Catholic Centre for Immigrants - Ottawa - Resettlement Assistance Program

Organization:

Phone Numbers:

613-232-9634

Fax:

613-232-3660

Email:

communications@cciottawa.ca

Website:

www.cciottawa.ca

Address:

219 Argyle Ave
Ottawa, ON
K2P 2H4

Intersection:

Argyle ave and O'Connor St

Accessibility:

Wheelchair Accessible

Hours:

Mon-Fri 9am-5pm

Executives:

Myriam Mekni - Chief Executive Officer
myriam@cciottawa.ca

Public Contacts:

Steven Cote - Manager, Reception House
343-227-0104 * Steven@cciottawa.ca
Lama Ismail - RAP Program Coordinator
343-655-1408 * lama@cciottawa.ca

Service Description:

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

Application:

Call for more information

Eligibility / Target Population:

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

Languages:

English ; French ; Arabic ; Chinese (Cantonese) ; Spanish ; Farsi ; Interpretive Services ; Kinyarwanda

Language Notes:

Reception, programs, publications, and website available in French * French interpretation available upon request

Area Served:

Ottawa (City of)