2016 Stepping up Inventory of Youth Programs

inventory of youth programs A Strategic Framework to Help Ontario’s Youth Succeed inventory of youth programs 2016

The Inventory of Youth Program, 2016 was developed by the ministries, secretariats and offices of:

• Advanced Education and Skills Development (MAESD) • Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) • Attorney General (MAG) • Cabinet Office (CAB) • Children and Youth Services (MCYS) • Citizenship and Immigration (MCI) • Community and Social Services (MCSS) • Community Safety and Correctional Services (MCSCS) • Economic Development and Growth (MEDG) • Education (EDU) • Government and Consumer Services (MGCS) • Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) • Housing (MHO) • Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation (MIRR) • Infrastructure (MOI) • Intergovernmental Affairs (MIA) • Labour (MOL) • Municipal Affairs (MMA) • Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) • Northern Development and Mines (MNDM) • Research, Innovation and Science (MRIS) • Status of Women (MSW) • Tourism, Culture and Sport (MTCS) • Transportation (MTO) • Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS)

Visit www.ontario.ca/steppingup and read Stepping Up: A Strategic Framework to Help Ontario’s Youth Succeed (2013) and the previous annual reports.

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2 Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 stepping up: a strategic framework to help ontario’s youth succeed

Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 The Government of Ontario has strategies and programs that support the wellbeing of youth across all seven Stepping Up themes. For your reference, these initiatives have been compiled into one list.

This inventory focuses on strategies and programs that serve youth specifically or have components that serve youth. Many programs and services support more than one strategy. However, in most cases they have been listed only once. Please follow the links provided to learn more about the initiatives listed and all of the associated programs and services available.

health & wellness Healthy Kids Strategy

LEAD: Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

• Healthy eating Æ Menu labelling Æ Northern Fruit and Vegetable Program • Physical activity • Themes supporting healthy eating, physical activity: Æ Run. Jump. Play. Every Day. Æ New! Water Does Wonders • Healthy Kids Community Challenge including Æ New! Culturally appropriate programs that support Indigenous children developed by De dwa da dehs nye>s Indigenous Health Centre • Healthy Kids’ Strategy website and resources • Programs for Indigenous children and youth, including: Æ Urban Indigenous Healthy Living Program, through Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres

Please note: "new!" = a new strategy or initiative since the release of the Inventory of Youth Programs 2015.

Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 3 RELATED: • Community Health Centre Programs for Youth • Community Health Centres for Youth • Foodland Ontario Kids’ Corner (OMAFRA) • Healthy Menu Choices Act, 2015 • Health Canada healthy eating resources for Indigenous children and youth • Insulin pumps funded for children and youth with Type 1 diabetes • Northern Health Programs • New! Preventing Childhood Obesity Tool • Skin Cancer Prevention Act, 2013 (Tanning Beds)

Immunization 2020

LEAD: Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

• Immunization education in the schools • Immunizations for school-aged children and youth through school-based immunization clinics including: Æ HPV immunization program and New! expansion of the program • Immunization of School Pupils Act, 1990 and New! strengthened exemption process for required school vaccines

RELATED: • Health Equity Impact Assessment tool

Ontario First Nations Health Action Plan

New! LEADS: Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Ministry of Children and Youth Services

• Life Promotion and Crisis Coordination Supports, including: Æ Tele-Mental Health Service and New! expansion to enhance outreach and support (MCYS) Æ Holistic response/prevention teams to stabilize communities in crisis and provide training on suicide prevention and life promotion (MCYS) Æ Indigenous mental health and addictions workers to support students in First Nations schools (MCYS) RELATED: • Indigenous Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and Child Nutrition Program (MCYS) • Indigenous Healing and Wellness Strategy (MCSS)

4 Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 LINKED STRATEGIES:

Open Minds, Healthy Minds— Ontario’s Comprehensive Mental Health and Addictions Strategy

LEAD: Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

• Mental Health and Addictions Leadership Advisory Council and its Youth Addictions Working Group

A Shared Responsibility: Ontario’s Policy Framework for Child and Youth Mental Health

LEAD: Ministry of Children and Youth Services

Moving on Mental Health: A System That Makes Sense for Children and Youth

LEAD: Ministry of Children and Youth Services

• Mental Health Services and Supports, including: Æ Mental health workers in schools, communities and courts providing services such as targeted prevention and counselling (MCYS) Æ Mental health and addictions nurses in schools (MOHLTC) Æ Service Collaborative Communities to improve coordination of services across sectors and better support individuals with mental health and addictions needs (MOHLTC) Æ Youth Mental Health and Addictions Programs (MOHLTC), including: Æ Counselling and treatment Æ Early psychosis intervention Æ Residential treatment Æ Short-term crisis support beds Æ Peer/self-help initiatives Æ Case management Æ School Mental Health ASSIST, including: Æ Mental Health Leaders and Leadership Teams (EDU) Æ Mental health supports for youth in postsecondary education (MAESD) • Mental health systems, including: Æ Youth Mental Health Lead Agencies and identified service areas (MCYS)

Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 5 • Mental health resources, including: Æ Community-based child and youth mental health program guidelines and requirements (MCYS) Æ Together to Live: Youth Suicide Prevention Plan (MCYS), including: Æ Together to Live online toolkit (MCYS) Æ Supporting Minds: An Educator’s Guide to Promoting Students’ Mental Health and Well-Being (draft 2013) (EDU) Æ Quick Facts For Parents: Learning about Mental Health (EDU) Æ Centre for Innovation in Campus Mental Health (MAESD) Æ Mental Health Innovation Fund (MAESD) RELATED: • Rise Asset Development self-employment and entrepreneurship support for youth with a history of mental health challenges • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health supports, including: Æ New! Mental health support crisis service centre in Toronto for LGBTQ2S youth Æ New! Mandatory training program for shelters working with street-involved youth Æ New! Evaluation plan for youth care • Helplines: Kids Help Phone, Good2Talk, Mental Health Helpline, Distress and Crisis Ontario centres • Resources: Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and its Project ECHO Ontario, Children’s Mental Health Ontario, mindyourmind and Canadian Mental Health Association

Smoke-Free Ontario

LEAD: Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

• Smoke-Free Ontario Act, 1994 including Ontario Regulation 48/06 • Electronic Cigarettes Act, 2015 including Ontario Regulation 416/15 • Leave the Pack Behind

RELATED: • Making Healthier Choices Act, 2015

6 Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 strong, supportive friends & families

Poverty Reduction Strategy

LEAD: Ministry of Community and Social Services (selected youth-related initiatives)

• First Nations Student Nutrition Program (MCYS) • New! Healthy Smiles Ontario program (MOHLTC) • Learning, Earning and Parenting (MCSS) • Local Poverty Reduction Fund (MCSS) • Minimum wage rate increase and annual rate changes tied to change in Ontario’s Consumer Price Index (MOF) • Ontario Child Benefit (MCYS) • Ontario Child Benefit Equivalent (MCYS) • Poverty Reduction Strategy Annual Report (MCSS) • Social Assistance: Æ Ontario Disability Support Program (MCSS) Æ Ontario Works (MCSS) • Student Nutrition Program (MCYS)

RELATED: • Community food program donation tax credit for farmers (MOF) • Family Responsibility Office (MCSS)

Long-Term Affordable Housing Strategy

LEAD: Ministry of Housing

• A Place to Call Home: Report of the Expert Advisory Panel on Homelessness (2015) • Long-Term Affordable Housing Strategy update • New! Portable housing benefit framework • New! Rent-geared-to-income—simplified calculations and an exemption of scholarships, bursaries and fellowships • New! Housing assistance—new and innovative forms, increased supply • Community Homelessness Prevention Initiative • Promoting Affordable Housing Act, 2016 • Supportive housing policy framework (in development)

Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 7 Family Justice Services

LEAD: Ministry of the Attorney General

• Family Mediation Services • Mandatory Information Programs • Family Law Information Centres • Family court mediation and information services—contact information • Supervised Access Centres • Feedback on Family Mediation Services, Mandatory Information Programs and Family Law Information Centres • Family Court Support Worker Program • Services provided by the Office of the Children’s Lawyer

RELATED: • Child Support Services • Ontario Victim Services, including: Æ Help for child victims Æ Internet Child Exploitation Counselling Program Æ Victim/Witness Assistance Program • Children Who Witness Violence Program, through Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres

Licensed Child and Youth Residential Services

LEAD: Ministry of Children and Youth Services

• Licensed child and youth residential services: Æ Settings include group homes, foster homes, provincially operated facilities and youth justice open and secure custody/detention facilities • Because Young People Matter: Report of the Residential Services Review Panel (2016)

Child Protection Services

LEAD: Ministry of Children and Youth Services

• Alternative Dispute Resolution program • Annual Crown ward reviews • Child abuse register • Children’s aid societies • Indigenous child well-being societies

8 Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 • Ontario Child Protection Standards (2016) and Ontario Child Welfare Eligibility Spectrum (2016) • Supports for postsecondary education, including: Crown Ward Educational Championship Teams (EDU, MAESD)

RELATED: • New! Bill 89, Supporting Children, Youth and Families Act (proposed Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2016) • Child and Family Services Act, 1990 • Child and Family Services Review Board • Office of the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth, including: Æ Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth Act, 2007 and New! amendments • Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies • New! One Vision, One Voice practice framework • Association of Native Child and Family Services Agencies of Ontario

Child Welfare Transformation

LEAD: Ministry of Children and Youth Services

• Community Capacity Building Program

Permanency and Adoption

LEAD: Ministry of Children and Youth Services

• Adoption disclosure provisions and five-year review • Adoption recruiters, including those hired in partnership with Wendy’s Wonderful Kids • Formal Customary Care and New! one-time financial assistance for customary caregivers • Licensed international adoption agencies • Intercountry Adoption Act, 1998 • Stay Home for School policy and New! funding extension to caregivers to support youth in care to finish high school • Targeted subsidies for adoption and legal custody and New! policy revisions extending the age of eligibility • New! Post-adoption family support program RELATED: • Adoption Council of Ontario and its AdoptOntario Website • Adopt4Life

Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 9 Youth Leaving Care Strategy

