Help Book
The Help Book – A Guide to Human Services is managed & maintained by Camrose and District Support Services. If you require changes to your agency information or wish to have your agency included in the Help Book Directory please click here to email us.
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affordable housing rent subsidy restoreHousing
Habitat for Humanity Camrose / Restore
Contact Jason Diduck (Executive Director) Address 5007 - 46 St. Camrose T4V 3G3 Phone 780-672-4484 / 780-878-8135 Email info@habitatcamrose.com Website www.habitatcamrose.com Hours Restore: Tues.- Sat., 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Community Camrose Description A) Affordable homeownership program for families who would not otherwise be able to own their own home. Applications for housing are available on-line and at ReStore. B) ReStore accepts donations of new and used building materials, appliances, furniture, and other home products. Items are available for sale to general public. C) Financial Literacy Training and matched savings program available for applicants to our affordable homeownership program.
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counselling counseling therapy art expressionMental Health Services
Haven Counselling, Art Therapy & Spiritual Guidance
Contact Nikki Featherstone (Registered Canadian Art Therapist / Counselling Therapist) Phone 780-678-6223 Email Haven.SpiritualArtTherapy@gmail.com Website www.ourhaven.ca Facebook Haven Counselling, Art Therapy & Spiritual Guidance Facebook Page Instagram Haven Counselling, Art Therapy & Spiritual Guidance Instagram Page Hours By Appointment Fee $150.00/50-minute 1-1 session; fee varies for groups & workshops. Sliding fee scale Description Registered Canadian Art Therapist holds space for you while guiding you through important life and internal events using a mixture of different modalities, such as dialectical behavioual therapy, narrative therapy, eco-therapy, and all types of creative expression. No art experience required to engage in creative expression. Clients guide each session and are supported in what they choose to engage in. Therapeutic approach is client-centered, feminist, anti-oppressive, trauma informed, and spiritually integrated. Creates and holds space in a way that allows each person to be exactly who they are, held in non-judgement and acceptance. Meets you where you are on your personal path and walks alongside you as a guide while you navigate the terrain in your life. Serving individuals, couple, families youth, adolescents and adults. Noted populations: women, femme identified humans, SWs, queer, 2SLGBTQ+, poly/non-monogamous couples & families, minority faith groups (i.e., paganism, eclectic spiritual faith traditions, etc.)
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Hay Lakes PlayschoolChild & Youth Services
Hay Lakes & District Playschool Society
Contact Cory Zetzen/Maria Stratuliak (Board Member/Teacher) Address P.O. Box 116 Hay Lakes T0B 1W0 Phone 780-920-9295/587-986-9183 Email teacher.hlps@gmail.com Website haylakesplayschool.ca Community Hay Lakes Description Located at Hay Lakes Recreation Centre, the Playschool Society runs a program for 3 and 4 year olds. Subsidy may be available for applicants that qualify. The 3 year old class runs on Monday & Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.; the 4 year old class runs on Tuesday & Thursday from 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Affordable fees. PUF program is available.
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reading libraries libraryEducation & Literacy
Hay Lakes Library
Contact Beth Ogilvie (Library Manager) Address PO Box 69 Hay Lakes T0B 1W0 Phone 780-878-2665 Email haylakeslibrary@prl.ab.ca Website www.haylakeslibrary.prl.ab.ca/ Hours Tues.,10:00 - 6:00 p.m.; Wed., 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. & Thurs. 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Fee Single Membership: $15.00. Family Membership: $30.00 Community Hay Lakes Description Located in the heart of the Village of Hay Lakes, we offer a wide range of material as well as DVD’s and audio books. Our programs are designed for children and adults of all ages to engage in the love of learning.
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Helplines
Health Link
Toll Free 811 Website www.myhealth.alberta.ca Hours 24 hours/7days/week. Description Health Link Alberta is a 24 hour a day, 7 day a week nurse telephone advice and health information service. Highly skilled Registered Nurses will provide you with advice and information about health symptoms and concerns that you or a member of your family may be experiencing. Health Link can also help you find appropriate services and health information. All call are confidential and free.
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TIPS Parenting health familiesParenting
Healthy Families Home Visitation
Contact Stacey Olstad (Program Director of Family Services) Address 4604 - 57 St. Camrose T4V 2E7 Phone 780-672-0257 Fax 780-672-7484 Email solstad@cafcl.org Website www.cafcl.org Hours Mon. - Fri: 8:30 - 4:30, closed for lunch 12:00 - 1:00 pm Fee Free, program is voluntary. Community Camrose Description Is a voluntary in-home service offered to parents and parents-to-be in support of raising children to be healthy, safe and secure. Home Visitation focuses on strengthening and supporting families. Our goal is: to build foundations for strong family functioning, to promote healthy childhood growth and development, help to cultivate the growth of nurturing, responsive parent-child relationships, support for prenatal care and its role in a healthy pregnancy, to enhance protective factors. Our approach is family-centered and strength based, we work in partnership with families with children prenatal to 6 years of age. Our enhanced home visitation also supports engagement with siblings within the home up to age 13.
