At-Risk Youth

• Struggling young Calgary moms get new Indigenous-themed healing space

  2022's National Indigenous Peoples Day brings new support for some vulnerable young Calgarians.

  Features

  Jun 21
  
• Manitoba to continue to support program that prevents youth sexual exploitation

  StreetReach North focuses on bridging gaps in services and strengthening partnerships among stakeholders to address mental health and addictions, among other things.

  Canada

  Oct 5, 2021
  
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• Most missing person reports involve girls: Saskatoon police

  The majority of missing persons reports filed with Saskatoon police are for female children and youth.

  Canada

  Mar 23, 2021
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• N.B. Green leader pans pace of action on protections for at-risk youth

  N.B. Green Party leader David Coon expressed frustrations over the slow pace of release of a pair of government reports concerning youth in care and the sexual harm of children.

  Politics

  Feb 26, 2021
• Okanagan Boys and Girls Clubs introduce early-intervention youth initiative for Kelowna

  The Upstream Kelowna project is the first of its kind in Canada, which is aimed at preventing, rather than responding, to youth homelessness.

  Canada

  Feb 25, 2021
• Ontario shuts down ‘heavily underutilized’ Brookside Youth Centre in Cobourg

  The 2019-2020 budget for the centre was approximately $9.6 million for the 16-bed facility.

  Politics

  Feb 15, 2021
• Youth Outreach program expanding to deliver more services for young people in Nova Scotia

  Youth Outreach supports young people ages 16 to 24 within the community, as well as youth in care who are aged 12 to 18.

  Canada

  Jan 20, 2021
• N.B. organization supporting at-risk youth receives donation of new building in Fredericton

  The building donation is valued around $400,000 and is from Jim Ross of Ross Ventures, a former Canadian senator.

  Canada

  Jan 7, 2021
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• Saskatchewan on trend to surpass 2019 child welfare deaths

  Saskatchewan's children's advocate says she believes there will be more deaths reported this year than last.

  Canada

  Aug 31, 2020
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• 30 bed homeless shelter officially open for youth in London

  Located at 585 Clarke Rd., south of Oxford Street, the new shelter provides a low barrier, trauma-informed model of care for youth as young between the age of 16 to 24 years old.

  Canada

  Aug 24, 2020