Service organizations that serve Nova Scotians who may need support with the cost of digital inclusion may become a registered Referral Partner in the GEO Connects program.
Each Referral Partner is permitted to provide a limited number of referrals into the program. The total number of Referral Partners and each partners’ allocation is limited by the program’s overall budget.
If your organization is interested in learning more about our programs and how we may be able to partner together, you are welcome to attend one of our partner information sessions. Click here to register for a session.
2025 Referral Partner Registry
Region Directory
Click on each region to quickly find our list of partners for that region.
Annapolis Valley
Aboriginal Peoples Training and Employment Commission
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
APTEC is the employment and training division of the Native Council of Nova Scotia established to provide human resource development services to the rural, urban, off-reserve Mi’kmaq / Aboriginal Peoples of Nova Scotia.
Website:
Africadian Empowerment Academy
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
Africadian Empowerment Academy is a non-profit education and skills development-based organization, designed to empower, equip and iNova Scotiapire members of the Nova Scotia community of African descent, to pursue and fulfill their lifelong dreams & aspiratioNova Scotia.
Website:
Autism NS
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
Autism NS is a community-based organization that builds understanding, acceptance, and inclusion for Autistics/individuals on the autism spectrum and their families through leadership, advocacy, education, training, and programming across the lifespan.
Website:
Black Educators Association
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
The Black Educators Association is a non-profit organization established in 1969 to support African Nova Scotian communities in developing strategies for achieving an equitable education system.
Website:
Bryony House
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
Bryony House is a 24-room shelter. Each year, approximately 500 individuals and their children stay with us and 2,500 distress calls are answered.
Website:
Chrysalis House
Area Served:
Kentville
Description:
Chrysalis House is a safe and non-judgmental environment providing shelter and outreach services for women and children.
Website:
CMHA-NS
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
The Canadian Mental Health Association Nova Scotia (CMHA NS) Division delivers safe, inclusive evidence-based programs, training and navigation support that Nova Scotians need to be well and stay well.
Website:
Community INC
Area Served:
West Hants and Kings County Nova Scotia
Description:
Community INC provides inclusive employment services in the counties of West Hants and Kings, Nova Scotia, to help you reach your employment goals.
Website:
East Hants Community Learning Association
Area Served:
East Hants
Description:
East Hants CLA provides academic support for Nova Scotia Adult Learning
Website:
Farm to Feast Cafe Association
Area Served:
Annapolis Valley / Middleton
Description:
Farm to Feast Cafe organizes events monthly for both the garden and kitchen! Events include our Garden Open House, Community Supper, Kitchen Parties and More!
Website:
Healthy Minds Cooperative
Area Served:
NS / HRM
Description:
Healthy Minds Cooperative offers a safe space to connect, learn, and grow. Helping those who experience barriers from mental health illness and addiction.
Website:
Hearing and Speech NS
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
Hearing and Speech Nova Scotia (HS Nova Scotia), helps those who call our communities home to live life to the fullest with provincially funded hearing and speech services.
Website:
Kids Action Program
Area Served:
Kings County and Hants-County
Description:
Kids Action program is a network of family resource programs in Kings and Hants Counties, Nova Scotia.
Website:
Kings Senior Safety
Area Served:
Kings County
Description:
The Kings County Seniors’ Safety Society provides oversight and programming for safety and education initiatives that assist seniors living independently in the communities of Kings County.
Website:
Mi’kmaq Native Friendship Centre
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
Mi’kmaq Native Friendship Centre is a non-profit and a charitable organization that provides culture-focused programs, services, and support to urban Indigenous people and their families in Halifax, Nova Scotia, since 1973.
Website:
Nova Scotia ABSW
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
NSABSW offers educational and community based programs ranging from clinical counselling to professional development.
Website:
Nova Scotia Early Childhood Development Intervention Services
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
NSECDIS supports Children with developmental delays from birth to school entry.
Website:
Peer Outreach Support Services & Education (POSSE)
Area Served:
Sipekne’katik First Nation, Sackville, and West Hants
Description:
POSSE facilitates non-judgmental Harm Reduction and Human Rights training for youth and young adults ages 15-35 to provide peer support, crisis intervention, harm reduction street-level outreach, services and education while fostering communities of care.
Website:
Peopleworx
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
PeopleWorx Society helps people overcome obstacles to employment.
Website:
Rainbow Refugee Association of Nova Scotia
Area Served:
HRM/NS
Description:
RRANS is dedicated to providing private sponsorship and settlement assistance for LGBTQI+ refugees seeking resettlement in Nova Scotia.
