Stories

The stories included in this section provide an insight into the very heart of Yorktown Family Services. The subjects include our clients, our programs, our staff and our accomplishments. We hope you enjoy them!

Meet Yorktown's Treasurer - a wealth of nonprofit experience

(September 13, 2007)
Throughout a thirteen year career as a chartered accountant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Sara has always been involved with nonprofit organizations. However that involvement has become a specialty during the past four years in her role as a Trusted Business Advisor focused on working with charities, foundations and other organizations in the nonprofit sector. ...Read this story

Research and Program Development

(September 13, 2007)
A two year research study is being undertaken by Yorktown Child and Family Centre in collaboration with The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Funded by a grant from the Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health at The Childrens Hospital of Eastern Ontario, the research will provide data that describe the psychosocial characteristics, service outcomes and satisfaction with the service that clients receive....Read this story

Positive Change - For a troubled teen

(September 13, 2007)
When the youth worker at school referred her to Yorktown for help Raniqua was very skeptical. She thought to herself "how is counselling going to help me get through the pain and sadness I am feeling inside?" She was about to find out. ...Read this story

Safe at last - one family's story

(September 13, 2007)
Norine had been a devoted and loving wife in a 12-year marriage, during which she had courageously endured abuse from her husband in the hopes of keeping her family together. Now she found herself and her children leaving the comfort of their home to seek safe refuge in a womens shelter. ...Read this story

Fostering Positive Outcomes Through Evidence -based Practices

(January 26, 2007)
Evidence based practices has become the new mantra in social services. But what does it mean for an agency like Yorktown Family Services? ...Read this story

Unconditional Support Changes a Young Life

(January 26, 2007)
Yorktown's Wraparound Program seeks to divert youth at risk of ending up in care,by focussing on building community connections to help resolve the complex problems facing youths....Read this story

Safe Housing is Key

(January 26, 2007)
Whether they are living in or have recently left an abusive relationship, women contact Gabbey Dessye because they are in need of help. ...Read this story

Finding Support and So Much More

(January 26, 2007)
Yorktown's Supporting Young Families Program offers a supportive environment where young parents or parents-to-be the opportunity to learn the skills they need to meet the challenges of raising a family....Read this story

Help is available - when it's needed most.

(December 6, 2005)
In 2000, children, youth and families seeking access to counselling services from a children's mental health centre in Toronto had to wait an average of four months. In response to this disturbing statistic, Yorktown Child and Family Centre led a partnership of four children's mental health organizations to establish an innovative walk-in clinic that offered free, immediate and accessible counselling services to clients in Toronto's west end. ...Read this story

Connecting with Immigrant Youth

(December 5, 2005)
Immigrating to a new country as a teenager isn't easy. But feelings of culture shock and alienation can be even more pronounced when a young individual immigrates to reunite with parents after a period of separation, often stretching into years....Read this story

Shelter ... Healing ... Growth

(November 21, 2005)
Sylvia didn't know where to turn. She was living with an extremely emotionally abusive husband and she felt trapped. A recent immigrant and thousands of kilometres away from any close relative, where could she go? Sylvia worried how the upheaval would impact her two children. But she had an even more deep-seated fear. Living with bipolar disorder, she was concerned her husband would use this against her and take custody of the children if she left him...Read this story