- Description
- Provides temporary, safe accommodation for women and their children experiencing family violence or another life crisis.
Service offers:
- an emergency shelter providing short-term support of up to 3 weeks of temporary and safe accommodations for women and their children
- a second stage transitional housing facility providing long-term support to assist women, with or without children, to gain the tools necessary to live a life outside the web of family violence
Emergency shelter includes:
- in-house programming
- information and support
- referrals to appropriate community resources
Transitional housing includes:
- furnished, independent apartments
- long-term support
- programming
- security
- 1-on-1 support for families
- assistance with parenting, life skills, budgeting, nutritional meal planning, and more
Affiliation: Partially funded by the Government of Alberta - Ministry of Human Services. Partnered with the Alberta Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) to offer the Pet Safekeeping Program. - Eligibility
- Yes, Service targeted to women:
- 18 years and older
- with or without children (dependent children under 18 years)
- who are experiencing family violence or another life crisis
- Application Process
- Service Access: See below, To access service:
- call / text Crisis Hotline / Crisis Text for intake to Emergency Crisis Shelter
- referral required from a shelter, community agency, or Emergency Crisis Shelter to access transitional housing (second stage)
Referral Process: No
Waiting Period: No,
- Telephone
- 780-875-0966 (Crisis Hotline)
- Text
- 780-808-1777 (Crisis Text)
- Fax
- 780-875-0609
- Web Site
- https://www.sparklloydminster.ca
- admin@sparklloydminster.ca
- Languages
- English
- Fees
- Fee: No
Fee Reduction: No
Membership Fee: Yes,Contact for details.
- Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: N/A -
Other disabled access: N/A - - Topic(s)
- Agency Information
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- Last Verified On
- December 6, 2024
- Location
- Lloydminster
- Hours of Operation
- 24/7