LEAD: Ministry of Children and Youth Services

• Aftercare Benefits Initiative and New! extension for adopted Crown wards • Continued Care and Support for Youth • Joint protocol for student achievement (MCYS, EDU) • Living and Learning Grant and New! expanded eligibility to include adopted Crown wards • New! Guide to Effective Practice in Mentoring (2016) for children’s aid societies and Indigenous child well-being societies • Renewed Youth Supports program allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to return to care until age 21 • Youth-in-Transition worker program • Registered Education Savings Plans for eligible children and youth in care • Crown Ward Educational Championship Teams (MAESD)

education, training & apprenticeships

Achieving Excellence: A Renewed Vision for Education in Ontario

LEAD: Ministry of Education

Achieving Excellence: A Renewed Vision for Education in Ontario has four interconnected goals:

• Achieving excellence • Ensuring equity • Promoting well-being • Enhancing public confidence

Goal: Achieving Excellence

LEAD: Ministry of Education

10 Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 SUPPORTING STRATEGIES: Student Success Strategy

LEAD: Ministry of Education

• Specialist High Skills Major program • Experiential learning, including: Æ Cooperative Education Æ Experience Ontario Æ New! Consultations on the Future of Experiential Learning in Ontario Æ Community-connected experiential learning projects Æ Employer Champion Awards Æ Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program • Dual Credit Program, including School Within a College • Elementary to Secondary School Transition program • Student Re-engagement Initiative, including: Æ Single Parent Initiative Æ 12 & 12+ • Student Success Teams • Renewed Math Strategy • Think Literacy Student Achievement Literacy Planning Resource: Grades 7–12 • Learning Outside the School Day: Grades 7–12 • Supervised Alternative Learning programs • Creating Pathways to Success • Curriculum-based teaching resources

RELATED: • OPS Learn and Work (TBS) • Pathways to Education

Student Voice Strategy

LEAD: Ministry of Education

• Minister’s Student Advisory Council • Students As Researchers • SpeakUp Projects • SpeakUp in a Box

RELATED: • Focus on Youth

Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 11 Literacy and Numeracy Strategy

LEAD: Ministry of Education

• Collaborative Inquiry • School Effectiveness • Resources and supports, including: Æ Think Literacy

RELATED: • Parenting and Family Literacy Centres

Renewed Math Strategy

New! LEAD: Ministry of Education

• Secondary school supports for students: Æ Taking compulsory courses in applied mathematics Æ Not yet achieving the provincial standard in math • Coaching for principals of select secondary schools to lead improvement and additional opportunities for educators • Support for learning at home • Online math resources such as Homework Help and SOS Devoirs • Knowledge Network for Applied Education Research (KNAER): Mathematics Knowledge Network

Special Education Strategy

LEAD: Ministry of Education

• Special education programs and services • Legislation, regulations, policies and funding • Structures and systems, including: Æ The Identification, Placement, and Review Committee Æ Ontario Special Education Tribunals Æ Special Education Advisory Committee Æ Individual Education Plan

12 Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 E-Learning Strategy

LEAD: Ministry of Education

• Ontario Educational Resource Bank • Online Classroom, including: Æ Blended learning Æ Learning Management System’s online courses • Seat Reservation System • e-Community Ontario • Tutoring programs for students, including: Æ Homework Help Æ TVOKids Homework Zone Æ SOS Devoirs

Goal: Ensuring Equity

LEAD: Ministry of Education

SUPPORTING STRATEGIES: Equity and Inclusive Education Strategy

LEAD: Ministry of Education

• Equity and Inclusive Education in Ontario Schools: Guidelines for Policy Development and Implementation (2014) • Equity and Inclusive Education Networks • How Do We Know We Are Making A Difference? tool • Quick Facts: Ontario’s Equity and Inclusive Education Strategy • Realizing the Promise of Diversity: Ontario’s Equity and Inclusive Education Strategy (2009) • Supporting Bias-Free Progressive Discipline in Schools: A Resource Guide for School and System Leaders (2013) • ÉduSource—support for French-language learners and newcomer students to succeed in French-language schools

Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 13 RELATED: • French-language elementary, secondary and postsecondary education • Media and online homework supports, including: Æ Télévision française de l’Ontario (TFO) Æ SOS Devoirs • Holodomor Mobile Classroom • Roots of Empathy

Indigenous Education Strategy

LEAD: Ministry of Education

• Policy and reports including: Æ Building Bridges to Success for First Nation, Métis and Inuit Students—Developing Policies for Voluntary, Confidential Indigenous Student Self-Identification: Successful Practices for Ontario School Boards (2007) Æ First Nation, Métis and Inuit Education Policy Framework (2007) and Implementation Plan (2014) Æ A Solid Foundation: Second Progress Report on the Implementation of the Ontario First Nation, Métis, and Inuit Education Policy Framework, 2013 (2013) Æ Sound Foundations for the Road Ahead—Fall 2009 Progress Report on Implementation of the Ontario First Nation, Métis, and Inuit Education Policy Framework (2009) • Curriculum and classroom supports, including: Æ Native Studies and Native Languages: elementary and secondary Æ First Nation, Métis, and Inuit Education Leads, School Support Initiative and Re-engagement Initiative Æ Voluntary and confidential Indigenous student self-identification Æ Alternative Secondary School Program in Friendship Centres • Tools and resources, including: Æ Indigenous Education Strategy: resources and useful links Æ November Treaties Recognition Week (MIRR) Æ First Nations and treaties maps (MIRR)

