The 2021/22 ERASE School District (SD) Mentorship Grant program provides funding to support individual and group mentoring initiatives designed to counter gang recruitment and associated gang...
| Age group: |
Adolescence (12-17), Young adult (18-24) |
| Population served: |
Aboriginal/Indigenous, Gang-involved (and/or at risk), Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and two-spirit (LGBTQ2), Newcomers, immigrants and/or refugees, Visible minority/ethnic group, 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: |
British Columbia |
UPDATED ON: 2023-01-09 12:00:00 AM
The Abbotsford Youth Crime Prevention (AYCP) Program was based on the Wraparound approach in order to reduce risk factors and increase protective factors to steer youth away from criminal/gang...
UPDATED ON: 2018-04-23 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
Affinity 321 is a mentorship program for youth involved in the justice system, with a focus on youth serving secure or open custody sentences. The program pairs youth with community volunteers, who...
UPDATED ON: 2022-01-17 12:00:00 AM
ASE is a community safety and crime prevention project, operated by the Africa Centre in Edmonton, that targets Black youth between the age of 12 to 24 to enhance their protective factors and...
UPDATED ON: 2022-01-17 12:00:00 AM
Bamboo Shield is focused on positive youth development. The project was introduced to stem the tide of a growing number of Aboriginal and newcomer youth sliding into substance use and criminal...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
Blueprint Pathways Surrey is a youth gang prevention program targeting female and Indigenous youth aged 13 to 19 deemed high-risk for gang recruitment. It involves one full-time youth worker...
UPDATED ON: 2022-01-17 12:00:00 AM
The Building Bridges: Creating Resiliency program was created as a school/community-based outreach program for at-risk youth in Lethbridge and area. The program aims to increase resiliency of at-risk...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
Changing Direction in Support of Aboriginal Youth is a program designed to reach out to Aboriginal (First Nations, Métis & Inuit) youth using the Wraparound approach. This program focuses on...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
The Chestermere Crime Reduction Partnership (CCRP) supports youth 12 – 24 years old who are involved in criminal activity or at risk of becoming involved in crime and/or gang activity. The social...
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 Youth Intervention Program, based on the program Circle of Courage®, aims to provide culturally sensitive intervention to at-risk youth active in the criminal justice system...
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 Boyle Street Community Services (BSCS) StreetSafe Initiative was born out of the recognition of a need for increased safety for residents, businesses, staff and clients of the Boyle Street...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
This project amplifies and builds on the achievements of the highly successful Crime Reduction and Education Division (CRED) program, a youth gang intervention and prevention program that intervenes...
UPDATED ON: 2022-01-17 12:00:00 AM
Originally developed under the name CeaseFire Chicago in 2000, Cure Violence stops the spread of violence in communities by using the methods and strategies associated with disease control –...
UPDATED ON: 2021-05-14 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 Eden Valley ART Program was created following an identified opportunity to engage youth in the community from grades 5-12 at the Chief Jacob Bearspaw School. These students, some of whom had had...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
The ARCH program is targeted to youth serving open custody sentences at the Enviros ExCel Discovery Program and provides up to six months of post-discharge service through an individualized support...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
The Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers (EMCN) serves immigrants and refugees through settlement and integration services, English language training, and employment supports. Within EMCN’s Family...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
The Family Intervention Pilot (FIP) is an innovative initiative that supports low income, lone mothers with previous criminal justice involvement (whose children have been identified to be at risk of...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
The Functional Family Therapy (FFT) program is a multistep intervention that targets youth who are at risk of, or already demonstrating, delinquency, violence, substance use, conduct disorder...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
The Future Forward project is a life skills and employment readiness program for young offenders and at-risk youth (ages 12-25). Within cohort settings (e.g. alternative schools, community outreach...
| Age group: |
Adolescence (12-17), Young adult (18-24) |
| Population served: |
Aboriginal/Indigenous, Gang-involved (and/or at risk), Homeless and/or runaway, Individuals suffering from FASD, Youth in contact with law enforcement (and/or at risk) |
| Topic: |
Academic issues, Alcohol and/or drug use, Antisocial/deviant behaviours, Crime issues involving a mental health disorder or other health disorder, Gang and/or related criminal activities, Recidivism, Social development, Social/economic disadvantage |
| Implementation location: |
British Columbia |
UPDATED ON: 2022-01-17 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
The Girls Circle model is a unique gender-based program that addresses the needs of girls by focusing on increasing connections, building empathic skills, and developing resiliency. The Girls Circle...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
G.I.R.L.S Empowered and Strong (GES) is a program specifically for teenage girls to address any issues they may have and help them become empowered to make positive choices for themselves and their...
