Local Resources
Children and Youth

Alive Canada, 973-4411 Ext. 3265

Suicide Prevention: Education, prevention, and awareness geared to youth through presentations, seminars, and workshops at local schools.

Big Brothers of Windsor-Essex County, 945-5909

Big Brother Program: The agency matches a young male with a caring adult role model on an one-to-one basis or in a group. Programming includes: One-on-One Match, Couples for Kids, Big Bunch Friendship Program, In-School Mentoring.

Big Sisters Association of Greater Windsor, 945-6232

Big Sister Program: The agency matches a young female with a caring female adult role model on an one-to-one basis or in a group. Programming includes: One-on-One Matching, Group work, In-School Mentoring.

Canadian Mental Health Association, Windsor-Essex, 255-7440

Kids Griefworks: Counseling and support services for children, family members, and individuals to help children effectively deal with issues relating to death

Children’s Crisis Services, 252-2720

Children’s Crisis Service: Crisis intervention and counseling for county youth.

Drouillard Place, 253-1073

Youth Program: Provides youth with peer support and personal growth and development programs including: After School help with Homework and an evening Drop-In Centre for youth between the ages of 11-15.

Girl Guides of Canada, 969-8222

Group Work Services: Volunteer supervised recreational, cultural, personal growth, and development activities that help build and teach respect for community, self, and others.

Glengarda Child and Family Services, 257-5106

Early Intervention Program: Provides hands-on, intensive social skill programming to students and teachers in local schools. In addition, short-term counseling and service coordination is provided to specific families.

House of Shalom, 736-6811

Youth Centre: Peer support for youth in the Amherstburg community. United Way also assists the agency’s youth leadership development program.

House of Sophrosyne, 252-2711

Children’s Program: Education and therapy for children about substance abuse in conjunction with the agency’s Parenting in Recovery Program, Teen Program, Anti-Alcohol and Drug Education Program for teenaged youth.

Well-Come Centre for Human Potential, 971-7595

Children’s Program: Childcare for clients participating in agency programs, supervised after school activities, summer camp experience, and Christmas Program.

Windsor and Essex School's Safety Patrol Association, 253-2481 Ext. 245

Safety Patrol Program: Promotes the safe conduct of over 30,000 youth in local schools through patrol supervision on the streets and with bus safety.

Windsor-Essex County Family YMCA, 258-9622

Youth Programming: Fitness, health, and recreational services including camp and leadership development experiences.

Youth and Family Resource Network of Essex County, 733-8983

Youth Centre: The agency provides programming to promote the physical and mental development of youth in the communities of Kingsville, Cottam, and Harrow.

John Howard Society of Windsor-Essex County, 252-3461

Juveniles in Conflict: Counseling and programming for young persons suspended from school or referred to the agency from the legal system.

Sandwich Teen Action Group, 254-6999

Youth Drop In: Supervised education, social, and recreation activities for youth aged 13-19 in the Sandwich community.

Scouts Canada-Essex District Council, 776-6233

Group Work Services: Volunteer supervised recreational, cultural, personal growth, and development activities that help build and teach respect for community, self, and others.

Scouts Canada-Windsor District Council, 966-0480

Group Work Services: Volunteer supervised recreational, cultural, personal growth, and development activities that help build and teach respect for community, self, and others.

Sexual Assault Crisis Centre, 253-3100

Male Victim and Adolescent Counseling: Counseling and support for adolescents and male victims of sexual violence

South Essex Community Council, 326-8629

Youth Drop In: Supervised recreational, social, and educational activities geared to building leadership qualities and developing healthy minds and bodies of youth aged 13-19 in the South Essex community.

Teen Health Centre, 253-8481

Morning Glory Moments Postnatal Project: Postnatal education and programming offering teen mothers postnatal support for matters related to baby care, breast-feeding, nutrition, immunization, and injury prevention.

Unemployed Help Centre, 944-4900

Coats for Kids: Collects and distributes winter coats in November for children in need.

University of Windsor, School of Nursing, 977-6862

Building Blocks for Better Babies: Provides expectant mothers with education and information about healthy eating and lifestyles during pregnancy.

Victorian Order of Nurses, 254-4866

Postpartum and Infant Parenting Program: Education and information programming to increase the knowledge and skills of expectant and new parents/caregivers.

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