The ministry funds many programs and services to help women and their children live free of domestic violence.

These programs and services:

• are delivered through more than 100 community social services organizations across Ontario, and
• include:
• emergency shelters
• crisis and support services
• counselling services
• housing support services
• transitional support services, and
• province wide crisis help lines (Assaulted Women's Helpline and Ligne de soutien pour femmes victimes de violence)