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Waypoints has been helping women, children and men affected by domestic-family and sexual violence since 1982. Their staff and volunteers assist in rebuilding lives by implementing crisis intervention and a range of support services, while acknowledging the multitude of issues facing survivors of abuse. In 1987, when Waypoints, then known as Fort McMurray Family Crisis Society, first opened its doors to Unity House women’s and children’s emergency shelter the complex had a capacity of nine beds. Nearly 40 years later, the new Unity House has 45 individual bedrooms and our region’s first Sexual Trauma Supports and Services Centre, as well as our Child & Youth Advocacy Centre which continues to create a safe place to choose your direction.