RELATED: • Indigenous institutes • Anishinabek Nation’s We Are All Treaty People teachers’ kit (MIRR) • Memorandum of Understanding between the Métis Nation of Ontario and Ontario and Memorandum of Understanding between the Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Canada and Ontario (EDU)

14 Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 Goal: Promoting Well-Being

LEAD: Ministry of Education

• New! Well-Being in Our Schools, Strength in Our Society engagement paper (2016) • Knowledge Network for Applied Education Research: Knowledge Network for Student Well-Being

SUPPORTING STRATEGIES: Healthy Schools Strategy

LEAD: Ministry of Education

• Foundations for a Healthy School, including: Æ Foundations for a Healthy School: A Companion Resource to the K–12 School Effectiveness Framework (2014) • Medical conditions: Æ Legislation, including: Æ Ryan’s Law (Ensuring Asthma Friendly Schools), 2015 Æ Sabrina’s Law, 2005, an act to protect anaphylactic pupils Æ Prevalent medical conditions: resources and tools • Concussions: Æ Policy: Policy/Program Memorandum No. 158: School Board Policies on Concussion Æ Tools and resources, including: Æ Concussion information (MOHLTC) Æ Ontario Physical Education Safety Guidelines (Ophea) • Physical activity: Æ Policy, curriculum and funding, including: Æ Policy/Program Memorandum No. 138: Daily Physical Activity in Elementary Schools, Grades 1–8 Æ Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1–8: Health and Physical Education Æ Healthy Schools: daily physical activity—tools and resources • Healthy eating: Æ Legislation, regulation and policy, including: Æ Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 Æ Ontario Regulation 200/08: Trans Fat Standards Æ School Food and Beverage Policy Æ Online training for the schools food and beverage policy for school boards and elementary teachers • Additional Healthy Schools resources and supports

Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 15 RELATED: • Lifesaving Society’s Swim to Survive program • Ophea Healthy Schools Certification, including the Hero of Play program • Pan-Canadian Joint Consortium for School Health • Fresh from the Farm: healthy fundraising for Ontario schools • AgScape educational programs and tools (OMAFRA)

Safe and Accepting Schools

LEAD: Ministry of Education

• Ontario Code of Conduct • Preventing Bullying and Harassment, including: Æ Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week • Promoting a Positive School Climate • Premier’s Awards for Accepting Schools • Progressive Discipline, including: Æ Suspensions and expulsions • Making Ontario’s Schools Safe and Accepting • Health and Physical Education Quick Facts for Parents, including: Æ Quick Facts for Parents: Learning about Online Safety, including Risks of Sexting Æ Quick Facts for Parents: Learning about Healthy Relationships and Consent Æ Quick Facts for Parents: Learning about Staying Safe • Additional publications and resources • Urban and Priority High Schools • Protecting Students Act, 2016 • Provincial Model for a Local Police/School Board Protocol (2015) • Programs for suspended or expelled students • Education Amendment Act (Keeping Our Kids Safe at School), 2009 • Accepting Schools Act, 2012

RELATED: • Kids Help Phone

Promoting Students’ Mental Health

LEAD: Ministry of Education

• Programs and services supporting Open Minds, Healthy Minds—Ontario’s Comprehensive Mental Health and Addictions Strategy

16 Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 Goal: Enhancing Public Confidence

LEAD: Ministry of Education

SUPPORTING STRATEGIES:

• Parent Involvement Committees and school councils • Parents Reaching Out Grants • Information about funding, including Grants for Student Needs: Æ New! Increased investments Æ 2016–17 Education Funding: A Guide to the Grants for Student Needs (2016) • EQAO assessments • High school graduation rates • Enrolment in publicly funded schools • National and international assessments

RELATED: • Ontario’s Open Government Initiative

Transforming Ontario’s Postsecondary Education System

LEAD: Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development

• Ontario’s Differentiation Policy Framework for Postsecondary Education (2013), including: Æ Strengthening Ontario’s Centres of Creativity, Innovation and Knowledge (2012) • Strategic mandate agreements, including: Æ Next Steps in Strategic Mandate Agreement and Changes in the College and University Funding Formulas • Technical Documents: Ontario’s University Funding Model • Technical Documents: College Funding Model Review • Ontario’s credit transfer system, including: Æ Ontario Council on Articulation and Transfer’s website, ONTransfer.ca Æ Online learning, including Ontario Online Learning Consortium’s eCampusOntario and New! enhancements

RELATED: • Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP) Scholarship Program (OMAFRA) • Nutrient Management: Education, Training and Certification (OMAFRA)

Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 17 Ontario Student Assistance Program and Transformation Strategy

LEAD: Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development

• OSAP calculator, information and application • OSAP for students in special circumstances

