ACCESS Open Minds - New Brunswick (NB) is a Canadian research project looking to find the best practices for providing mental health care to young persons. ACCESS Open Minds seeks to create and...
UPDATED ON: 2022-01-17 12:00:00 AM
The Addressing Risk Factors of Violence and Victimization for Black Youth project supports youth and families in educational workshops on violence and mental health. Youth will also build a youth-led...
UPDATED ON: 2023-12-11 12:00:00 AM
Alluriarniq: Stepping Forward is a program that aims to assist Inuit adults and youth who are involved in prostitution or who are victims of sexual exploitation to safely exit the sex trade or reduce...
UPDATED ON: 2023-12-11 12:00:00 AM
The Better Beginnings, Better Futures (BBBF) program is a comprehensive, community-based prevention initiative that is premised upon an ecological approach, using a combination of individual-...
UPDATED ON: 2018-04-23 12:00:00 AM
Blueprint Pathways, a program from the BluePrintForLife group, is an initiative that aims to empower youth in detention and custody facilities by using hip hop and group discussions on mental health...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
Community Justice Programs in the Northwest Territories (NWT) are managed by the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) in partnership with the Aboriginal Justice Strategy (AJS). Community...
| Age group: |
Adolescence (12-17), Young adult (18-24), Adult (25-64), Seniors (65 and older) |
| Population served: |
Aboriginal/Indigenous, Adult offenders, Youth in contact with law enforcement (and/or at risk) |
| Topic: |
Hubs/situation tables |
| Implementation location: |
Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon |
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
The Coping Power Program is a multi-component intervention program that targets youth who are in the process of transitioning to middle school. The program targets cognitive distortions among...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
The Dixon Hall-Wanasah Mental Health Services for Black Youth Pilot Project is the fruit of a unique partnership between Dixon Hall Neighbourhood Services and Wanasah Mental Health Service for Black...
UPDATED ON: 2023-12-11 12:00:00 AM
The Durham Youth Gang Strategy (DYGS) is a comprehensive program developed by the Durham Family Court Clinic (DFCC) and the Murray McKinnon Foundation (MMF) to support prevention and intervention...
UPDATED ON: 2018-04-23 12:00:00 AM
The Exit Doors Here: Helping Sex Workers Leave Prostitution program, implemented by Elizabeth Fry Toronto, aims to help women wanting to exit prostitution by providing them a time-based service...
| Age group: |
Adolescence (12-17), Young adult (18-24), Adult (25-64), Seniors (65 and older) |
| Population served: |
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and two-spirit (LGBTQ2), Newcomers, immigrants and/or refugees, Sex workers |
| Topic: |
Prostitution, sex trade and/or sexual exploitation |
| Implementation location: |
Ontario |
UPDATED ON: 2023-01-09 12:00:00 AM
The Fourth ‘R’: Strategies for Healthy Youth Relationships (Fourth ‘R’) program is an interactive classroom curriculum that aims to reduce youth dating violence by addressing youth violence and...
| Age group: |
Adolescence (12-17) |
| Population served: |
Aboriginal/Indigenous |
| Topic: |
Alcohol and/or drug use, Bullying/cyberbullying, Teen dating violence |
| Implementation location: |
Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon |
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
The Gang Prevention Strategy (GPS) is a gang prevention program aimed at identifying youth at risk of gang involvement and providing them with treatment to reduce their risk factors and ultimately...
UPDATED ON: 2018-04-23 12:00:00 AM
The Gang Reduction Program (GRP) is a comprehensive, integrated, and coordinated approach to preventing and reducing gang activity. The GRP is the current iteration of the Office of Juvenile Justice...
UPDATED ON: 2023-02-22 12:00:00 AM
Halftime is a youth-centred, strength-based program to promote the resiliency of racialized and Black youth from the Eastmall/Westmall/Capri area and Rexdale/ Kingsway neighborhoods in Toronto (i.e....
UPDATED ON: 2023-12-11 12:00:00 AM
The Mentoring for Change. Mentoring for Good. program is a community-based mentoring program that helps referred youth resist or mitigate the risk factors of violence and enhance skills that lead to...
UPDATED ON: 2023-01-09 12:00:00 AM
The Multisystemic Therapy (MST) program is an intensive family- and community-based treatment intervention that focuses on working with families in the settings in which the problem behaviours occur...
UPDATED ON: 2018-04-23 12:00:00 AM
The Pathways to Education Program, otherwise known as Pathways, provides multi-faceted and long-term support to young people living in low-income neighbourhoods.
The program is centered on academic...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
The Positive Alternative to Youth Gangs (PAYG) program works with high risk, ethno-racial minority youth living in the Jane-Finch community of Toronto to prevent them from joining street gangs or...
