E-Delivery

Organizational Overview Inner City Youth Development Association (ICYDA) has offered programming to Edmonton's youth at risk since 1986. MISSION STATEMENT Our mission is to provide Edmonton's high risk youth with preventative, educational programs that promote and facilitate independence and responsibility in those we serve, empowering them with their own desires to become active, constructive, caring members of the community. VALUES ICYDA Programming is based on the values of trust, respect, cooperation, and non-violence. TRUST ICYDA staff members are committed to entering into trusting relationships with the youth in our programs. Youth are accepted for who they are and trusted that they want to create positive change in their lives. RESPECT ICYDA staff members respect the self determination of young people and are committed to building relationships built on respect but at the same time realize that respect from youth, who are naturally wary and often emotionally wounded, must be earned. COOPERATION ICYDA staff members are committed to developing relationships built on cooperation. In this context cooperation means that youth have a voice, wherever possible, in the creation, structure, and operation of ICYDA programs. NON VIOLENCE ICYDA staff members are committed to developing and facilitating non violent relationships in every aspect of the agency's operations. Violence, in this sense, is not restricted to physical acts of violence but includes verbal exchanges and the structural violence of agency policies and practices. Helping Youth Help Themselves ANNUAL REPORT 2016/2017 Overview 1

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