- North Simcoe Catholic Family Life Centre: assisted
over 200 people to move from the streets into temporary shelters.
- Mary Centre: provided services in an
integrated seniors programme and obtained additional $300,000 funding
from government.
- Silent Voice Canada:
expanded services to include a new delivery site; work now being done
with deaf clients that find themselves homeless.
- Catholic Community Services
of York Region: filmed and launched nine distinctive cultural videos,
"different Yet the Same: a Look into Canadian Cultures Today"
in collaboration with Fairchild Television and funding from Citizenship
and Immigration, Canada; provided settlement workers to both school
boards to assist newly-arrived families.
- Good Shepherd Centre: provided a resettlement
programme that helped 217 men secure permanent housing and assisted
269 men as they dealt with their addictions.
- Pelletier Homes for Youth: opened a
new residence and expanded their services for young women.
- Catholic Family Services of Durham:
hosted round table sessions for parents and teens dealing with the topic
of "dating violence" at which over 800 persons attended.
- Rosalie Hall: participation in the
parent respite programme doubled; 83% success rate in the employment
programme meant individuals became employed or continued their education
as a result of the programme.
- Catholic Cross-Cultural Services: expanded
programmes providing services in the ares of Violence against Women
and housing issues.
- St. Bernadette's Family Resource Centre:
began an intervention programme for babies born with developmental and/or
physical challenges with financing through Early Years Fund.
- Catholic Family Services of Toronto:
began an early intervention programme for young children who witnessed
violence, in partnership with Clarica Insurance.
- Catholic Family Life Centre Simcoe South:
planned and provided a successful public forum on "Meeting the
Emotional Needs of Older Adults"
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