May 25, 2018 - Public Safety Canada says the YARD program has gotten the ‘maximum length of funding available…Read More
JHSO in the News
May 22, 2018 - AJAX — A new program called Together We Are, will help give black families parenting support, along with providing their children culturally-based activities.…Read More
May 18, 2018 - The John Howard Society’s YARD Program is making a last-ditch effort to secure federal funding, or else Hamilton’s critical at-risk youth program will have to shut its doors as of Aug. 1.…Read More
May 18, 2018 - In high school, she saw many of her peers doing or selling drugs. She was falling into that same lifestyle when she was referred to YARD.…Read More
May 15, 2018 - TORONTO — CFL stars James Wilder Jr., Mike Reilly and Brandon Banks are all fathers, so they know the value of a stable environment for children.…Read More
May 14, 2018 - Right now, the average wait time for youth mental health service in the region is 234 days…Read More
May 8, 2018 - Nearly three years after it was passed unanimously by the Ontario legislature, the Police Record Checks Reform Act will become law on Nov. 1. It will severely limit the release of police “non-conviction records” that have thwarted careers and ruined lives, as detailed in a Star investigation…Read More
May 7, 2018 - The John Howard Society’s successful youth-at-risk program does not have funding past August…Read More