METIS NA TION Of ONT ARIO Annu A l Repo R t 20122013 63 sites ar e members of the Ontario T elemedicine Network All MNO offces have r eceived equipment as r equir ed to enhance the existing infrastructur e and further pr otect the confdentiality and integrity of system usage As illustrated in the charts ther e has been a noted gr owth in the number of mental health support ser vices pr ovided and the use of mental health video confer ence infrastructur e vIC t IM s e R v IC es pR o GRAM The MNO V ictim Ser vices pr ogram pr ovides support to MNO Healing and W ellness coor dinators who ar e pr oviding clientdriven ser vices to Metis women and childr en who ar e at risk andor have been victims of crime Ser vices include shortterm peer counselling r eferrals and assistance with the development of individual safety plans As well Metisspecifc r esour ces ar e being developed to orient clients to the court pr ocess including pr e paring victim impact statements arrangements for court accompanimen t advocacy and followup Recent notable achievements T wo pr ogram staf f wer e hir ed in Januar y 2012 A pr ogram evaluation framework was established Guidelines for client ser vices wer e drafted Homefight kits have been cr eated in collaboration with MNO fr ontline to be disseminated as r equir ed by victims W omen Secr etariat of the MNO WSMNO r eceived trauma training and orientation to the MNO V ictim Ser vices pr ogram in Mar ch 2013 p ro G ram de T a I ls Funder Ministry of the Attor ney General Gover nment of o ntario n umber of s taf f 2 s taf f located in Bancr oft and t hunder Bay e ligible Clientele Self identifed Metis women and childr en Mental Health p r ogram Gr owth in support services pr ovided The chart il lustrates t he total number of cl ients supported by t he MNO Mental Heal t h Pr ogram during t he ind icated fscal years