Website:
SchoolsPlus
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
SchoolsPlus is a collaborative interagency approach supporting the whole child and their family with the school as the center of service delivery.
Website:
SEED
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
SEED provides support to help vulnerable youth in Nova Scotia work towards their employability goals and being self-sufficient.
Website:
Shelter Nova Scotia
Area Served:
NS / HRM
Description:
Shelter NS provides a place to stay and services to promote stability for marginalized individuals.
Website:
Stepping Stone
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
Stepping Stone is a not for profit organization that provides services and support to current and former sex workers.
Website:
The Portal Youth Outreach Association
Area Served:
Annapolis Valley
Description:
The Portal Youth Outreach Association assists youth experiencing homelessness in the Annapolis Valley and prevention of further youth from becoming homeless.
Website:
Valley Community Learning Association
Area Served:
Annapolis Valley
Description:
VCLN provides academic support for Nova Scotia Adult Learning
Website:
YWCA – Waverly Inn
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
YWCA Halifax Waverley Inn Residence offers 32 units of deeply affordable housing to women and gender diverse people.
Website:
YWCA SHYM + WISH
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
YWCA SHYM + WISH provides hope through short and long-term apartment units for women and gender diverse people who need affordable, dignified, and supportive housing.
Website:
Cape Breton
Abbey Ridge, a division of NDE
Area Served:
Glace Bay
Description:
Abbey Ridge offers a supportive living program for youth who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness.
Website:
Aboriginal Peoples Training and Employment Commission
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
APTEC is the employment and training division of the Native Council of Nova Scotia established to provide human resource development services to the rural, urban, off-reserve Mi’kmaq / Aboriginal Peoples of Nova Scotia.
Website:
Adult Learning Association of Cape Breton
Area Served:
CB County
Description:
ALACB rovides academic support for Nova Scotia Adult Learning
Website:
Africadian Empowerment Academy
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
Africadian Empowerment Academy is a non-profit education and skills development-based organization, designed to empower, equip and iNova Scotiapire members of the Nova Scotia community of African descent, to pursue and fulfill their lifelong dreams & aspiratioNova Scotia.
Website:
Ally Centre of Cape Breton
Area Served:
CBRM / Sydney
Description:
Ally Centre uses a community development and harm reduction approach in providing services, education, support and advocacy on blood borne pathogens and related issues for the people of Cape Breton Island.
Website:
Ally Pallet Shelter
Area Served:
Cape Breton
Description:
Ally Pallet Shelter is a partner of Ally Center of Cape Breton.
Website:
Autism NS
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
Autism NS is a community-based organization that builds understanding, acceptance, and inclusion for Autistics/individuals on the autism spectrum and their families through leadership, advocacy, education, training, and programming across the lifespan.
Website:
Black Educators Association
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
The Black Educators Association is a non-profit organization established in 1969 to support African Nova Scotian communities in developing strategies for achieving an equitable education system.
Website:
Breton Ability Centre
Area Served:
Cape Breton County
Description:
Breton Ability strives to help individuals with varying abilities reach their full potential and achieve a life that is meaningful to them.
Website:
Bryony House
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
Bryony House is a 24-room shelter. Each year, approximately 500 individuals and their children stay with us and 2,500 distress calls are answered.
Website:
Cape Breton Food Hub
Area Served:
Cape Breton Island
Description:
Cape Breton Food Hub makes it easy to get local food from producers to consumers.
Website:
Cape Breton Transition House
Area Served:
Cape Breton County
Description:
Cape Breton Transition House Association coordinated an integrated approach to Intimate Partner Violence- the Cape Breton Interagency on Family Violence.
Website:
CB Community Housing Association
Area Served:
Cape Breton County
Description:
Cape Breton Community Housing Association offers a range of community based services for persons with mental illness and/or experiencing homelessness.
Website:
CMHA-NS
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
The Canadian Mental Health Association Nova Scotia (CMHA NS) Division delivers safe, inclusive evidence-based programs, training and navigation support that Nova Scotians need to be well and stay well.
Website:
Eskasoni Mental Health
Area Served:
Eskasoni
Description:
Eskasoni Mental Health Services (EMHS) provides a wide range of services to the Mi’kmaq people of Eskasoni, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. The Tui’kn Residential School Survivor Team provides services to all 5 Unama’ki (Cape Breton) communities.
Website:
Healthy Minds Cooperative
Area Served:
NS / HRM
Description:
Healthy Minds Cooperative offers a safe space to connect, learn, and grow. Helping those who experience barriers from mental health illness and addiction.
