Key Support Services:

• Orientation to the local community
• Settlement information and counselling
• Information sessions on a variety of topics
• Employment services designed for newcomers
• Help completing documents
• Interpretation/translation (some fees may apply)
• Advocacy and Referral
• Crisis Intervention and Support
• Community Connections Program

Additional information is available on:

• Community programs and agencies
• English language training
• Education and school registration
• Employment
• Health care
• Housing
• Sponsorship and Citizenship
• Recreational activities and programs
• Legal Issues and Human Rights
• YMCA services and programs
• Other settlement needs...

The Ottawa Community Loan Fund (OCLF) organization has recently developed a Newcomer Finances Toolkit, produced with funding from Citizenship and Immigration Canada. The kit is designed for service providers to use with their clients, but there is tremendous value in the kit to use on your own. Start with the Instructor’s Manual, which will give you an overview of the toolkit as well as helpful information on how to use it, or make an appointment with on of our YMCA Immigrant Settlement Services staff for hands-on help. The Instructor’s Manual also includes activities.

Click HERE to access the Newcomer Finances Toolkit.

OCLF also has a cool online ATM Simulation that you can try. Click on image below to access.

Also try your hand using a Direct Debit machine by clicking on the image below.