The Lieutenant Governor of Ontario visits Youth Diversion
Youth Diversion recently hosted Edith Dumont, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
Managing the impact of Gaming and technology on youth toolkit
This toolkit was made possible because of a TD Summer Inter grant which provided Youth Diversion with the resources needed to create this toolkit. Jawahir Al-Bayati, the author of this toolkit, worked with Youth Diversion staff, community partners, other provincial associations and people with lived experience to support the content of the toolkit. Ms. Al-Bayati […]
TD READY COMMITMENT GRANT
Youth Diversion is excited to announce a $25,000 grant from the TD Ready Commitment Grant towards our newly formed Kairos Street Outreach Services. The TD Ready Commitment is a true embodiment of TD’s purpose in action knowing that we can only thrive when the communities around us thrive, and that building a more sustainable and […]
The Law Foundation of Ontario
The Law Foundation of Ontario recently approved a two year $200,000 grant in support of Intersections. Since its inception, Kingston City Police, OPP and Family and Children’s Services of FLA have referred over to 600 children and youth to Intersections in an effort to prevent future police and child welfare contact and help these children […]
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF HELPING CHILDREN AND YOUTH overcome challenges
For 50 years, Youth Diversion has been helping 1000’s of children and youth overcome challenges and now it is time to celebrate our accomplishments. On Aug 15, 2024, we will be hosting a dinner at the Holiday Inn Waterfront Hotel in Kingston Ont. We hope to raise $50,000 towards our newly established ‘Kids Can’t Wait’ […]
Volunteer of the year
Congratulations to Neil Donnelly for being chosen by staff as our 2023 Volunteer of the Year. Neil has been with the agency for 5 years volunteering in our Youth Justice and Rebound Programs. Neil is always eager to volunteer when he’s not at the rink coaching his grandson’s hockey team. Neil has made a difference […]
Nick Bala Distinguished Service Award
Congratulations to Dr. John Leverette who was awarded this year’s Nick Bala Distinguished Service Award for all his work through both Youth Diversion and the University Hospitals Kingston Foundation. Dr. Leverette just completed his 6 years on the Youth Diversion Board of Directors. Congratulations Dr. Leverette.
United Way HPE
We are excited to once again partner with the UW of Hastings and Prince Edward. Funding from the UWHPE will be supporting our Kairos Program in North Hastings. Last year, we supported close to 50 children, youth and Families who previous, did not have access to substance use and addiction services.
United Way KFLA
We are excited to announce our ongoing partnership with the UW KFLA who once again, will be supporting our Kairos, Rebound and Mentoring Programs. In addition to these programs, UWKFLA will also be supporting our Intersections program. These programs make up over 300 children, youth and Families in our KFLA community
New Staff
Congratulations to Brett Emburgh who is our new SNAP Classroom Support Specialist