Community services and supports help people recover from hardship and regain control of their lives. These services are:

• funded by the ministry, and
• delivered by community social services organizations, municipalities and First Nations.

Community services include:

• Aboriginal Healing and Wellness Strategy to support healthy Aboriginal communities
• domestic violence prevention programs and supports for women and children
• services for people who are Deaf or deafblind, and
• help for people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.

The ministry also supports greater openness to Ontario's adoption information system, while giving adopted adults and birth parents the option to protect the privacy of their post-adoption birth information.