Website:
Hearing and Speech NS
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
Hearing and Speech Nova Scotia (HS Nova Scotia), helps those who call our communities home to live life to the fullest with provincially funded hearing and speech services.
Website:
Inverness County Literacy
Area Served:
Inverness County
Description:
Provides academic support for NS Adult Learning
Website:
Jane Paul Indigenous Women’s RC
Area Served:
Sydney, Indigenous Communities on Cape Breton Island
Description:
The Jane Paul Indigenous Women’s Resource Centre provides a variety of support and services to vulnerable Indigenous women and girls.
Website:
Leeside Transition House
Area Served:
Port Hawkesbury
Description:
Leeside Transition House offers safe shelter for abused women and their children with 24-hour staffing; 24-hour crisis support telephone line.
Website:
Mi’kmaq Native Friendship Centre
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
Mi’kmaq Native Friendship Centre is a non-profit and a charitable organization that provides culture-focused programs, services, and support to urban Indigenous people and their families in Halifax, Nova Scotia, since 1973.
Website:
Mi’kmaw Family Healing Centre – We’koqma’q
Area Served:
We’koqma’q
Description:
Mi’kmaw Family Healing Centre helps people maintain a healthy and violence-free lifestyle.
Website:
New Dawn Enterprises
Area Served:
Cape Breton County
Description:
New Dawn Enterprises engages the community to create and support a culture of self-reliance.
Website:
Nova Scotia ABSW
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
NSABSW offers educational and community based programs ranging from clinical counselling to professional development.
Website:
Nova Scotia Early Childhood Development Intervention Services
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
NSECDIS supports Children with developmental delays from birth to school entry.
Website:
Pathways to Employment
Area Served:
Cape Breton Regional Municipality
Description:
Pathways to Employment empowers people with mental illness, substance use and social challenges to live with more independence, and inclusion in our community.
Website:
Peopleworx
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
PeopleWorx Society helps people overcome obstacles to employment.
Website:
Potlotek First Nation
Area Served:
Potlotek
Description:
Potlotek First Nation serves as a key gathering spot for cultural events such as the annual St. Anne’s Mission and continues to be a stronghold of Mi’kmaq traditions.
Website:
Rainbow Refugee Association of Nova Scotia
Area Served:
HRM/NS
Description:
RRANS is dedicated to providing private sponsorship and settlement assistance for LGBTQI+ refugees seeking resettlement in Nova Scotia.
Website:
Richmond County Literacy Network
Area Served:
Richmond County
Description:
Provides academic support for NS Adult Learning
Website:
SchoolsPlus
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
SchoolsPlus is a collaborative interagency approach supporting the whole child and their family with the school as the center of service delivery.
Website:
SEED
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
SEED provides support to help vulnerable youth in Nova Scotia work towards their employability goals and being self-sufficient.
Website:
Shelter Nova Scotia
Area Served:
NS / HRM
Description:
Shelter NS provides a place to stay and services to promote stability for marginalized individuals.
Website:
Stepping Stone
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
Stepping Stone is a not for profit organization that provides services and support to current and former sex workers.
Website:
The Ann Terry Society
Area Served:
Cape Breton
Description:
The Ann Terry Society is a women-centered employment organization that assists unemployed women in preparing for, obtaining, and finding employment.
Website:
Victoria County Home Support Services Soc.
Area Served:
Victoria County
Description:
VCHSS is a service provider for the Continuing Care branch of the NS Department of Seniors and Long-term Care, providing light housekeeping, meal preparation, personal care and more.
Website:
YWCA – Waverly Inn
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
YWCA Halifax Waverley Inn Residence offers 32 units of deeply affordable housing to women and gender diverse people.
Website:
YWCA SHYM + WISH
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
YWCA SHYM + WISH provides hope through short and long-term apartment units for women and gender diverse people who need affordable, dignified, and supportive housing.
Website:
Halifax
7th Step Society of Nova Scotia
Area Served:
HRM
Description:
7th Step Society of Nova Scotia works to reduce recidivism through positive peer support.
Website:
Aboriginal Peoples Training and Employment Commission
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
APTEC is the employment and training division of the Native Council of Nova Scotia established to provide human resource development services to the rural, urban, off-reserve Mi’kmaq / Aboriginal Peoples of Nova Scotia.
Website:
Adsum for Women & Children
Area Served:
HRM
Description:
Adsum for Women and Children, our housing, programs, and services are located and provided in Mi’kmaw Territory. We strive for meaningful partnerships with all the peoples of this land as we continue to live and learn in Kjipuktuk (Halifax).
