Central Alberta Women’s Outreach Society

The ladies in this place have been so amazing got lost to there warehouse. One lady took me in a room while looking for an address a physical address that wasn't so easy. I was in the right spot I tried to tell my husband but no he thinks he is smarter cause he looked up the outreach. I once again told him he was wrong but no we drove a ways to be told the same thing I told my husband. Anyway the ladies in here a amazing she called the warehouse said my husband hehe got lost and we were on our way to them. A great experience.

They ask for feedback I gave it I believe they only care about people if your not native or first nation
But dont follow up and ignore
I live at they second stage housing juliette's place but for only 3 months I left as soon as I could
I had bad aniexty I was monitored and supervised not empowered I felt my self worth was degraded I got very traumatized living there took a few months for me to release I was finally free i felt harmed by their staff
All judgmental tried talking and giving feedback in a good way but they kept ignoring me, making me look like I was the issue but i kept trying to tell them the staff was passive aggressive largely ignoring my concerns which I got upset because I had aniexty which impacted my relationship with my children
I am alone in this city I did not recommend this place
It's been 2 months I tried calling and calling the juliette's place ignores me even if they say they reached out but they do then ignore me when I message back. Supervisors and management do really good about ignoring and gaslighting the situation making it look like all the clients even when I tried in a good way to give feedback for change so they are understanding even flexible about learning new approaches with clients
FIY you stay at the second stage housing there's no regulations or polices to help clients who are holding grievances
They can ignore clients if there are concerns
Once your gone your not their problem but they will continue to create client stress

This was very stressful place to go for help I believe its because I'm a minority easily ignored and shuffled aside because I'm no one to them
I cant complain because no one cares
But I did a goggle review so they change
I believe they treat native people less than because no one cares about us in society I was treated with passive aggressive behaviours then when I spoke up I was labelled aggresive so they cut me off
Which harmed my soul and my ability to reach out because I was trying to tell them to stop monitoring and supervising me I'm a grown woman who has beautiful heart/soul and keeps my kids safe throughout my struggles
That makes them look bad not me

I thought this was a place to heal from trama of abuse not to get more emotional damage from staff. I wouldn't recommend it. The staff could careless and they really do.

The clinical caseworker seemed to be really invested and the victim had some hope. Caseworker spoke of reaching out to specific people and agencies to try to assist. Victim had a glimmer of hope for the first time in more than seven years. Then, the long weekend came. The caseworker (Jaclyn) forgot everything she said she would do When the victim hadn’t heard from her and reached out, the response started with, “I’m really not sure what else to do. ” Um, maybe do what you told the victim you would do the week before would be my suggestion. Splat - the hope was dead.

If you’re being abused in Red Deer, this is not a place to seek help. You will only feel worse. Go to Edmonton or Calgary for help. Go to Starbucks and talk with a barista - at least they’ll remain invested until they get a tip. This place is a complete waste of taxpayer funds and the caseworker reneging on what she said she would do has only exacerbated the level of desperation that the victim feels.

Women's Outreach offers a variety of support services to men, women and families.