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
Alternative Suspension (AS) is a program aimed at providing tailored interventions and support to youth who have been suspended from school or who are at-risk of being suspended; AS is designed to...
UPDATED ON: 2018-04-23 12:00:00 AM
These programs assist children and youth, between the ages of 3 and 18. who have been exposed to interpersonal violence or abuse, with a goal of preventing them from becoming victims or perpetrators...
UPDATED ON: 2022-01-17 12:00:00 AM
The Circle of Courage® is an approach of youth empowerment that integrates the best of Western educational, Indigenous cultures and emerging research on positive youth development. This approach is...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
Community Connections Programs provide youth who have been in contact with the criminal justice system with case management and access to supports and services that help address their unique risk...
UPDATED ON: 2023-02-22 12:00:00 AM
The Community Intervention Model (CIM) helps high-risk street gang-affiliated individuals exit gang-life and become successful in their communities by connecting them to supports that meet their...
UPDATED ON: 2022-01-17 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 Domestic Violence Treatment Option (DVTO) Court is an alternative court in the Northwest Territories (NWT) for people who have been charged with violence against their partner and/or spouse. DVTO...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
Corrections-based education programming is offered in multiple correctional facilities throughout the province. Addressing education and employment risks directly affect a client’s potential to...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
The Employment Essentials Program is offered within secure and reduced custody facilities in Saskatchewan. It is an employment readiness program that helps offenders work on all five areas of...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
Family Violence Intervention provides services and support to women, men, and families living in violent or potentially violent circumstances. It is comprised of Family Violence Intervention...
UPDATED ON: 2022-01-17 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 Healthy Families Initiative (HFI) pilot project is a two year multi-Ministry initiative aimed to address complex issues facing Saskatchewan’s most vulnerable families. The pilot is being...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
The Homes Fires Family Youth Program targets at-risk Aboriginal children/youth and their parents/caregivers. Participating youth and parents have been referred by other participants, other service...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
The LifeSkills® Training (LST) program is a research-validated substance abuse prevention program developed over 30 years ago by Dr. Gilbert J. Botvin, a leading expert in substance abuse prevention...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 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 Northern Integration Initiative is a program that aims to reduce the high number of violent crimes and the number of violent re-offences for youth at risk of joining gangs or engaged in gang-like...
UPDATED ON: 2023-02-22 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 Raibow Youth Centre – Youth C.A.R.E is an initiative providing services to youth aged 11-19 years, using a holistic and well-being approach. Services are prevention-based and respond to the...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
Regina Anti-Gang Services (RAGS) was developed in 2007 in response to the high level of gang activity in the North Central neighbourhood of Regina. It offered support to gang-involved youth in one of...
UPDATED ON: 2023-02-22 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
School-Based Restorative Justice (SBRJ) programs are a community-based programs that aim to address bullying and conflict in schools. The program supports and respond to the needs of all youth so...
UPDATED ON: 2022-01-17 12:00:00 AM
The Serious Violent Offender Response (SVOR) is a comprehensive, targeted, and evidence-based approach intended to reduce the threat posed by high-risk violent offenders in the province of...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
Sexual Violence Services agencies provide direct support for survivors of sexual violence throughout Saskatchewan. These service providers offer a variety of services to survivors based on community...
| Age group: |
Not age specific |
| Population served: |
Aboriginal/Indigenous, Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and two-spirit (LGBTQ2), Sex workers, Victims of crime |
| Topic: |
Sexual violence (non-domestic), Teen dating violence, Violence against women and girls |
| Implementation location: |
Saskatchewan |
UPDATED ON: 2022-01-17 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
Building Partnerships to Reduce Crime (BPRC) is a cross-government approach that aims to reduce crime, victimization and create safer and healthier communities by addressing crime prevention...
UPDATED ON: 2023-01-30 12:00:00 AM
The Centre of Responsibility (COR) is an initiative which consists of representatives from the participating Ministries and Policing partners. The concept was an expansion of the Hub model, in which...
UPDATED ON: 2023-01-30 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 Regina Intersectoral Partnerships (TRiP) is a three-component, multi-sector, collaborative and risk-driven initiative designed to improve community safety and well-being in Regina, Saskatchewan. ...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
The Whitespruce Provincial Training Centre located in Yorkton, Saskatchewan is a reduced custody facility designed to facilitate offender labour market attachment. Offenders are given assistance...
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
YMCA Plusone Mentoring is a community-based mentoring program (traditional mentoring with a 1:1 adult to youth ratio) which places the young person at the centre of the intervention and takes into...
| Age group: |
Late childhood (7-11), Adolescence (12-17) |
| Population served: |
Aboriginal/Indigenous, Gang-involved (and/or at risk), Newcomers, immigrants and/or refugees, Placed out-of-home, Visible minority/ethnic group, Youth in contact with law enforcement (and/or at risk) |
| Topic: |
Academic issues, Aggressive/violent behaviours, Alcohol and/or drug use, Antisocial/deviant behaviours, Gang and/or related criminal activities |
| Implementation location: |
British Columbia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Saskatchewan |
UPDATED ON: 2022-01-17 12:00:00 AM
The Youth Alliance Against Gang Violence (YAAGV), also known as the Warrior Spirit Walking program, is a community-based crime prevention program that focuses on the multiple determinants of criminal...
UPDATED ON: 2020-03-12 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