YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF EDMONTON O/A YMCA OF NORTHERN ALBERTA|YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF EDMONTON O/A YMCA OF NORTHERN ALBERTA

Purpose

YMCA YOU-Turn is a 3-year pilot project led by YMCA of Northern Alberta (YNAB), in collaboration with Edmonton Police Service’s Community and Youth Response Branch and Edmonton Young Offender Centre, to provide support to high-risk justice involved youth across central and northern Alberta. Through YOU-Turn, youth will be connected to resources such as employment services, mental heath support, schooling, addiction treatments, housing, family support services, etc. YMCA YOU-Turn will expand cultural support for Black and Indigenous youth by the recruitment of Youth Support Workers with experience supporting BIPOC youth as well as by partnering with Black and Indigenous community-based organizations.