Website:
Africadian Empowerment Academy
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
Africadian Empowerment Academy is a non-profit education and skills development-based organization, designed to empower, equip and iNova Scotiapire members of the Nova Scotia community of African descent, to pursue and fulfill their lifelong dreams & aspiratioNova Scotia.
Website:
Alice House
Area Served:
HRM/ Dartmouth
Description:
Alice House is the key to opportunity and a new beginning. We provide safe second-stage housing and supportive counselling for women and children in NS.
Website:
Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth
Area Served:
Halifax area, Bedford, Clayton Park, Sackville, Dartmouth, Amherst, Bridgewater
Description:
Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth supports families living on low incomes
Website:
Atlantic Muslim Resource Centre (AMRC)
Area Served:
Halifax Regional Municipality
Description:
AMRC is dedicated to addressing the unique needs of immigrants, refugees, and the Muslim community.
Website:
Autism NS
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
Autism NS is a community-based organization that builds understanding, acceptance, and inclusion for Autistics/individuals on the autism spectrum and their families through leadership, advocacy, education, training, and programming across the lifespan.
Website:
Black Educators Association
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
The Black Educators Association is a non-profit organization established in 1969 to support African Nova Scotian communities in developing strategies for achieving an equitable education system.
Website:
Bryony House
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
Bryony House is a 24-room shelter. Each year, approximately 500 individuals and their children stay with us and 2,500 distress calls are answered.
Website:
Chebucto Connections
Area Served:
HRM / Spryfield
Description:
Chebucto Connections helps residents participate in community life, from Armdale to the Pennants, by focusing on individual and community strengths.
Website:
Chebucto Links
Area Served:
HRM
Description:
Chebucto Links offers a variety of programs and services to support seniors in the community and their families.
Website:
CMHA Halifax Dartmouth
Area Served:
HRM
Description:
CMHA Halifax Dartmouth supports Individuals who have low income;PersoNova Scotia with Disabilities;People experiencing mental health challenges
Website:
CMHA-NS
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
The Canadian Mental Health Association Nova Scotia (CMHA NS) Division delivers safe, inclusive evidence-based programs, training and navigation support that Nova Scotians need to be well and stay well.
Website:
Coverdale Justice
Area Served:
Halifax
Description:
Coverdale Justice works to increase access to justice from women and gender diverse individuals navigating the legal system.
Website:
Dartmouth Learning Network
Area Served:
Dartmouth
Description:
Dartmouth Learning Network provides academic support for Nova Scotia Adult Learning
Website:
Demetreous Lane Tenants Association
Area Served:
Demetreous Lane area Dartmouth
Description:
Supporting residents in the Demetreous Lane area of Dartmouth
Website:
East Preston Family Resource Centre
Area Served:
HRM
Description:
East Preston Family Resource Centre offers a wide range of programs and services that are welcoming and inclusive.
Website:
ES Musquodoboit Valley Literacy Network
Area Served:
Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia
Description:
ESMVLN provides academic support for Nova Scotia Adult Learning
Website:
Halifax Refugee Clinic
Area Served:
HRM
Description:
Halifax Refugee Clinic provides legal representation for those claiming refugee status in Nova Scotia.
Website:
Healthy Minds Cooperative
Area Served:
NS / HRM
Description:
Healthy Minds Cooperative offers a safe space to connect, learn, and grow. Helping those who experience barriers from mental health illness and addiction.
Website:
Hearing and Speech NS
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
Hearing and Speech Nova Scotia (HS Nova Scotia), helps those who call our communities home to live life to the fullest with provincially funded hearing and speech services.
Website:
It Takes a Village Community Outreach and Advocacy
Area Served:
HRM
Description:
It Takes a Village Community Outreach and Advocacy works to uplift and empower our community’s most marginalized individuals.
Website:
Job Junction
Area Served:
HRM
Description:
Job Junction is an Employment and Career Resource Centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Website:
Mi’kmaq Native Friendship Centre
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
Mi’kmaq Native Friendship Centre is a non-profit and a charitable organization that provides culture-focused programs, services, and support to urban Indigenous people and their families in Halifax, Nova Scotia, since 1973.
Website:
Mount Saint Vincent University
Area Served:
Program specific
Description:
MSVU provides access to excellent university education, especially for girls and women.
Website:
North Grove
Area Served:
HRM
Description:
North Grove is a dynamic community hub that offers programs, services and space for people to learn and connect through family support
Website:
Nova Scotia ABSW
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
NSABSW offers educational and community based programs ranging from clinical counselling to professional development.
Website:
Nova Scotia Early Childhood Development Intervention Services
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
NSECDIS supports Children with developmental delays from birth to school entry.
Website:
Npower Canada
Area Served:
HRM
Description:
NPower Canada is a charitable organization that launches Canadian job-seekers into meaningful and sustainable careers.
Website:
Open Arms Resource Society
Area Served:
Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia
Description:
Open Arms Resource Societey supports individuals experiencing poverty and homelessness in the Annapolis Valley
Website:
Pathways to Education
Area Served:
Spryfield and Sambro Loop Area
Description:
Pathways to Education partners with local communities to help young people overcome barriers to education and reach their full potential
Website:
Peopleworx
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
PeopleWorx Society helps people overcome obstacles to employment.
Website:
Phoenix Learning and Employment Centre
Area Served:
HRM
Description:
Phoenix is a non-profit, community based organization located in K’jipuktuk/Halifax, Nova Scotia. Together with the community, we support youth and families in their journey to thrive. We are a voice for social justice and community engagement.
Website:
Prescott Group
Area Served:
HRM
Description:
Prescott Group provides jobs and connections for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs)
Website:
Preston Area Learning Skills Society
Area Served:
HRM
Description:
The Preston Area Learning Skills Society is committed to the academic well being of the Preston Area.
Website:
Public Good Society of Dartmouth
Area Served:
HRM
Description:
PGSD works with partner agencies serving Dartmouth and to share our resources and knowledge to better understand and address complex social issues facing our community members.
Website:
Rainbow Refugee Association of Nova Scotia
Area Served:
HRM/NS
Description:
RRANS is dedicated to providing private sponsorship and settlement assistance for LGBTQI+ refugees seeking resettlement in Nova Scotia.
Website:
Reachability
Area Served:
HRM
Description:
ReachAbility provides supportive and accessible programs that build capacity for inclusion and equalize the playing field for people facing barriers.
Website:
Saint Benedict Parish
Area Served:
Clayton Park / Fairview
Description:
Saint Benedict Parish provides outreach to the Clayton Park/Fairview community
Website:
SchoolsPlus
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
SchoolsPlus is a collaborative interagency approach supporting the whole child and their family with the school as the center of service delivery.
Website:
SEED
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
SEED provides support to help vulnerable youth in Nova Scotia work towards their employability goals and being self-sufficient.
Website:
Shelter Nova Scotia
Area Served:
NS / HRM
Description:
Shelter NS provides a place to stay and services to promote stability for marginalized individuals.
Website:
Solutions Learning
Area Served:
HRM
Description:
Solutions Learning advocates for our participants to not only secure employment but also to thrive in their chosen careers.
Website:
Stepping Stone
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
Stepping Stone is a not for profit organization that provides services and support to current and former sex workers.
Website:
TEAM work Cooperative
Area Served:
HRM
Description:
TEAMwork Cooperative is an employment centre for Nova Scotians who want to explore career possibilities.
Website:
The Marguerite Centre
Area Served:
HRM
Description:
The Marguerite Centre is a holistic, non-clinical, peer support, and life skills focused long term addictions recovery centre for women.
Website:
The Overlook
Area Served:
HRM
Description:
The Overlook is a harm reduction, peer-supported housing project with the capacity to house 60 tenants.
Website:
Unity Charity
Area Served:
HRM
Description:
Unity Charity is a national non-profit organization empowering youth aged 13-29 through free Hip Hop programs.
Website:
Welcome Housing
Area Served:
HRM
Description:
Welcome Housing provides deeply affordable housing and support for the unhoused
Website:
YWCA – Waverly Inn
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
YWCA Halifax Waverley Inn Residence offers 32 units of deeply affordable housing to women and gender diverse people.
Website:
YWCA SHYM + WISH
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
YWCA SHYM + WISH provides hope through short and long-term apartment units for women and gender diverse people who need affordable, dignified, and supportive housing.
Website:
North Shore
Aboriginal Peoples Training and Employment Commission
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
APTEC is the employment and training division of the Native Council of Nova Scotia established to provide human resource development services to the rural, urban, off-reserve Mi’kmaq / Aboriginal Peoples of Nova Scotia.
Website:
Africadian Empowerment Academy
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
Africadian Empowerment Academy is a non-profit education and skills development-based organization, designed to empower, equip and iNova Scotiapire members of the Nova Scotia community of African descent, to pursue and fulfill their lifelong dreams & aspiratioNova Scotia.
Website:
Antigonish County ALA
Area Served:
Antigonish County
Description:
Antigonish County ALA provides academic support for Nova Scotia Adult Learning
Website:
Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre & Sexual Assault Services Association
Area Served:
Antigonish and Guysborough Counties
Description:
Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre & Sexual Assault Services Association is a women’s resource centre we offer support counselling, information, referrals, advocacy and programs on a vast range of topics.
