Resources

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If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, you can contact a counsellor at any time by phone, text or chat.

Breakup

Domestic violence

Loneliness and isolation

Women

Centre-femmes La passerelle du Kamouraska

French

Bas-Saint-Laurent

Supports women experiencing social, psychological, and economic hardship.• Provides women with opportunities to meet and share their experiences.• Shares information about the status of women.• Promotes and enhances the status of women.

418 492-1449

Website

Family caregivers

Loss of autonomy

Comité d’accompagnement La Source

French

English

Bas-Saint-Laurent

La Source is a nonprofit organization that works with palliative care patients and their families to help them navigate the final phases of illness as serenely as possible.

418 867-4827

Website

Breakup

Domestic violence

Men

Mental health/distress

Suicidal thoughts

Violence

C-TA-C

French

Bas-Saint-Laurent

C-TA-C works with men experiencing difficulties in their relationships as a result of their use of inappropriate, impulsive, controlling, or violent behaviour or because they are going through a crisis or difficult period (breakup, loss, questions about their life, etc.).

418 725-2822

Website

Grief and loss

Loved ones

Youth

Deuil-Jeunesse (Bas-Saint-Laurent)

French

Bas-Saint-Laurent

Deuil-Jeunesse provides professional counselling to young people and families dealing with serious illness, the death of a loved one, or hardship related to parental separation, abandonment, or adoption. The organization works directly with young people and their parents, family, and friends.

418-624-3666

Website

Grief and loss

Youth

Deuil-Jeunesse (Bas-Saint-Laurent, KRTB Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata–Les Basques)

French

Bas-Saint-Laurent

Deuil-Jeunesse provides professional counselling to young people and families dealing with serious illness, the death of a loved one, or hardship related to parental separation, abandonment, or adoption. The organization works directly with young people and their parents, family, and friends.

1 855 889-3666

Website

Loss of autonomy

Physical health, illness, and disability

Hôtellerie Omer-Brazeau

French

English

Bas-Saint-Laurent

Association du cancer de l'Est du Québec offers various services at Hôtellerie Omer-Brazeau to help people cope with illness, whether it's cancer or another disease.

418 724-2120

Website

Delinquency

L’Arc-en-soi

French

Bas-Saint-Laurent

L'Arc-en-soi is a halfway house for offenders from the Lower St. Lawrence and Gaspé regions that promotes their gradual social reintegration and provides an alternative to incarceration.

418 862-3721

Website

Alcohol or drug addiction

Social and professional reintegration

L’Arrimage, centre de traitement des dépendances

French

Bas-Saint-Laurent

L'Arrimage's mission is to restore the dignity and well-being of every person suffering from addiction. It goes beyond cessation to help people feel better about themselves and reclaim their place in society.

Service général : 418 724-0460

Website

Domestic violence

Women

La Débrouille

French

24/7

Bas-Saint-Laurent

La Débrouille is an independent community organization that advocates for the rights of women who are victims of domestic violence and their children. It offers support and shelter services and helps them in their efforts to regain control over their lives.

418 724-5067

Website

Breakup

Domestic violence

Loneliness and isolation

Social and professional reintegration

La Gigogne

French

Bas-Saint-Laurent

La Gigogne is a community organization in the Matane region that specializes in domestic violence and literacy. It offers services to women who are victims of domestic violence and their children, with or without shelter (emergency shelter and second stage housing). The organization also runs Alpha de La Matanie, a grassroots literacy service that teaches basic math and computer skills. The service is open to everyone.

418 562-3377

Website

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