Aboriginal Postsecondary Education and Training

LEAD: Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development

• Aboriginal Postsecondary Education and Training Policy Framework and New! Achieving Results through Partnership: First Progress Report, 2015 • Indigenous institutes, including: Æ Anishinabek Education Institute Æ First Nations Technical Institute Æ Kenjgewin Teg Educational Institute Æ Iohahi:io Akwesasne Adult Education Centre Æ Chanie Wenjack Pimachehowin Educational Institute Æ Ogwehoweh Skills and Trades Training Centre Æ Seven Generations Education Institute Æ Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig Æ Six Nations Polytechnic • Postsecondary Education Fund for Indigenous Learners: Æ Student Success Fund for Colleges and Universities Æ Student Success Fund for Indigenous Institutes Æ Targeted Initiatives Fund Æ Indigenous Skills Advancement Program Æ Indigenous Student Bursary

RELATED: • Mohawk College’s Project Pathfinder • Grand River Employment and Training’s Work Ready Indigenous People (WRAP) program • Indigenous Governance and Public Administration Post Diploma/Degree Certificate Program offered through Confederation College

18 Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 Apprenticeship Training

LEAD: Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development

• Co-op Diploma Apprenticeship Program • Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program • Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program

RELATED: • Ontario College of Trades (MOL) Æ Strengthening the Ontario College of Trades (MOL) Æ Compulsory Certification Æ Journeyperson-to-Apprenticeship Ratio Reviews

Youth Justice Education and Skills Training Success Strategy

LEAD: Ministry of Children and Youth Services

• Enhancing coordination of Education Programs in Care, Treatment, Custody and/or Correctional Facilities (Section 23 Programs) (MCYS, EDU) • Community Learning HUB and Trade Up Employment Program • Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship e-learning series • Provincial Education and Training Community of Practice • Financial Literacy and Employment Preparation Toolkits • Internet Access for Education and Skills Development Project • Educational Achievement Data Collection and Reporting through Youth Offender Tracking and Information System

RELATED: • Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa’s Tamarack Trades Training Centre and William E. Hay Centre

Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 19 employment & entrepreneurship

Youth Jobs Strategy

LEADS: Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development, Ministry of Economic Development and Growth/Research Innovation and Science

• Youth Skills Connections Fund (MEDG) • Youth Entrepreneurship Fund (MEDG) Æ Summer Company Æ Starter Company Æ Entrepreneurship Learning Stream Æ Young Entrepreneurs, Make Your Pitch • Youth Innovation Fund (MRIS) Æ TalentEdge Internships and Fellowships Æ Campus-Linked Accelerators and On-Campus Entrepreneurship Activities Æ Youth Business Acceleration Program Æ Youth Investment Accelerator Fund Æ SmartStart Seed Fund • New! Youth Job Link (MAESD) • New! Youth Job Connection (MAESD) and Æ New! Youth Job Connection Summer

RELATED: • Employment Ontario, including Æ New! Employment Ontario live chat • Business Plan Wizard • Ontario Network of Entrepreneurs • Ready Set Work • Ontario Youth Employment Programs and Opportunities, including: Æ Indigenous Law Summer Program (MAG) Æ Indigenous Youth Work Exchange Program (MNRF) Æ Articling Student/Summer Law Student Program (MAG) Æ Debwewin Summer Law Program (MAG) Æ Engineering Development Program (MTO)

20 Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 Æ First Nations Natural Resources Youth Employment Program (MNRF) Æ Job opportunities for young people in natural resource management (MNRF) Æ Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Internship Program (MNRF) Æ Stewardship Youth Ranger Program (MNRF) Æ Summer Employment Opportunities (MGCS) Æ Transportation Technician Initiative (MTO)

Highly Skilled Workforce Strategy

New! LEAD: Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development

• Premier’s panel and Building the Workforce of Tomorrow: A Shared Responsibility (2016) • Job trends and outlook • Ontario Centre for Workforce Innovation

Indigenous Economic Development Fund

LEAD: Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation (selected youth-related initiatives)

• First Nations Natural Resources Youth Employment Program • Regional partnership grants: Æ Mink Lake First Nations Youth Employment Program Æ Peetabeck Youth Employment Diversification Project • Muskegowuk Council’s educational program for First Nations students • Miziwe Biik Indigenous employment and training • Kagita Mikam Indigenous employment and training

RELATED: • Apatisiwin network of employment and training services • Indigenous Youth Entrepreneurship Program/Martin Indigenous Education Initiative

Social Enterprise Strategy

LEAD: Ministry of Economic Development and Growth

• Social Impact Bond pilot programs

Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 21 Growth Plan for Northern Ontario

LEAD: Ministry of Northern Development and Mines

• Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation’s Northern Ontario Internship Program • Ontario’s Mineral Development Strategy, including: Æ Student-Industry Mineral Exploration Workshop

RELATED: • Modern Mining and Technology Sudbury programs for students • Study North Initiative (MNDM—NOHFC), including: Æ Stay North • Modernizing natural resources management policy framework (MNRF) • Ontario and Anishinabek Nation commitments on natural resource management (MNRF), including enhanced youth involvement

Strengthening Rural Communities

LEAD: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (selected youth-related initiatives)

• Rural Ontario Summit, 2016 theme: “Youth Attraction and Retention” • Newcomer and Youth Community Indicators New! updated tool