UPDATED ON: 2022-01-17 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 Elsipogtog Healing to Wellness Court (HWC) is a specialized session of Provincial Court. It is a therapeutic court, an alternative to detention, intended to address underlying issues such as...
| Age group: |
Adolescence (12-17), Young adult (18-24), Adult (25-64), Seniors (65 and older) |
| Population served: |
Aboriginal/Indigenous, Adult offenders, Individuals suffering from FASD, Persons with disabilities, Victims of crime, Youth in contact with law enforcement (and/or at risk) |
| Topic: |
Alcohol and/or drug use, Crime issues involving a mental health disorder or other health disorder, Recidivism |
| Implementation location: |
New Brunswick |
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
Identity-Based Intervention: Preventing Criminal Gang Involvement of Youth from Immigrant Families is a program that works to prevent and/or reduce the involvement of youth from immigrant families in...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
In It Together (IIT), previously known as Abbotsford Comprehensive Community Action for Gang Reduction, is based on the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Comprehensive...
UPDATED ON: 2023-02-22 12:00:00 AM
Learning Through The Arts (LTTA) brings specially-trained dramatic artists, musicians, visual artists, dancers, and writers to work creatively with teachers and community program coordinators to...
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 Multi-Agency School Support Team (MASST) is an early intervention initiative that supports children who are exhibiting behaviour that puts them at risk for increased or ongoing criminal...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 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 Music Factory Project took place in Cold Lake, Stoney Nation, and Calgary. It was designed to enrich the lives of vulnerable, at-risk youth so that they may experience success, improve...
| Age group: |
Late childhood (7-11), Adolescence (12-17), Young adult (18-24) |
| Population served: |
Aboriginal/Indigenous, Families, Newcomers, immigrants and/or refugees, Youth in contact with law enforcement (and/or at risk) |
| Topic: |
Academic issues, Aggressive/violent behaviours, Antisocial/deviant behaviours, Gang and/or related criminal activities, Social/economic disadvantage |
| Implementation location: |
Alberta |
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 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
The Abbotsford Police Department’s (AbbyPD’s) PATHWAYS program focuses on primary and secondary levels of prevention. PATHWAYS implements strategies that create positive pathways for at-risk youth in...
| Age group: |
Adolescence (12-17), Young adult (18-24), Adult (25-64) |
| Population served: |
Families, Gang-involved (and/or at risk), Newcomers, immigrants and/or refugees, Visible minority/ethnic group, Youth in contact with law enforcement (and/or at risk) |
| Topic: |
Aggressive/violent behaviours, Antisocial/deviant behaviours, Bullying/cyberbullying, Drug trafficking, Gang and/or related criminal activities |
| Implementation location: |
British Columbia |
UPDATED ON: 2023-01-09 12:00:00 AM
Pohna: Keepers of the Fire was created in response to a request by the Edmonton Police Service for support from the community to find a way to intervene with groups of youth aged 11 to 17 involved in...
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
Red Deer has experienced a consistent increase in youth gang activities, availability of drugs/weapons and indicators of social disorder, such as graffiti, vandalism, prostitution and intoxication in...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 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 programme d’intervention en délinquance consists of two key interventions: Aggression Replacement Training (ART®) and PACIS (programme pour adolescents ayant commis des infractions sexuelles)...
UPDATED ON: 2018-04-23 12:00:00 AM
The Programme de suivi intensif de Montréal/Gangs de rue (PSI-MTL/GDR) works with teenagers and young adults who are involved in or at high-risk of becoming involved in criminal gang activity. This...
UPDATED ON: 2018-04-23 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 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
Re-Engaging Academically Disconnected Adolescents Respectfully (RADAR) is an initiative designed to fill gaps in support for Calgary youth aged 13 to 15 who are on the spectrum of homelessness and...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 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 RCMP Intervention and Diversion Program operates at the level of extrajudicial measures and provides a community-based means of addressing youth offending. The program is based on the...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 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
The Edmonton John Howard Society began delivering the Ree*Start program (at the time called the Community Youth Work program) in 1997. The Ree*Start program (Resources, Education, Employment...
