Local Services for Youth

Find free help for youth below for anything from mental health and addictions to dental health.

Information/Referral Support

Crisis Support

Windsor-Essex Children’s Aid Society       
1-800-265-5609 or 519-252-1171

Community Crisis Centre of Windsor-Essex County       
24 hr service for ages 16+       
519-973-4435 

Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare Regional Children’s Centre Crisis Service & Walk in Service       
Ages 6 to 18 years       
Hours: Mon to Thurs 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Fri 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.        
519-257-KIDS (5437)

Help Lines

Kids Help Phone (24 hr)       
1-800-668-6868 

ConnexOntario - Access to Addiction, Mental Health & Problem Gambling Services       
1-866-531-2600

Bounce Back Ontario - Ages 15+ years       
1-866-345-0224

Hope for Wellness Hotline - for Indigenous people across Canada       
1-855-242-3310

Alcohol and Drug Addiction

Quit Vaping/Smoking

Windsor-Essex County Health Unit       
519-258-2146 ext. 3100 

Teen Health- Windsor-Essex Community Health Centre  - Ages 12 to 24 years       
519-253-8481 

Smokers’ Helpline        
1-877-513-5333

Quash App       
For ages 14 to 19 years

Gambling Addiction

YMCA of Southwestern Ontario Youth Gambling Awareness Program - Ages 8 to 24 years       
519-965-9335  

Centre for Problem Gambling and Digital Dependency  - For those age 16+ years       
519-254-2112

Services for the Homeless

Street Health       
519-997-2824 

Welcome Centre Shelter for Women       
519-971-7595

Windsor Youth Centre - Age 16 to 25 years       
226-674-0006

Windsor Residence for Young Men - Age 16 to 24 years       
226-221-8464 

Housing Information Services       
519-254-4824

Mental Health Services and Counselling

Sexual Health

Sexual Assault Treatment Centre, Domestic Violence and Safe Kids Program       
(24 hr Windsor Regional Hospital ER Metropolitan Campus)        
519-255-2234

Sexual Assault Crisis Centre        
(daytime) 519-253-3100       
(24 hr) 519-253-9667

HIV and STI Testing

Windsor Regional Hospital (Anonymous HIV testing only)       
519-254-6115 

Teen Health- Windsor-Essex Community Health Centre - Ages 12 to 24 years       
519-253-8481

Domestic Violence

Sexual Assault Treatment Centre, Domestic Violence and Safe Kids Program       
(24 hr Windsor Regional Hospital ER Metropolitan Campus) 519-255-2234       
Hiatus House 519-252-1143       
Crisis Helpline (24 Hour) 519-252-7781 

Pregnancy Help Services

Healthy Families Program (Windsor-Essex County Health Unit)       
519-258-2146 ext. 1350

Building Blocks for Better Babies (BBBB) Prenatal Nutrition       
519-977-6862 

Teen Health- Windsor-Essex Community Health Centre - Ages 12 to 24 years       
519-253-8481

Parenting Classes

Triple P (Positive Parenting Program)       
519-257-5215 ext. 74033

LGBTQIA2S+ Youth Services

Pozitive Pathways Community Services - Age 11 to 25 years       
519-973-0222

Youthline - Hours: 4:00 -9:30 p.m., Sun to Fri       
1-800-268-9688       
Text: 647-694-427 

Windsor Pride Community       
519-946-4740 

Windsor Youth Centre (GSA) - Ages 16 to 25 years       
226-674-0006 

Windsor Family Health Team       
519-250-5656 

Trans Wellness Ontario       
226-674-4745

Eating Disorders

Bulimia Anorexia Nervosa Association (BANA) and Windsor Essex Community Health Centre (Intake Line)       
1-855-969-5530 

National Eating Disorders Information Centre       
1-866-NEDIC (63342)-20 

Youth Employment and Income Services

Employment Connections (Leamington)       
519-326-8629 

Ontario Works       
519-255-5200 

New Beginnings Youth Opportunity Strategy       
519-254-2363

Oral Health

Windsor-Essex County Health Unit       
519-258-2146 ext. 1199 

Healthy Smiles Ontario       
Free dental care for eligible children 17 years old and under.

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