A Place to Belong (APTB) programs provides children and youth aged 5 to 18 with a positive after school experience that promotes their personal, social, and emotional development. These programs provide an adult-supervised environment where they can experience new opportunities, overcome barriers, build positive relationships, and develop confidence and skills for life.

Big Brothers Big Sisters provides children and youth with high quality, professionally supported volunteer mentoring programs. This includes the pairing of children and youth to adult role models who serve as a mentor and a friend to talk to and share the experiences of growing up with. Big Brothers Big Sisters also provides children and youth with opportunities to participate in group programs, both in school and outside of school.

Boys and Girls Clubs of Nova Scotia provide quality after school and out-of-school programs to children and youth that support their healthy physical, educational and social development.

Family Resource Programs provide programs and services for parents and families to support the well-being and development of their children. These include parenting programs, family support, child development activities, practical supports, basic needs/resources, information, referrals, etc.

Includes Family Resource Centres, Parenting Journey Home Visiting Programs and Men’s Intervention Programs (Domestic Violence Intervention).

Family Resource Centres provide community-based services that support the healthy development and well-being of children and youth by strengthening families and communities. Family Resource Centres provide parent education and learning, programs, advocacy and community linkages to enhance family support, child and youth development and resource attainment for families with children up to 18 years old.

Parenting Journey Program is a voluntary home visitation program that provides individualized and goal-based support for families of children aged 3-18 years, who are experiencing complex social, emotional, and familial challenges that may impact overall family functioning, parent-child relationships, and the well-being and development of children.

Strengthening Fathers Program Location (family violence intervention) provide holistic intervention and prevention services and supports for fathers who are or have been or are at risk of being abusive in their intimate relationships. These services and supports are provided within the larger continuum of services for families affected by family violence. Family violence may include physical, sexual, verbal, emotional, psychological, social, and financial violence and abuse.

Parenting Journey is a home visitation program that provides support for families experiencing complex social, emotional and familial challenges that may impact overall family functioning, parent-child relationships and the well-being and development of children/youth ages 0 to 18 plus. The Parenting Journey Program is intended to serve families with the fewest resources, facing multiple challenges, and experiencing barriers to accessing supports.

The geographic coverage of the 4 regions by which the Department of Community Services administers services to the public.

The Youth Outreach program is a community-based program designed to improve the immediate and long-term social, educational/vocational, economic and health outcomes for vulnerable youth. Priority will be given to youth between the ages of 16 and 18 who are facing multiple challenges with limited supports.

The Youth Outreach program is a community-based program designed to improve the immediate and long-term social, educational/vocational, economic and health outcomes for vulnerable youth. Priority will be given to youth between the ages of 16 and 18 who are facing multiple challenges with limited supports.

Includes Youth Outreach Programs, A Place to Belong Programs, Big Brothers Big Sisters and Boys and Girls Clubs.

Youth Outreach is a community-based program designed to improve the immediate and long-term social, educational/vocational, economic, and health outcomes for vulnerable youth. Priority is given to youth 16 to 24 years of age who are facing environmental, social, and family conditions that may impact their safety, hinder their personal development, and prevent their transition into adulthood as healthy and productive citizens.

A Place to Belong programming is to support community based youth serving organizations, to provides children and youth age 5 to 16 years with a positive after school and/or evening and weekend experiences that promotes their personal, social and emotional development.

Big Brothers Big Sisters programming offers a wide range of mentoring opportunities to meet the varied needs of volunteers, children and families. All programs share the same goal: to provide youth with the encouragement and support they need to make positive life choices, achieve more and ultimately, fulfill their potential. BBBS programs partner and collaborate with a broad range of service providers so that children, youth and families have access to a comprehensive continuum of preventative supports and services to meet their holistic needs.
Boys and Girls Clubs programming provides children and young adults age 0-16 with a safe, supportive place where children and youth can experience new opportunities, overcome barriers, build positive relationships and develop confidence and skills for life. Programming is typically focused on children and youth who are vulnerable and at risk and need safe places to go after school.