Website:
Autism NS
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
Autism NS is a community-based organization that builds understanding, acceptance, and inclusion for Autistics/individuals on the autism spectrum and their families through leadership, advocacy, education, training, and programming across the lifespan.
Website:
Autumn House
Area Served:
Cumberland CountyWestmoreland
Description:
Autumn House offers services to women and gender diverse people who have been abused by an intimate partner.
Website:
Black Educators Association
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
The Black Educators Association is a non-profit organization established in 1969 to support African Nova Scotian communities in developing strategies for achieving an equitable education system.
Website:
Bryony House
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
Bryony House is a 24-room shelter. Each year, approximately 500 individuals and their children stay with us and 2,500 distress calls are answered.
Website:
CANU
Area Served:
Cumberland County
Description:
Provides academic support for NS Adult Learning
Website:
CMHA-NS
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
The Canadian Mental Health Association Nova Scotia (CMHA NS) Division delivers safe, inclusive evidence-based programs, training and navigation support that Nova Scotians need to be well and stay well.
Website:
Colchester Adult Learning Association
Area Served:
Colchester County
Description:
CALA provides academic support for Nova Scotia Adult Learning
Website:
Futureworx
Area Served:
Colchester, East Hants & HRM
Description:
Futureworx helps people with diverse needs identify their strengths, set goals and develop skills to achieve success in school, work and life.
Website:
Guysborough Learning
Area Served:
Guysborough County
Description:
Guysborough Learning provides academic support for Nova Scotia Adult Learning
Website:
Healthy Minds Cooperative
Area Served:
NS / HRM
Description:
Healthy Minds Cooperative offers a safe space to connect, learn, and grow. Helping those who experience barriers from mental health illness and addiction.
Website:
Hearing and Speech NS
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
Hearing and Speech Nova Scotia (HS Nova Scotia), helps those who call our communities home to live life to the fullest with provincially funded hearing and speech services.
Website:
In the Works
Area Served:
Cumberland County / Amherst
Description:
In the Works aims to empower youth in recovery from mental illness and addiction to redesign their lives in a way that fulfills their wants and needs.
Website:
Maggie’s Place: Colchester
Area Served:
Colchester County
Description:
Maggie’s Place supports families in Cumberland and Colchester Counties in Nova Scotia, Maggie’s Place Family Resource Centres strive to strengthen and enhance the health and social development of children and families within their communities
Website:
Maggie’s Place: Cumberland
Area Served:
Cumberland County
Description:
Maggie’s Place supports families in Cumberland and Colchester Counties in Nova Scotia, Maggie’s Place Family Resource Centres strive to strengthen and enhance the health and social development of children and families within their communities
Website:
Mi’kmaq Native Friendship Centre
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
Mi’kmaq Native Friendship Centre is a non-profit and a charitable organization that provides culture-focused programs, services, and support to urban Indigenous people and their families in Halifax, Nova Scotia, since 1973.
Website:
Mi’kmaw Family Healing Centre – Millbrook
Area Served:
Millbrook
Description:
Mi’kmaw Family Healing Centre helps people maintain a healthy and violence-free lifestyle.
Website:
Naomi Society
Area Served:
Guysborough and Antigonish County
Description:
Naomi Society supports women, children, and all genders through trauma-informed community prevention, outreach, support, and advocacy.
Website:
Nova Scotia ABSW
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
NSABSW offers educational and community based programs ranging from clinical counselling to professional development.
Website:
Nova Scotia Early Childhood Development Intervention Services
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
NSECDIS supports Children with developmental delays from birth to school entry.
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Peopleworx
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
PeopleWorx Society helps people overcome obstacles to employment.
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Pictou County Continuous Learning Association
Area Served:
Pictou county
Description:
Pictou County Continuous Learning Association provides academic support for Nova Scotia Adult Learning
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Pictou County Women’s Resource and Sexual Assault Centre
Area Served:
Pictou County
Description:
Pictou County Women’s Resource and Sexual Assault Centre is a women’s resource centre we offer support counselling, information, referrals, advocacy and programs on a vast range of topics.
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Pictou Landing First Nation
Area Served:
Indigenous Community
Description:
Pictou Landing First Nation supports the Indigenous Community of Pictou Landing First Nation. The mental wellness and addiction team support clients with various programming including addictions and mental health as well as other factors that could affect them.
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Rainbow Refugee Association of Nova Scotia
Area Served:
HRM/NS
Description:
RRANS is dedicated to providing private sponsorship and settlement assistance for LGBTQI+ refugees seeking resettlement in Nova Scotia.