RELATED: • 4-H Ontario • Youth Attraction Strategy Project of Perth, St Mary’s and Stratford • Youth Civic Leadership Pilot, Perth4Youth • Rural Ontario Institute Youth Engagement Showcase • GrowingCareers

Safe At Work Ontario

LEAD: Ministry of Labour

• Occupational Health and Safety Act (1990) • Occupational Health and Safety inspection blitzes • It’s Your Job video contest • Young worker health and safety resources for youth, parents and workplaces • Bring Safety Home • Live Safe! Work Smart! eNewsletter and resources • WorkSmart Campus postsecondary e-learning tool

22 Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 RELATED: • New! Parachute Canada’s #safe4life digital media campaign • Personal Safety and Injury Prevention Initiative (EDU) • Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997

Employment Standards

LEAD: Ministry of Labour

• Employment Standards Act, 2000 including: Æ Minimum Wage Rate Increase and annual rate changes tied to change in Ontario’s Consumer Price Index Æ Critically Ill Child Care Leave Æ Crime-Related Child Death or Disappearance Leave Æ Am endments made through the Protecting Employees’ Tips Act, 2015 • Proactive employment standards inspections, including: Æ Temporary help agencies blitz Æ Precarious employment and temporary foreign workers blitz Æ Young workers and temporary foreign workers blitz Æ Repeat violators/zero tolerance blitz • Changing Workplaces Review

RELATED to both Safe at Work and Employment Standards: • New! Protecting Child Performers Act, 2015 • Presentations at schools, community associations and youth employment agencies to increase awareness of young workers’ rights under the Employment Standards Act, 2000

diversity, social inclusion & safety

The Journey Together: Ontario’s Commitment to Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples New! LEAD: Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation (selected youth-related initiatives)

• The Journey Together: Ontario’s Commitment to Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples (2016) strategy and action plan

RELATED: • New! Treaties Recognition Week Act, 2016 • New! Métis Nation of Ontario Secretariat Act, 2015 Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 23 Ontario Indigenous Children and Youth Strategy

LEAD: Ministry of Children and Youth Services

• Co-implementation ongoing, including: Æ New! Family Well-Being Program

RELATED: • New! Feathers of Hope initiative • New! Mushkegowuk Youth Regional Coordination Unit • Nishnawabe Aski Nation’s Youth Resiliency Program, Girl Power–Wolf Spirit • Akwe:go: Urban Indigenous Children’s Program • Wasa-Nabin: Urban Indigenous Youth Program • Ontario First Nations Young Peoples Council participation at Leaders in the Legislature (MIRR)

Walking Together: Ontario’s Long-Term Strategy to End Violence Against Indigenous Women

New! LEADS: Ministries of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Status of Women

• Walking Together: Ontario’s Long-Term Strategy to End Violence Against Indigenous Women strategy document (2016) • Programs and initiatives to prevent violence against Indigenous women, youth and girls

It’s Never Okay: An Action Plan to Stop Sexual Violence and Harassment

LEADS: Ministry of the Status of Women, and Ministry of Community, Safety and Correctional Services

• New! Sexual Violence and Harassment Action Plan Act, 2016 • It’s Never Okay action plan, initiatives and New! progress report

Strategy to End Human Trafficking

New! LEAD: Ministry of Community and Social Services (selected youth-related initiatives)

• Youth-in-transition workers for at-risk youth leaving care (MCYS) • Expanding protocols for children’s aid societies and police services (MCYS, MCSCS) • Ontario curriculum that is age and grade appropriate and relevant to current societal issues, including the awareness and prevention of gender-based violence and human trafficking (EDU)

24 Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 Promoting Life-Skills for Indigenous Youth (PLAY)

LEAD: Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation

• Summer Sun Program • Hockey for Development Program • Youth Leadership Program • Lacrosse for Development Program

Ontario’s Culture Strategy

New! LEAD: Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport (selected youth-related initiatives)

• Canadian authors’ content increased in schools (EDU) • Youth cultural camps in Indigenous communities

RELATED: • Black History Month Act, 2016

Ontario’s Immigration Strategy

LEAD: Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration

• Newcomer Settlement Program, including settlement and integration services for newcomer youth: Æ Information and referral to services Æ School registration Æ Guidance and mentoring Æ Social connectivity, including cultural and recreational activities Æ Skills development Æ Referral to language training and employment support programs and services Æ Labour market connections

RELATED: • New! Ontario Refugee Resettlement Plan • New! Refugee HealthLine and Fact Sheets • Project Êcoles-pivot • Stratégie pour les apprenants du français et nouveaux arrivants (EDU)

Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 25 Strategy for a Safer Ontario

LEAD: Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services

• Strategy for a Safer Ontario: Public Discussion Paper and consultation • Provincial Approach to Community Safety and Well-Being: Æ Booklet 1: Crime Prevention in Ontario: A Framework for Action Æ Booklet 2: Community Safety and Well-Being in Ontario: A Snapshot of Local Voices

