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June 21, 2025 - Resource and Information services are open to the community at large regardless of employment status:
• A current job board with various employment opportunities
• Computer access with high-speed internet and Wi-FiFax, printer and photocopier services
• Telephone service
• Access to current labour market information
• Virtual job board Funding is provided by the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development. John Howard Society of Durham Region: Main Office
75 Richmond St. West
Oshawa, ON
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June 21, 2025 - This program helps adults to develop and apply communication, numeracy, interpersonal and digital skills to achieve their goals. The Learning Alternatives Program serves learners who have a specific path to successfully transition to employment, postsecondary, apprenticeship, secondary school, and increased independence. The Learning Alternatives Program creates individualized learning plans and provides flexible scheduling to support participant’s needs and goals for success. The program runs its own small social enterprise, a snack bar/coffee table within the Oshawa office. Proceeds fund special celebrations, program supplies and class trips. Funding is provided by the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development. John Howard …Read More

June 21, 2025 - The Hastings County Youth Collective Impact project is led by the John Howard Society of Belleville and is aimed at improving graduation rates for youth in Hastings County for:
-Youth at risk of not receiving their high school diploma, and
– Youth who have already left school without a diploma. Our project is focused specifically on understanding the needs of three subgroups of youth:
– Youth in Care
– Indigenous Youth
– Youth living in rural areas, specifically North Hastings John Howard Society of Belleville: Belleville Youth Centre
19-21 Wallbridge Crescent
Belleville, ON
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June 21, 2025 - JHSB has received an Ontario Labour Market Partnership (OLMP) grant to work with Youth, Employers, and Community Partners to help improve success in employment for barriered youth. The Youth Employment Pathway project fosters collaboration between employers, youth, and service providers at all levels. Through this process, we will:
• Learn from youth what barriers exist to obtaining meaningful employment
• Learn from employers about challenges they face and best practices in hiring, training, and retaining youth
• Learn from community partners who support youth in Hastings and Prince Edward Counties.
• Develop a series of powerful videos that will showcase…Read More

June 21, 2025 - What makes our program different, but successful is that we use Youth Peer Mentors with lived experience to work with ALL youth around Hasting’s County to help them see the potential in themselves to continue their education using a trauma informed lens. Our Peer Mentors grow up in very similar circumstances that many of the youth we work with experience personally, which allows them to work with the youth in a more personalized way. From there, Peer Mentors can also become a bridge to community resources available for youth using a plan they determine, through coaching, to overall support their…Read More