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SchoolsPlus
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
SchoolsPlus is a collaborative interagency approach supporting the whole child and their family with the school as the center of service delivery.
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SEED
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
SEED provides support to help vulnerable youth in Nova Scotia work towards their employability goals and being self-sufficient.
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Shelter Nova Scotia
Area Served:
NS / HRM
Description:
Shelter NS provides a place to stay and services to promote stability for marginalized individuals.
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Stepping Stone
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
Stepping Stone is a not for profit organization that provides services and support to current and former sex workers.
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Tearmann Society for Abused Women
Area Served:
New Glasgow
Description:
Tearmann Society for Abused Women is recognized as a leader and a change agent, advocating for strengthened community support systems, sustainable partnerships to eliminate violence against women, and services that focus on transitioning women toward independence and greater self-worth.
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The Lotus Centre
Area Served:
Colchester, East Hants, West Hants
Description:
The Lotus Centre supports women, non-binary people, trans people, queer, and gender-oppressed people and their families in the Central Nova area.
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Third Place Transition Housing
Area Served:
Truro / East Hants
Description:
Third Place Transition House is a 10 bed shelter that offers support services for women and children fleeing abuse and violence.
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Truro Housing Outreach Society
Area Served:
Cholchester County
Description:
THOS works to ensure housing security for everyone in Colchester and East Hants.
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YMCA of Cumberland
Area Served:
Cumberland county
Description:
YMCA of Cumberland works to improve the health and well-being of Canadians in Spirit, mind, and body
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YMCA of Pictou County- Housing Dept
Area Served:
Stellarton, Nova Scotia
Description:
We aim to support youth connecting them to local support services and resources that also work to meet the community’s basic needs.
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YWCA – Waverly Inn
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
YWCA Halifax Waverley Inn Residence offers 32 units of deeply affordable housing to women and gender diverse people.
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YWCA SHYM + WISH
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
YWCA SHYM + WISH provides hope through short and long-term apartment units for women and gender diverse people who need affordable, dignified, and supportive housing.
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Southern
Aboriginal Peoples Training and Employment Commission
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
APTEC is the employment and training division of the Native Council of Nova Scotia established to provide human resource development services to the rural, urban, off-reserve Mi’kmaq / Aboriginal Peoples of Nova Scotia.
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Africadian Empowerment Academy
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
Africadian Empowerment Academy is a non-profit education and skills development-based organization, designed to empower, equip and iNova Scotiapire members of the Nova Scotia community of African descent, to pursue and fulfill their lifelong dreams & aspiratioNova Scotia.
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Autism NS
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
Autism NS is a community-based organization that builds understanding, acceptance, and inclusion for Autistics/individuals on the autism spectrum and their families through leadership, advocacy, education, training, and programming across the lifespan.
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Black Educators Association
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
The Black Educators Association is a non-profit organization established in 1969 to support African Nova Scotian communities in developing strategies for achieving an equitable education system.
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Bryony House
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
Bryony House is a 24-room shelter. Each year, approximately 500 individuals and their children stay with us and 2,500 distress calls are answered.
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CMHA-NS
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
The Canadian Mental Health Association Nova Scotia (CMHA NS) Division delivers safe, inclusive evidence-based programs, training and navigation support that Nova Scotians need to be well and stay well.
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Digby Area Learning Association
Area Served:
Digby
Description:
DALA provides academic support for Nova Scotia Adult Learning
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Employment Solutions Society
Area Served:
Bridgewater
Description:
Employment Solutions Society is a registered non-profit society dedicated to assisting job seekers find employment and employers find suitable workers.
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Harbour House
Area Served:
Bridgewater
Description:
Harbour House’s doors are open to women of all ages and abilities and their dependent children in support of their leaving the cycle of violence.
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Healthy Minds Cooperative
Area Served:
NS / HRM
Description:
Healthy Minds Cooperative offers a safe space to connect, learn, and grow. Helping those who experience barriers from mental health illness and addiction.
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Hearing and Speech NS
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
Hearing and Speech Nova Scotia (HS Nova Scotia), helps those who call our communities home to live life to the fullest with provincially funded hearing and speech services.
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Juniper House
Area Served:
Yarmouth, Digby, Barrington, Shelburne and Clare.
Description:
Juniper House where women in Yarmouth, Digby, and Shelburne Counties can receive counseling, programs, advocacy, referrals, and outreach services.