RELATED: • Safer and Vital Communities Grant • Proceeds of Crime Front-Line Policing Grant • Risk-driven Tracking Database • Police Effectiveness Modernization Grant • Proceeds of Crime Front-Line Policing Grant • Ontario Regulation 58/16: Collection of Identifying Information in Certain Circumstances— Prohibition and Duties (commonly known as “street checks” or “carding”) • OPP Youth Foundation • OPP Knowledge, Issues, Decision, and Supports (KIDS) Program • OPP partnership with The Push for Change • OPP Indigenous Policing Bureau youth initiatives, including: Æ Niigan Mosewak (“Walking Forward”) summer youth camp Æ Walking the Path program • Northern Community youth initiatives, including: Æ The Pikangikum Project/Project Journey Æ Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation (Big Trout Lake) and Wapekeka Æ North Caribou Lake First Nation

Youth Justice Services

LEAD: Ministry of Children and Youth Services

• Probation Services • Youth Justice Custody Services • Youth Justice Reintegration Services and Diversion Programs • Restorative justice • Stop Now and Plan (SNAP) Youth Justice model • Youth Justice Committee Program (MAG)

26 Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 • Youth Justice Mental Health Programs (i.e., Intensive Support and Supervision Program, Youth Mental Health Court Worker program) • Indigenous Youth Justice Community Programs • Youth Justice Attendance Centres • Community Support Teams

RELATED: • Youth Justice Outcomes Framework and data strategy

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT & YOUTH LEADERSHIP

Modernizing Elections

LEAD: Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs (selected youth-related initiatives)

• Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016 Æ Includes amendments that allow 16- and 17-year-olds to opt into a provisional voter register implemented by the Chief Electoral Officer

RELATED: • Local Government Week (MMA) Æ Fédération de la jeunesse franco-ontarienne (FESFO)—Parlement jeunesse

Ontario’s Volunteer Action Plan

LEAD: Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration (selected youth-related initiatives)

• ChangeTheWorld: Ontario Youth Volunteer Challenge • New! PREB-Ontario youth recognition certificates • SPARK Ontario website

Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 27 Ontario Honours and Awards: Volunteer Recognition

LEAD: Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration (selected youth-related initiatives)

• Ontario Volunteer Service Awards • June Callwood Outstanding Achievement Award for Voluntarism • Lieutenant Governor’s Community Volunteer Award for Students • Hilary M. Weston Scholarships • James Bartleman Indigenous Youth Creative Writing Award • Lincoln M. Alexander Award • Ontario Medal for Young Volunteers

Youth Engagement

LEAD: Ministry of Children and Youth Services

• Premier’s Council on Youth Opportunities

RELATED: • #PoliHack events

coordinated & youth-friendly communities

Youth Opportunities, Ontario’s Youth Action Plan and the Enhanced Youth Action Plan

LEAD: Ministry of Children and Youth Services

• Stepping Up: A Strategic Framework to Help Ontario’s Youth Succeed (2013) • Gang Prevention/Intervention program • Restorative Justice and Conflict Mediation • Stop Now and Plan (SNAP) Middle Years program • Youth Collective Impact (Youth CI) program • Youth in Policing Initiative • Youth Justice Family Workers

28 Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 • Youth Mentorship program • Youth Opportunities Fund • Youth Outreach Worker Program • Youth Research and Evaluation eXchange (YouthREX) • Youth Worker Training

RELATED: • The City of Toronto’s new web portal for youth, YouthTO • CivicAction’s Escalator: Jobs for Youth Facing Barriers • The Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE) LaunchPad • MaRS Discovery District’s Studio [Y]: Ontario’s Social Impact and Youth Leadership Academy • United Way of Toronto and York Region’s Career Navigator program • Promising Young People, action area of the Ontario Trillium Foundation (MCI)

Collective Impact for Disconnected Youth

New! LEAD: Ministry of Children and Youth Services

• Partnership table • Pilot site assessments

Special Needs Support

LEADS: Ministries of Children and Youth Services and Community and Social Services

• New! Ontario’s Special Needs Strategy, including: Æ Early identification Æ Coordinated service planning Æ Integrated delivery of rehabilitation services • Complex special needs funding: Æ Individual placement funding Æ Community enhancement funding • New! Action Plan to Improve Child and Youth Residential Care • Financial and Respite Supports, including: (MCYS, MCSS) Æ Special Services at Home Æ Assistance for Children with Severe Disabilities Æ Out-of-Home Respite Æ Enhanced Respite for Medically Fragile and/or Technology Dependent Children • Assistive Devices Program (MOHLTC)

Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 29 RELATED: • Integrated Services for Northern Children • Respite Services

Autism Spectrum Disorder Services and Supports

LEAD: Ministry of Children and Youth Services

• Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA)–based services and supports • Autism Intervention Program • New! Ontario Autism Program phased-in implementation beginning June 2017 • Camps, including Summer Camps and March Break Camps • Connections for Students, including school-based transition teams (MCYS, EDU) • Grant Assistance Program for employees of MCYS autism programs • Autism Parent Resource Kit • School Support Program (MCYS, EDU) • Supported Employment for Young Adults with ASD—Two-Year Demonstration Program (MCYS, MCSS) • Transition services and supports for adolescents

RELATED: • Autism Ontario information, programs and services including: Æ ABACUS, spirale and CALYPSO websites of service providers Æ Autism Ontairo’s Potential Programme

