potential.

Helps people affected by emergencies and disasters by providing them with food, clothing, shelter and first aid.

Six national goals: to prevent the spread of HIV infection in Canada; to find a cure; to find and provide effective vaccines, drugs and therapies; to ensure care, treatment and support for Canadians living with HIV/AIDS, their families, friends and caregivers; to minimize the adverse impact of HIV/AIDS on individuals and communities; and to minimize the impact of social and economic factors that increase individual and collective risk for HIV.

A non-profit organization that provides quality, community based, support programs for adult mental health consumers in a non-institutional environment. The goal is independent living and the acquisition of skills which assist residents in achieving their optimum level of independence. Four programs are offered: Group Home, Respite Care, Alternative Living Program, and Community Outreach.

We provide support and shelter to women and children who are emotionally, physically, or sexually abused. We offer therapeutic programs directed at women, youth, and children escaping from violence, an outreach program, legal support, and second stage housing in Glace Bay and Sydney.

Offers shelter for battered women and their children, a 24 hour crisis line, information on legal issues, housing, employment & other matters, counselors to listen & help, a child service worker, and follow-up meetings.

Provides shelter, food, and a drop-in centre to meet the basic needs of homeless people who are in need of temporary assistance. It runs Chiwid Transition House for women and children leaving abusive

relationships and the Minimal Barriers Emergency Shelter, a separate location which is open to anyone in need of shelter.