Finding a place to live, work or day to day concerns, check out these resources:

• Clothing and Furniture
  • Dress for Success
  • Parker Street Furniture Bank
• Continuing Education
  • Educational Programs in Nova Scotia
  • FLEC
  • Nova Scotia Community College
• Employment
  • Dartmouth Work Activity Program
  • Employment Services for Women
  • YMCA Employment Programs
• Family and Community Centres
  • Dartmouth Family Centre
  • Memory Lane Family Place
  • Mikmaq.ca - Community Services
  • North End Parents Resource Centre
• Financial Assistance - Income Assistance
• Food - Feed Nova Scotia
• Housing - Affordable Housing Association of Nova Scotia
• Housing for Women - Adsum House
• Legal Assistance - Dal Legal Aid
  
• Libraries
• Licensed Child Care Centres - Child Care Connections NS
  
• Literacy Programs - Dartmouth Learning Network
  
• Metro Non-Profit Housing Support Centre
  (902) 423-5479
  2330 Gottingen St
  Halifax, Nova Scotia
  
• Phoenix Youth Programs
  (902) 420-0676
  Counselling, support and advocacy for youth (including parents) who are homeless or at risk of homelessness
• Pregnancy and Healthcare Services - Halifax Sexual Health Centre
  
• Public Transportation
• Services and Support for Newcomers - Metro Immigrant Settlement Association (MISA)
  
• Helpful liks for Moms
  • Motherisk
  • First 6 Weeks
  • Child Safety Link

Important phone numbers:

• Metro Regional Housing Authority
  (902) 420-6000
  Public housing
• Co-op Housing Federation of Nova Scotia
  (902) 423-7119.
  They will give you a list of all the housing co-ops in the Halifax-Dartmouth area. You have to contact them yourself. It may take a while to get into a co-op. However, many parents have raised their children in co-ops and have found good support, friendship, safety, affordable rent, and stability for their kids.