
The Ottawa Collaborative for Parenting Support (OCPS) wants parents to feel supported in being the best parent you can be!
The OCPS is part of the Ottawa Child and Youth Initiative. We are community of partners working together to build resilient families that can support their children's healthy development, feel empowered, and are able to cope with the ups and downs of everyday living.
We recognize that all parents have questions about different areas of parenting, and we want to encourage parents to Just Ask! Please contact one of the following agencies for all your parenting questions.
If you are a professional looking for resources related to the Just Ask campaign, please visit the Ottawa Child and Youth initiative website.
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Talk to someone who understands parenting. The team at Parent Resource Centre (PRC) will provide the support you need. As a family resource centre, we help you draw on your life experiences, your inner strength and wisdom so you and your family can better manage the challenges that life brings. Please call our Parent Support Phone Line available Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. The Parent Support phone line is available Monday to Friday from 9 am to 4 pm.
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Is where parents go to get in the know. Speak with a public health nurse online, over the phone, or in person. Ottawa Public Health and its community partners offer these free services to make it easier for children to grow up healthy.
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Transformational regional coordinated access and navigation service. This bilingual service is designed to match kids, youth and families living in Eastern Ontario with the right mental health, substance use health and addiction services, at the right time. An initiative of the Kids Come First Health Team brings together 33 local providers of child and youth mental health, substance use health and addiction services.
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This free, confidential and multilingual Information and Referral service allows callers to access a full range of non-emergency community, social, government, and health services. Community Navigators provide this service seven days a week.
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If you are a professional looking for resources related to the Just Ask campaign, please visit the Ottawa Child & Youth initiative website.

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