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TABLE OF CONTENT Grants Approved in 2003 Continuing Projects in 2003 Grant Summary 2003	CURRENT GRANTS
	GRANTS APPROVED IN 2003	YEAR AND COST
	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Halifax , Nova Scotia	(over 2 years) $90,000
	This is a renewal grant for two years to support the cost associated with the running of the & ldquo;Street Cents” program seasons fourteen and fifteen.
	Catholic Family Development Centre , Thunder Bay , Ontario	$27,400
	This grant is to support the “Outreach Pilot Project”. This program is unique in that it is the only one like it offered in the region. It aims to fill gaps in counselling and social work services to vulnerable populations in Thunder Bay though direct service delivery and continued community partnership. These populations include homeless youth and adults, unemployed and low-income children, families,and adults, as well as fixed-income, isolated seniors. An assessment of needs and evaluation of outcomes will help direct future outreach services to help meet the needs of these groups. The outreach services will be mobile, flexible, need-driven, and directed by the clients and the partner organizations themselves.
	Christie Ossington Neighbourhood Centre, Toronto , Ontario	$48,000
	Monies were provided to support the LOFT Program (Life, Opportunities, Food and Technology). This program engages youth to build a meaningful social environment where counselling, employment supports and improved life chances can be a reality.
	Family Services Association of Toronto	( over 2 years ) $160,000
	A grant was approved to support the “Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Parenting Network”. This unique program is extremely important for this underserved community. Over 700 Toronto based lesbian/ gay/ transgender parents are now able to connect, support and learn from one another, as a result of educational forums, e-mail distribution list and social support activities. An average 15,000 monthly hits on demonstrates the dramatic impact of the parent network.
	Fondation de l’entrepreneurship, Québec, Québec	$71,500
	This grant is to support the cost of development associated with Société GRICS and Contact Point’s joint venture “OrientAction”, www.orientaction.ca, a website for francophone Canadian career development practitioners .
	Fondation de l’entrepreneurship, Québec, Québec	$61,500
	This grant is to support and expand the work of Société GRICS and Contact Point’s joint venture “OrientAction”, a website for francophone Canadian career development practitioners.
	Jewish Family and Child Services, Toronto , Ontario	$8,500
	Funding has been provided for the Gordon Wolfe Children and Youth Fund.
	Lesbian Gay Bi Youth Line, Toronto , Ontario	$40,000
	This grant was provided to support the “Youth Line”. Peer support is provided to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, 2-spirited, queer and questioning (LGBTQ) youth throughout Ontario through a toll-free and confidential peer-support phone line. Youth Line’s goal to alleviate the social isolation faced by LGBTQ youth through peer-based support.
	La Parentèle de Laval, Laval-des-Rapides, Québec	(over 2 years) $25,000
	This grant provides financial support for the “O Panier d’Abondance” project. The primary focus of the program is on food but through this focus many lessons are covertly delivered. It is targeted at people, especially families known to be at risk, develop skills which will enable them to become self-sufficient.
	O.A.Y.E.C., Toronto, Ontario	$389,800
	There were two grants approved to O.A.Y.E.C. in 2003. The first grant in the amount of $49,800 was to support the “Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth Employment Counselling Resource Development Project”. The second grant approved in the amount of $340,000 over two years was to support O.A.Y.E.C. with reinvigorating its programming. O.A.Y.E.C. is hoping to play a vibrant role in influencing government policy, in developing relationships with others who have a stake in youth counselling, and in developing programs and services that truly serve youth and their communities more effectively. Pursuing activities such as forming partnerships with others who serve youth – such as youth recreation services, youth researchers at universities, or youth shelter operators – activities that currently fall outside any one stream of funding. Working nationally – to learn and share best practices for youth counselling across the country.
	Regent Park Community Health Centre	$175,000
	This renewal grant was to support the “Community Succession Project”. The most successful development to date is the “Pathways to Education” program. The program has more than doubled its participants including students and their parents/guardians, as well as program staff, and has shown a significant increase in the number of volunteer tutors and mentors. The early implementation and success of Pathways has played an important role in the development of several other community initiatives which, taken together and successfully developed, may form the critical mass needed to realize a profound impact and change in this challenging community.
	Sir Sandford Fleming (NATCON), Peterborough , Ontario	$4,000
	Students of the Employment Counsellors program received funds to attend NATCON 2004.
	St. Stephen’s Community House, Toronto, Ontario	$70,767
	here were two grants provided to this organization this year. The first grant in the amount of $30,767 was to support “The Kensington Youth Theatre Employment Service” (KYTES) KYTES Children’s Theatre is am employment theatre project that focuses on young single parents. The second grant in the amount of $40,000 was to support the “ Arcade Revelations” program. A highly structured community program, developed by and for youth living in Kensington Market and surrounding neighbourhoods the program is delivered through the established drop-in program model. It aims to link current and new drop-in activities under specific themes, in an effort to engage more youth in daily activities, to reduce violence levels in the community, promote healthy lifestyles and encourage academic excellence.
	The 519 Church Street Community Centre, Toronto , Ontario	$20,000
	The grant was provided for the 519 Community Counselling Program. It provides accessible, no fee, short term and crisis counselling to all members of the community, with a strong focus on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered clients. The objective of this programme is to meet the immediate and urgent mental health needs of any member in the community by providing financially and physically accessible counselling services.
