Contact Hamilton for Children’s and Developmental Services

Our Vision
Thriving children and youth, empowered adults, strong families, inclusive communities.

Our Mission
To enhance quality of life by providing access to information and available services and supports

Service Principles and Values
Contact Hamilton is a values and principles-based organization and strives to adhere to these through its work and conduct.

 

Contact Hamilton for Children’s and Developmental Services administers 3 programs:

• Children and Youth Services
• Developmental Services Ontario Hamilton Niagara Region (DSO HNR)
• Passport Funding Program, Hamilton-Niagara

Children and Youth Services

Our Children and Youth Services program helps children, youth, and their caregivers in the following ways:

• Connect to the mental health, FASD and/or developmental services that they need. (Access Program)
• We help children and youth aged birth to school exit who have multiple and complex needs, and their caregivers, coordinate their multiple services. (Coordinated Service Planning)
• We help families of children and youth with FASD (fetal alcohol spectrum disorder) or possible FASD access services in the community. We work closely with the Hamilton FASD Collaborative, and help families get connected to the services that they provide: case conferencing, training/education, and caregiver support.  (FASD Service)

DSO HNR Services

Our DSO HNR program helps people aged 16+ years with a developmental disability looking for adult developmental services, in the following ways:

• We confirm a person’s eligibility for adult developmental services that are funded by the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services
• We help eligible people apply for adult developmental services by completing the provincial Developmental Services application
• For people aged 18+ years, we make referrals to adult developmental services

For more information, please visit www.dsontario.ca

Passport Funding Program, Hamilton-Niagara

Our Passport Funding Program provides funding to adults with a confirmed developmental disability for community participation supports, respite and skill development.  Referrals come through the DSO.  If you are interested in applying for Passport funding, please connect with the DSO.