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Organization:
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Catholic Centre for Immigrants - Ottawa - Resettlement Assistance Program
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Address:
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219 Argyle Ave
Ottawa, ON
K2P 2H4
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Map
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Intersection:
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Argyle ave and O'Connor St
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Executives:
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Myriam Mekni - Chief Executive Officer
myriam@cciottawa.ca
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Service Description:
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Resettlement assistance program * provides temporary accommodation and initial orientation to government-sponsored refugees and refugee claimants for up to 4 weeks. Refugees are responsible for maintaining their own rooms * child minding * recreation program
Settlement Services -- Needs assessment and Information and referral to community and social services * support with finding housing, child care, registering children in school and health care * help filling out government forms including housing forms * help with connecting to language classes * workshops to reduce stress of adjusting to Canadian culture * supportive counselling - short term counselling
Workshops: employment * education * services in the community * health * family law * immigration * housing * shopping * banking * orientation
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Application:
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Call for more information
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Eligibility / Target Population:
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Individual has to be referred through Social Services or through Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada * be a government-sponsored refugee * be an immigrant in Canada for less than a year * or be a person who has never been through a settlement program
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Languages:
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English * French * Arabic * Chinese (Cantonese) * Spanish * Farsi * Interpretive Services * Kinyarwanda
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Language Notes:
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Reception, programs, publications, and website available in French * French interpretation available upon request
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