	The Maccaulay Child Development Centre, Toronto , Ontario	$59,322
	This renewal grant provides support for the “Incredible Years Program”. The goal of this project is to enhance this Centre’s parent education program by expanding its current program with this enriched project. The hope is to increase parent’s knowledge, confidence and use of effective parenting strategies.
	University of Toronto , Toronto , Ontario	$25,000
	The grant is to support the “Working with Families Workbook” project at the Department of Family and Community Medicine. This project will provide continuing, comprehensive patient care and health promotion that will optimize personal and community well-being underlies all our academic activities at the department. This workbook is designed to provide family physicians with the vital knowledge and skill in dealing with the full spectrum of health conditions and thus improving overall care to the patients and their families.
	University of Ottawa , Ottawa , Ontario	(over 2 years) $200,000
	This grant is to provide funds to support the work of the Student Academic Success Service (SASS) and its efforts to enhance its Academic Support Community (ASC) program. SASS will implement and sustain this peer-based initiative by hiring, training and monitoring academic coaches who will provide much needed support to their fellow students.
	Voices for Children, Toronto , Ontario	(over two years) $100,000
	“Strengthening the Effectiveness of Voices for Children”. Voices for Children wants to earn recognition from children’s stakeholders across the province as a pivotal source for obtaining and disseminating information about the well-being of Ontario ’s young people. Using the latest in user-friendly and efficient Internet technology to communicate information, working with a growing network of children’s stakeholders to identify issues and developments and to secure volunteer contributors, Voices for Children relates this information to lived experience, policy and practice in Ontario. Recommendations, innovations and updates are provided along with resources and links to support increased connections among individuals, groups and organizations.
	Women’s Hostels Inc./ Nellie’s, Toronto , Ontario	$63,940
	This grant was provided to support the “Children’s Program”. Funding was to allow the expansion of Nellie’s Community Support and Outreach – Children’s Programs targeting children and youth who are survivors of violence and poverty. The target group includes children and youth that are residents and ex-residents of Nellie’s shelter or are at- risk children and youth from the general community. The goals are to help participants reach their potential by expanding their opportunities in gaining a broader base in social, recreational and educational understanding; establishing a space that children and youth in the community can go to for safety and support and to learn new information and skills and access other community networks.
	Woodgreen Community Centre, Toronto , Ontario	(over 2 years) $600,000
	This grant was provided help fund the “Homeward Bound” project. This project in a unique program which seeks to assist women with children, living in shelters, make a successful transition to sustainable employment, permanent housing and independent living by providing the bridge to self-sufficiency and housing security. Homeward Bound is an innovative job readiness and employment training program focusing on the IT sector, supported by industry partners with housing and child care supports. It is expected that the provision of housing with accompanying supports will help to stabilize their lives and prepare them to move into permanent affordable housing within a two to three-year time line.
	YES Montreal , Montréal, Québec	(over 2 years) $84,000
	The grant was provided to support “The Employment Roundtable”. The goals of the project are to bring together career professionals from various organizations that provide employment and entrepreneurial services locally and provincially. With this extensive network of community organization partnership building and information sharing, the Roundtable is able to provide and independent forum to evaluate and promote each member’s essential employment services.
	YWCA of Calgary , Calgary , Alberta	$24,000
	he grant was provided to support “Stepping Out” program. Stepping Out provides excellent holistic career and personal counselling through the YWCA of Calgary which has an excellent reputation for superb employment and education programs, specializing in at risk women and their families providing then with the skills, abilities and opportunities to contribute to and benefit from healthy communities. The Stepping Out program assists adult women who are sexually exploited through prostitution to identify and overcome barriers to mainstream employment through a combination of life skills, career development and personal counselling. It is the only program in Calgary that is inclusive of women affected by prostitution who are over the age of 24. The individualized, outreach model assists each woman and begins working with her from where she is at in her attempts to leave prostitution and move towards mainstream employment and family life.
	Youth Opportunities Unlimited, London , Ontario	(over 2 years) $110,000
	The grant was provided to support both “The Street Outreach Services and the Youth @ Work Program”. Client centeredness, integrity, quality driven, community focused, and fun have enabled YOU to develop effective strategies and programming that addresses the many unique needs of youth in the city of London for over the past twenty years. Outreach services and the Youth @ Work Program are projects which assist youth in accessing community services such as, shelters, basic needs provisions, meal programs, health care, employment workshops, employment co-op’s, educational upgrades resulting in youth employment. The continuum of services allows at-risk, sometimes homeless youth to find support, meet basic life needs, develop personal goals, and gain employable skills and to start the road to a stable and successful life.
	Yorktown Child and Family Centre, Toronto , Ontario	(over 3 years) $100,484
	The grant was provided to support the “Somali Outreach and Education Program (Dayeelka Quoska)” in the community of Scarborough . “Daryeelka Qoyska”, in Somali, conveys the message of the family and community working together. YCFC is a fully accredited children’s mental health centre offering a broad range of accessible mental health counselling, education and community outreach services in a responsive, flexible manner to children, youth, parents and families.