UPDATED ON: 2018-04-23 12:00:00 AM
Prevention Intervention Toronto (PIT) is a 36-week intervention cycle that is comprised of three distinct phases: Needs Assessment (8 weeks), Group Training (20 weeks), and Integration (8 weeks)...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
The Project Early Intervention (PEI) program provides high-quality programming and life skills education opportunities to children who are identified as at risk for criminal behaviour. The program is...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
Project Towards No Drug Abuse (TND) is a school-based program consisting of twelve 40- to 50-minute lessons that include motivational activities, social skills training, and decision-making...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
Project Venture is an outdoor youth development program developed by the National Indian Youth Leadership Project (NIYLP) that is aimed to prevent substance abuse among Indigenous youth. The program...
| Age group: |
Late childhood (7-11), Adolescence (12-17) |
| Population served: |
Aboriginal/Indigenous, Youth in contact with law enforcement (and/or at risk) |
| Topic: |
Aggressive/violent behaviours, Alcohol and/or drug use, Antisocial/deviant behaviours |
| Implementation location: |
British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan |
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
The Project Youth Options for Success (Project YOS), is based on the Wraparound and the Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.). Project YOS works with youth, the family, the school...
UPDATED ON: 2018-04-23 12:00:00 AM
The RAJO (Somali word for “hope”) Somali Youth Empowerment project is a multi-agency therapeutic crime prevention and intervention program that provides culturally sensitive services to high-risk...
UPDATED ON: 2023-01-09 12:00:00 AM
The REBOUND Program is part of the Youth Diversion Program which was established in 1984. REBOUND works in partnership with the community to deliver quality programs to assist youth to make positive...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
Roots of Empathy is an evidence-based classroom program that seeks to reduce levels of aggression among school children by raising social/emotional competence and increasing empathy. The...
| Age group: |
Early childhood (0-6), Late childhood (7-11) |
| Population served: |
Aboriginal/Indigenous, Families, Neighbourhoods/communities, Newcomers, immigrants and/or refugees, Visible minority/ethnic group |
| Topic: |
Aggressive/violent behaviours, Bullying/cyberbullying, Social development, Social/economic disadvantage |
| Implementation location: |
Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan |
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
The School Resource Officer (SRO) Program supports the placement of Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) Constables in elementary, middle and high schools within various school divisions in Winnipeg...
| Age group: |
Early childhood (0-6), Late childhood (7-11), Adolescence (12-17) |
| Population served: |
No specific targeted population |
| Topic: |
Academic issues, Aggressive/violent behaviours, Alcohol and/or drug use, Antisocial/deviant behaviours, Bullying/cyberbullying, Drug trafficking, Gang and/or related criminal activities, Property crime |
| Implementation location: |
Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario |
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
The SNAP® program is a gender-sensitive cognitive behavioural multi-component family-focused model (SNAP® Boys and SNAP® Girls). There is also SNAP® for Schools.
The SNAP® program employs a...
UPDATED ON: 2022-01-17 12:00:00 AM
The Strengthening Families Program (SFP) aims to reduce problem behaviours, delinquency, alcohol and drug abuse in children and youth and to improve social competencies and school performance.
The...
| Age group: |
Late childhood (7-11), Adolescence (12-17) |
| Population served: |
Aboriginal/Indigenous, Families, Visible minority/ethnic group |
| Topic: |
Academic issues, Aggressive/violent behaviours, Alcohol and/or drug use, Antisocial/deviant behaviours |
| Implementation location: |
Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan |
UPDATED ON: 2023-12-11 12:00:00 AM
The Stride program is a women-centered crime prevention program based on community and relationship building between women involved in the justice system and volunteers to better prepare for and...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
"Take Back Your World" is joint initiative led by Urban Rez Solutions Social Enterprise. The project makes social services more accessible to Black youth providing employment readiness workshops, a...
UPDATED ON: 2023-12-11 12:00:00 AM
The Hub Model (also known as the Community Mobilization Prince Albert approach and Situation Tables in other jurisdictions) consists of a multi-agency team focused on addressing specific situations...
UPDATED ON: 2022-01-17 12:00:00 AM
The Thunder Bay Youth Inclusion Program (YIP) is a neighbourhood-based initiative that aims to prevent crime and promote well-being through proactive engagement, programming, public education, and...
| Age group: |
Adolescence (12-17), Young adult (18-24) |
| Population served: |
Aboriginal/Indigenous, Families, Gang-involved (and/or at risk), Homeless and/or runaway, Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and two-spirit (LGBTQ2), Neighbourhoods/communities, Youth in contact with law enforcement (and/or at risk) |
| Topic: |
Academic issues, Antisocial/deviant behaviours, Social/economic disadvantage |
| Implementation location: |
Ontario |
UPDATED ON: 2023-12-11 12:00:00 AM
The Triple P – Positive Parenting Program is a parenting program that gives parents simple and practical strategies to help them confidently manage their children’s behaviours and build strong...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
Wraparound is an intensive, individualized care management program designed for youth with serious or complex emotional and/or behavioural problems. It is designed to prevent fragmentation and ‘gaps’...
| Age group: |
Adolescence (12-17), Young adult (18-24) |
| Population served: |
Aboriginal/Indigenous, Families, Gang-involved (and/or at risk), Youth in contact with law enforcement (and/or at risk) |
| Topic: |
Aggressive/violent behaviours, Antisocial/deviant behaviours, Gang and/or related criminal activities |
| Implementation location: |
Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan |
UPDATED ON: 2021-05-14 12:00:00 AM
Youth at Risk Development (YARD Hamilton) is a youth gang prevention program implemented by the John Howard Society of Hamilton, Burlington and the neighbouring area in partnership with the Hamilton...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
The Youth Violence Reduction Partnership (YVRP) – also known as the Philadelphia Youth Violence Reduction Partnership when it was the first initiative that was launched in 1999 by the Philadelphia...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM