Family Service Toronto - Partner Assault Response Program

The Partner Assault Response (PAR) program is a Domestic Violence Court initiative that delivers a specialized community-based group education/counselling program to offenders who have been mandated by the court to attend the PAR program in response to a criminal charge involving domestic violence. At Family Service Toronto (FST), we call this program the Next Steps program. This program operates as a part of FST’s integrated Family Violence Centre. This program, funded by the Ministry of the Attorney General’s Ontario Victim Services, is a court-ordered sanction. It aims to enhance victim safety and hold offenders accountable for their behaviour by providing participants with an opportunity to:examine their beliefs and attitudes towards domestic abuselearn non-abusive ways of resolving conflict