Disabilities Services and Supports

LEADS: Ministries of Children and Youth Services, Community and Social Services

• Assistance for Children with Severe Disabilities • Developmental disabilities programs, including: Æ Behavioural Management Program • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) programs, services and resources, including: Æ Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Provincial Roundtable Æ Provincial approach to FASD Æ Indigenous Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and Child Nutrition Program • Children’s rehabilitation services and children’s treatment centres, providing: Æ Physiotherapy Æ Occupational therapy Æ Speech and language therapy

30 Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 RELATED: • Ontario Association of Children’s Rehabilitation Services

Developmental Services

LEAD: Ministry of Community and Social Services (serving youth over 18 years of age)

• Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, 2008 • Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 • Developmental Services Ontario—a single window to adult developmental services in Ontario • Help with daily living, including: Æ Passport program Æ Adult Protective Service Worker program • Adult residential supports, including: Æ Group homes and specialized residences Æ Host Family Program Æ Developmental Services Housing Task Force • Specialized and clinical supports, including: Æ Joint Policy Guideline for the Provision of Community Mental Health and Development Services for Adults with a Dual Diagnosis (MCSS, MOHLTC) Æ Community Networks of Specialized Care • Employment and Modernization Fund • Strategic Program Investments • Integrated Transition Planning (MCYS, EDU, MCSS)

RELATED: • The Path to 2025: Ontario’s Accessibility Action Plan (MEDG) • Accessibility rules for educational institutions, including those in: Æ Education Act (1990) Æ Post-secondary Education Choice and Excellence Act, 2000 Æ Private Career Colleges Act, 2005 Æ Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Act, 2002 • Ontario Public School Boards’ Association’s accessibility resources for educators • Council of Ontario Universities’ accessibility resources for postsecondary staff • Access to Opportunities Strategy for Youth with Disabilities • Ontario Chamber of Commerce’s Accessibility Works program, including: Æ Abilities Connect Fund Æ EnAbling Change Fund

Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 31 Biodiversity: It’s In Our Nature

LEAD: Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (youth and family initiatives)

• Healthy Parks, Healthy People • Fish and Wildlife Marketing Strategy, including family fishing events and Learn to Fish • Ontario Children’s Outdoor Charter • Ontario’s parks and protected areas

RELATED: • Education programs at Historical Parks, including: Æ Breaking Down Barriers to History Weekend at Upper Canada Village Æ Black Robes in New France at Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons Æ Cosmic Horizons at David Thompson Astronomical Observatory Æ Full day, live in, co-op and ESL and enhanced educational programs at Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons Æ Learning adventures at Fort Williams Historical Park Æ Paddling into the Past: Recreational Canoeing and Natural History Program at Fort William Historical Park Æ Senior Youth Interpreters Program at Upper Canada Village Æ The Ways of the Wendat at Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons Æ The Wild Rice Project at Fort William Historical Park Æ Two Cultures: One Land and Black Robes in New France at Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons Æ Science, Math and Anishnawbe Cultural Perspectives (MTCS) • Emerging Leaders for Biodiversity • Minister’s Award for Environmental Excellence • Ontario Parks Partners Bursary Awards • Fun Pass initiative (MTCS)

32 Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 Game ON: The Ontario Government’s Sport Plan

LEAD: Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport

• Participation initiatives, including: Æ Partnerships to support children and youth (MTCS, EDU, MCYS) Æ Sport Pathway for Ontario Native Wellness initiative, in partnership with the Indigenous Sport and Wellness Council of Ontario Æ Safety in Amateur Combative Sport • Development initiatives, including: Æ Games Ontario Æ Pan Am/Parapan Am Legacies • Excellence initiatives, including: Æ Striving, celebrating excellence Æ Sport hosting

RELATED: • Recreation programs and initiatives, including: Æ Indigenous Community Recreation Activators Ontario program Æ Ontario Sport and Recreation Communities Fund Æ Provincial Recreation Organizations Æ Youth at Risk initiatives and resources Æ Ontario Trails Council and Strategy Æ Coaching and leadership support and resources support and resources Ontario’s After-School Program

#CycleON: Ontario’s Cycling Strategy

LEAD: Ministry of Transportation

• Making Ontario’s Roads Safer Act, 2015 • Discussion Paper on Cycling Initiatives under the Climate Change Action Plan • Bicycle Safety, including: Æ Young Cyclist’s Guide (2015) • Cycling Training Fund • #CycleON Action Plan 1.0 and pamphlet • Smart Commute’s active and sustainable school travel initiative, including Bike to School Week (MTO, METROLINX)

Inventory of Youth Programs 2016 33 Community Hubs

LEAD: Ministry of Infrastructure (selected youth-related initiatives)

• Enabling & Celebrating Community Hubs: One-Year Progress Update on Community Hubs in Ontario: A Strategic Framework and Action Plan (2016) (MOI) • Support for schools to become community hubs (EDU) • Ontario Regulation 444/98: Disposition of Surplus Real Property—support for schools to become community hubs, including regulatory changes (EDU)

Building Ontario: Our Infrastructure Plan

LEAD: Ministry of Infrastructure

• ontario.ca/BuildOn, interactive website • Infrastructure update

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