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
Alberta Conflict Transformation Society (ACTS) provides community conferencing for offenders and victims in a restorative justice process in order to assist the offender, victim(s), and community in...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
The SAFE eXiting from the Sex Trade (SAFEXST) project is an intervention aimed to help people involved in the sex trade exit safely. Implemented by the South Okanagan Women in Need Society (SOWINS)...
| Age group: |
Adolescence (12-17), Young adult (18-24), Adult (25-64) |
| Population served: |
Aboriginal/Indigenous, Adult offenders, Homeless and/or runaway, Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and two-spirit (LGBTQ2), Sex workers, Visible minority/ethnic group, Youth in contact with law enforcement (and/or at risk) |
| Topic: |
Alcohol and/or drug use, Crime issues involving a mental health disorder or other health disorder, Prostitution, sex trade and/or sexual exploitation |
| Implementation location: |
British Columbia |
UPDATED ON: 2023-01-09 12:00:00 AM
The Selkirk Team for At-Risk Teens (S.T.A.R.T.) is a coordinated inter-agency case planning program for high-risk youth in Selkirk (Manitoba) and the surrounding area which utilizes community and...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
The Souls Strong Project is a community-based intervention program implemented by the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM). This program, which is based on the Wraparound approach, is aimed at...
UPDATED ON: 2020-03-12 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
New Roads is based on the Stop Now and Plan (SNAP®) evidence-based program for crime prevention with children under 12. New Roads educates and supports participants by offering an understanding of...
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: 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 Teen Centre grew out of a need identified by the Town of Whitecourt to reduce high-risk behaviours such as substance abuse, drug dealing, vandalism, shop lifting, bullying, family violence and...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
The Enhancing Crime Prevention with South Asian Youth program is based on the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Comprehensive Gang Model, and uses its comprehensive...
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 project involved five specially trained Relentless Youth Workers who connected with high risk youth, carrying out “interruptions with a purpose”. The intent of these connections was to build...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
The Way In was designed to be a wrap-around service delivery project that is based on a series of promotional, prevention, and intervention activities. The Aboriginal Commitment Coach (ACC) position...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 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
These integrated case management and employment readiness (or return to school) programs are exclusively for justice involved youth. Several programs fall under the ‘employment readiness’ category...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
Turnabout is a Manitoba-wide integrated response to children under the age of 12 years who have come into contact with the police for actions that may result in charges if they were 12 years or...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
The Urban Games Project reflected a collective commitment to address vulnerable youths’ disengagement from themselves, others, social systems, and the community. High-risk youth become disengaged in...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
The Velocity Adventure program, otherwise known as Velocity, is an adventure-based program for youth aimed at reducing antisocial behaviour, increasing attachment to school, and reducing substance...
UPDATED ON: 2018-04-23 12:00:00 AM
The Winnipeg YGPF Projects are five community-based projects that provide services and supports to gang-involved youth and those at risk of gang involvement:
Circle of Courage: Through cultural...
UPDATED ON: 2018-04-23 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
iHuman’s Young Educated Long-Term Leaders (YELL) Girls Group was developed in response to a gap in services in Edmonton’s inner city. YELL’s primary focus was girls already involved in the criminal...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
The Youth Advocate Program (YAP) is an intervention that addresses the risk factors that make youth vulnerable to gang influence and involvement, such as a lack of school attachment and positive role...
UPDATED ON: 2018-04-23 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 at Risk Development (YARD) program is a city-wide program that focuses primarily on prevention and intervention, addressing the roots of gang involvement at the individual level by...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
YCPP provides a restorative, supportive relationship with youth so that they will make positive choices in their lives, not engage in crime, and will successfully participate with their family...
UPDATED ON: 2022-01-17 12:00:00 AM
The youth diversion program has existed in NB since 1984. In 2014, the New Brunswick youth diversion model, Extrajudicial Sanctions (EJS), was redesigned to provide effective, efficient and timely...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
The Youth Intervention Program (YIP) program involves collaboration between Grande Prairie Crime Prevention, the RCMP, and partnering community agencies. It takes a preventative and intervention...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
Youth from the Kainai (Blood) Reserve live in a community with some challenges, including poverty, drugs, alcohol abuse, and violence. These can be multi-generational issues which place some youth at...
UPDATED ON: 2021-04-29 12:00:00 AM
The Youth Mentor Connector Program was designed as a free program for youth aged 12 – 25 who are at risk of becoming involved or have been involved with criminal activity. This volountary program...
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