As a further extension, we provide long-term support in response to the concern of substance use during pregnancy through Parent Child Assistance Program (PCAP). Home visitors work directly with participants offering personalized services for up to 3 years. You may be eligible to receive services if you are pregnant or up to 6 months postpartum, self-report alcohol and/or drug use during pregnancy, and are ineffectively engaged with community.
All programs are voluntary and free of charge. Referrals are welcome from everyone including self.
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HIV aids AIDS health hivHealth Services
HIV Edmonton
Contact Jade Ojumu (Public Engagement Coordinator) Address 9702 - 111 Ave Edmonton T5G 0B1 Phone 780-488-5742 ext. 302 Fax 780-488-3735 Email contact@hivedmonton.com Website www.hivedmonton.com Hours Mon. - Thurs., 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.; Fri., 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Closed daily for lunch 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Description HIV has a vision of Zero: Zero new HIV infections, Zero stigma and discrimination and Zero AIDS related deaths. We work towards this vision by working with the community and partner agencies regarding health promotion, community action, education and prevention from a harm reduction model. Due to Covid we are seeing people only by appointment. Please call to make an appointment. Virtual support is offered. Safer sex (condoms) are distributed as needed to community groups or anyone in need. Phone or email to set up pick up – contact@hivedmonton.com
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foot care health nail trimmingHealth Services
Holistic FootCare
Contact Roy Wallace Phone 780-563-0021 Email holisticfootcare@yahoo.com Hours Mon. - Sun., 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Description A Licensed Practical Nurse offering mobile, professional foot care with good old fashioned TLC. Follows strict Alberta Health and Wellness infection control standards using only sterile instruments for each client. Comprehensive services include, but not limited to, nail trimming, ingrown nail management, fungus nail treatment and specialized diabetic foot care. Special rates for seniors in care facilities.
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compassionate care nav care counselling palliative end of life care grief support groupsHealth Services
Hospice Society of Camrose and District
Contact Melanie Poole (Administrative Coordinator) Address Box 1891 Camrose T4V 1X8 Phone 780-608-0636 Email admin@camrosehospice.com Website www.camrosehospice.org Facebook Hospice Society of Camrose and District Facebook Page Hours Mon. - Fri., 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. for registration/programming. Fee No Fees Community Camrose Description A registered charity since 2011 serving Camrose and area. Services are offered in-home, hospital, long-term care facilities, through programs at Mirror Lake Centre, and in the community. Support groups and education sessions are available (schedules on the website). Office is located lower level Mirror Lake Centre. Staff and trained volunteers provide these services: A) Nav-CARE Program – for people with declining health who are experiencing isolation, loneliness, and may need help accessing resources or connecting with people. B) Palliative and End of Life Programs – provides respite and support to families who are caring for someone who has a life limiting illness and to those dying at home. C) Bereavement and Grief Program – provides individual grief sessions, grief companions, grief walks, and grief support groups.
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hospital st marys covenant healthHealth Services
Hospital, St. Mary’s Covenant Health
Contact Cherylyn Antymniuk (Site Administrator) Address 4607-53 St. Camrose T4V 1Y5 Phone 780-679-6100 Fax 780-679-6198 Website www.covenanthealth.ca/hospitals-care-centres/st-marys-hospital Hours 24 hour phone service Description St. Mary’s Hospital is available for all your acute care needs. We are an innovative and welcoming 76 bed rural hospital serving Camrose and surrounding communities. Our friendly and responsive staff uphold Covenant Health’s Mission, Vision, and Values by providing exceptional quality of care to all. We provide Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services including a Pharmacy, Physical and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation, Respiratory Therapy, and Fluoroscopy; in addition, our facility is equipped with Radiology, Ultrasound, and Computed Tomography (CT) Scanning technology. In-Patient Services include: Laboratory, Medicine, Mental Health Services, Spiritual Care, Stroke Services, Palliative Care, and our modern Surgical technology allows for advanced services in Anesthesia, Gynecology, Orthopedics, Obstetrics, and Plastics. Out Patient Services: 24-Hour Emergency Department, Ambulatory Care Clinic, Cardiac Stress Testing, Cancer Clinic, Surgical Pre-Assessments, Heart and Stroke Clinic and Preventative Education, Minor Outpatient Surgeries, Clinical Nutrition, and a Travelling MRI. St. Mary’s Hospital, Camrose Foundation website is www.stmaryshospitalfoundation.com/