Victim Quick Response Program
About
Willowbridge is a provider of the Victim Quick Response Program (VQRP+). The VQRP is provincial program funded by the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services to provide timely assistance to victims of the most violent crimes. We offer free, short-term counselling support for victims, their family members, and the witnesses dealing with the aftermath of a violent crime.
Some concerns
we support with:
- Intimate Partner Violence
- Non-Consensual Distribution of Intimate Images
- Sexual Assault
- Serious Assault
- Voyeurism
- Child Abuse Criminal Harassment
- Elder Abuse
- Hate Crimes
- Historical Child Abuse
- Homicide (including attempted murder) Human Trafficking
The Victim Quick Response Program is available for victims, their family members, and the witnesses to a violent crime. The crime witnessed or experienced must be classified a Criminal Code offence to be eligible for this program.
VQRP+ free counselling is available at Willowbridge virtually (online or telephone) and in-person for those who live in Brantford, Haldimand-Norfolk, or Oxford Ontario. See our service map for specific locations. If you reside in another location, please contact your local Victim Service Agency for eligibility and counselling locations.
To access free VQRP counselling at Willowbridge, individuals must first be registered with the VQRP program. Please contact Victim Services of Brant at 519-752-3140 to inquire about eligibility. Application deadlines apply, please phone to inquire.
Victim Service Agencies determine eligibility and approval for the VQRP+ program. If you have been approved, received your approval number, and would like to book your counselling sessions, please contact our Warm Welcome team at [email protected] or 519-753-4173.
To learn more about the Victim Quick Response Program+, visit:
www.victimservicesbrant.on.ca/programs/victim-quick-response
https://www.victimserviceshn.com
https://www.vasoc.on.ca/
https://www.victimservicesontario.ca/
If you are approved by a Victim Service Agency, you can receive 10 sessions of counselling for $0.