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Literacy Nova Scotia
Area Served:
Truro / NS
Description:
Literacy Nova Scotia has been supporting the literacy community by working to eNova Scotiaure that all Nova ScotiaNova Scotia have equal access to quality literacy, essential skills, and lifelong learning opportunities.
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Mi’kmaq Native Friendship Centre
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
Mi’kmaq Native Friendship Centre is a non-profit and a charitable organization that provides culture-focused programs, services, and support to urban Indigenous people and their families in Halifax, Nova Scotia, since 1973.
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Mountains & Meadows Care Group
Area Served:
Bridge Town and Yarmouth
Description:
Mountains & Meadows Care Group have small Option Homes which provide support for 3-4 participants in their communities
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Nova Scotia ABSW
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
NSABSW offers educational and community based programs ranging from clinical counselling to professional development.
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Nova Scotia Early Childhood Development Intervention Services
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
NSECDIS supports Children with developmental delays from birth to school entry.
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NSCC Digby Learning Centre
Area Served:
Digby
Description:
Digby Learning Centre is a satellite location of our Burridge Campus
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Our House Youth Wellness Centre
Area Served:
Shelburne County
Description:
Our House Youth Wellness Centre is a registered charity dedicated to the health and wellbeing of youth ages 12-24 residing throughout Shelburne County.
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Peopleworx
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
PeopleWorx Society helps people overcome obstacles to employment.
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Queens Learning Network
Area Served:
Queens County / Liverpool
Description:
Queens Learning Network provides academic support for Nova Scotia Adult Learning
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Rainbow Refugee Association of Nova Scotia
Area Served:
HRM/NS
Description:
RRANS is dedicated to providing private sponsorship and settlement assistance for LGBTQI+ refugees seeking resettlement in Nova Scotia.
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SchoolsPlus
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
SchoolsPlus is a collaborative interagency approach supporting the whole child and their family with the school as the center of service delivery.
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Second Story Women’s Centre
Area Served:
Lunenburg and Queens Counties
Description:
Second Story Women’s Centre supports women and gender-diverse people, provides safer spaces, and advocates for social change.
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SEED
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
SEED provides support to help vulnerable youth in Nova Scotia work towards their employability goals and being self-sufficient.
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Shelburne Association Supporting Inclusion
Area Served:
Shelburne County
Description:
SASI offers vocational services, residential services and supported living assistance to adults with intellectual and mental health disabilities.
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Shelburne County Learning Network
Area Served:
Shelburne County
Description:
Shelburne County Learning Network provides academic support for Nova Scotia Adult Learning
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Shelter Nova Scotia
Area Served:
NS / HRM
Description:
Shelter NS provides a place to stay and services to promote stability for marginalized individuals.
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SHYFT Youth Services
Area Served:
Yarmouth and Shelburne Counties
Description:
SHYFT can provide temporary housing for up to seven youth (ages 16 – 24). In addition to residential services, SHYFT offers programs and workshops. Outreach youth can also access washroom, laundry, and kitchen facilities.
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SSODA
Area Served:
Lunenburg and Queens Counties
Description:
SSODA is the living vision of the community’s collaborative approach to addressing the rapidly increasing housing crisis and situations of energy poverty in Lunenburg & Queens County, Nova Scotia.
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Stepping Stone
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
Stepping Stone is a not for profit organization that provides services and support to current and former sex workers.
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The Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaw
Area Served:
Mainland Nova Scotia/8 Mi’kmaw communities
Description:
The Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaw proactively promotes and assists Mi’kmaw communities’ initiatives toward self determination and enhancement of community
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Wasoqopa’q First Nation (Acadia)
Area Served:
Yarmouth
Description:
Wasoqopa’q First Nation (Acadia) – Through its people and resources, we will achieve strong leadership of services and programs that will enable AFN to be a healthy and prosperous Mi’kmaq community.
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Yarmouth County Learning Network
Area Served:
Yarmouth County
Description:
YCLN provides academic support for Nova Scotia Adult Learning
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YMCA Immigrant Services
Area Served:
HRM / NS
Description:
YREACH Immigration Settlement in rural Nova Scotia
Y-Immigrant Services in HRM
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YMCA Nova Scotia Works
Area Served:
HRM / NS
Description:
YMCA Nova Scotia Works providers deliver employment and career services in Nova Scotia; connecting people to jobs and jobs to people.
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YWCA – Waverly Inn
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
YWCA Halifax Waverley Inn Residence offers 32 units of deeply affordable housing to women and gender diverse people.
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YWCA SHYM + WISH
Area Served:
All Nova Scotia
Description:
YWCA SHYM + WISH provides hope through short and long-term apartment units for women and gender diverse people who need affordable, dignified, and supportive housing.
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