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The Year in Review THE YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM The Inner City Youth Support Program grew out of the realization that the youth who come to our programs were lacking in basic resources. They wanted to make changes in their lives but lacked the resources, attitudes, and skills to make the necessary changes. How can you go to a program school or work, without bus tickets, regular meals, clothing, and a regular schedule? The Youth Engagement Program was established to address those needs. This past year some of the resources and counselling we provided to the 321 youth we served are detailed below: RESOURCE QUANTITY Breakfasts served 2,155 Lunches served 12,993 Suppers served 1,680 Bus Passes provided 642 Bus tickets provided 7,960 Housing Referrals 46 Other Crisis referrals 60 Completed Suicide Safety Plans 23 Visits by public health nurses 20 Grocery cards provided (from $20-$50) 152 Grocery Bags provided 138 Pregnant and parenting program for youth. Number of classes 35 The distribution of these resources give an indication of the desperate circumstances faced by the youth and the comprehensive and preventative nature of Inner City Youth Development Association (ICYDA) programming. THROUGHOUT THE PAST YEAR: OUR COURT WORKER KEPT YOUTH FROM INCARCERATION BY: • Our social workers found housing for many youth facing homelessness • Our social workers completed 23 suicide safety plans with youth seriously contemplating suicide • Helping youth clear 47 warrants for their arrest • Advocating for youth through 141 contacts with court legal services • Working collaboratively with Probation Officers and supporting youth through 86 contacts • Supervising 268 Community Service Hours youth completed in lieu of incarceration • Making 42 court appearances in support of youth It is interesting to note that in a 2012 Statistics Canada report Indigenous male youth accounted for 24% of all male youth in the correctional system and female youth 34% while in the general population only 6% are Aboriginal youth (Munch, 2012). In our programs Indigenous youth, male and female, account for 85 – 90 % of our population. It is our goal to keep them out of Canada's correctional system and provide educational programming that will help accomplish that goal. It costs our taxpayers $75,000 to keep one offender in jail for one year in a provincial institution and $100,000 in a federal institution. Twenty thousand dollars puts one youth through our programming for one year and has a generational impact. The economics are more than obvious. This year's graduates have the potential to make a generational impact on our community. Helping Youth Help Themselves ANNUAL REPORT 2016/2017 The Year in Review 5

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