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Group members

Samina Shahid, Fakiha Omar, Salma Naqvi, Apriland Faduma.

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YWCA is a Toronto organization strictly for

women of all ages, races and statuses.

On their web site it is written that it is anorganization by, for and about women and girls.

YWCA stands for Young Women ChristianAssociation.

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OfferedPrograms

YWCA offers many programs for women and girls.Some of their programmes are:

Employment focus: which is a 10 week program that

helps women who are receiving social assistanceprepare for paid work.

General Education Development (GED)that is a 5week instructor led course that helps for the

preparation of Grade 12 equivalency Exam

Different workshopsfor helping women to buildadministration skills.

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Programmes contdYWCA jump programmewhich is a settlement

programme for newcomer women 13 years and over.

Moving on to successwhich is about the employmenttraining for women who have experienced abuse.

Computer training:They have computer lab with full

internet access. 2 day training programme is free forwomen but they have other computer trainingprogrammes that are quite expensive starting from$59-$700.

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Programmes contd Skills for change:this program helps immigrant

women who are facing the systematic barriers inCanada. Its goal is the emergence and growth ofimmigrant women in leadership.

Job search assistance. It offers different serviceslike job and co-op placement, assistance in preparingresumes and cover letters and financial assistance.

Co-op placements

Career assessment and counselling.

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Programmes contd

MicroSkills:These are offering funded programs forwomen to help them to enter technology and trades.Some of their programs are women in transportationprogram, womens horticulture technician and

information technology training.

English language trainingwith child-minding facility.

Teen Mothers program

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Teen Mothers Program

This program is for young women from 14 years to 22

years.

Their main aim is to help young mothers to feel theyare not lonely and make them proud to be moms.

Young mothers are offered free lunch, differentinteractive activities for moms and children andcounselling

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Programs offered

Budgeting workshops: for this they get money if theyattend workshop.

Learn to earn and parenting (Leap)Certificate.

Teen mothers can come every day and get counsellingand sometimes community escort can go and meetthem in their homes.

They can help in grocery shopping also but notregularly.

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More programs

Drop in programis twice a week from 4:30-6:30 sothe mothers can go and entertain themselves or dosome of their chores.

Their programs run all year round and free TTCtokens, free condoms and whatever donations agencyis receiving are given to teen moms.

On Wednesdays they offer parenting programs forevery age and both sexes are welcomed.

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Other programs

Safe sisters programitis a program for 9-13years for the safety inthe community.

Child centreandinteractive activitiesfor mom and children

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FUNDING

The main donors are United Waysand City ofToronto. It is the 4thbiggest United Way fundingagency.

There are others also but not on regular basis. E.g.once Shoppers Drug Mart donated tons of diapers,so it was a good help for the agency.

Second Harvestprovides free lunch.

Every Tuesdaydonation truck comes from UnitedWaysand has different items each time.

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What are some of the circumstances leading up tofamilieschoosing to access support through thisagency?

Ifhospitals, public health and welfare workers seeany case of teen mom who is being abused they callthe agency and tell it about the teen age mom.

Sometimes parents of the teen moms do not approvethe pregnancyof their daughter and leave themalone.

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More circumstances

Probation officers,Welfare Ontario Workcan recommend or youngwomen can come with

their friends. Soeverybody is welcomed.

If the girl is in abused

relationship.

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Workshops

Once a month a guest speaker comes like speakerfrom Credit Canada or a nurse from Public HealthServices to give information.

Topic is decided after discussing with teen moms.

Agency offers meditation workshops and workshops

on boasting self esteem.

Summer camps for 9-13 years and these are free.

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More circumstances

Probation officers,Welfare Ontario Workcan recommend or youngwomen can come with

their friends. Soeverybody is welcomed.

If the girl is in abused

relationship.

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What support is available to families through this

agency (such as counselling, parenting workshops,childcare, living arrangement, financial support,community outreach, and/or advocacy services etc?)

Helps teen mothers access to different resources but

do not provide them.Offers parenting workshops for teen mothers.Grandparents and caregivers can also come in theseclasses/workshops.

Advocacy is a huge part of their services. If youngmom is facing some problems e.g. getting referencethen they call and straighten out things.

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What is the process through which support tothe families is eventually tapered off and howis that decided?

As such there is no concept of tapering off thesupport, as it is only for young mothers from the

age of 14-22 years..After 22 years, some moms still want to comeand dont want to leave. They are also not refusedbut for them the agency is starting Mentors

programme.

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What community outreach/follow-up isprovided by the agency?

If the young mothers are not coming to theprogram does not mean they cannot get help.

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The incharge of the program used to go to high schooland talk about parenting and teen mothers.

Home visits, ongoing telephone calls and in personcounselling.

She is also going homes if young mom cannot come to

the agency. But if the area or the building is dangerous,she does not go. They can meet at some grocerystore/Tim Horton.

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Once a 19 year Cantonese speaking newimmigrant woman came to their agency. Shecould not speak a word of English. But theyovercame this problem by inviting some

volunteer who was able to understand andspeak Cantonese.

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How long it takes for the young moms to start

receiving support?

They can call first and are always welcomed. So it isnot a long process.

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How can we help?

Funding is always in deficit, because of the peoplestereotyping young mothers.

As they are always in need of things required forchildren, every thing for children is good to donate,these include toys, diapers, feeding bottles, childrenbooks, clothes and whatever one can think for theirown children.

Can do volunteering as they need volunteers for their

childcare centre.

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What are the typical problems does the agency seeteen moms are facing?

Some problems arecommon in most of theteen mothers.

Relationship withparents and partners isnot very strong andpositive.

School and financial

problems. Stress due to these

problems.

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As most of the times teen pregnancies areunwanted so they should be taught lots of birth

control options before doing sex.Work should be done to establish healthyrelationship with parents and partners.

Lots of encouragement and support should begiven to teen moms to improve their self esteem.

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http://www.secureteen.com http://psychcentral.com

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