Yorktown Family Services supports and equips women, children, youth and families to create positive change in their lives.
Yorktown Family Services (YFS) is a fully accredited community service agency comprised of an infant, child, and youth mental health centre; a women’s shelter and community-based violence against women services; and an integrated services site offering rapid access to multiple mental health, primary health, and social service programs for youth and young adults. For over 30 years Yorktown has been providing immediate access to a wide range of services in Toronto’s most vulnerable communities to support and equip women, children, youth and families to create positive change in their lives.
Yorktown Family Services welcomes individuals of all abilities. We are committed to accessibility and will make reasonable efforts to accommodate requests related to service animals, special access to our services and materials, or with accommodations during the selection process. Support persons accompanying an individual to our services are also welcome.
Please contact our Talent & Culture department for accommodations at 416 394-2424, ext.222, or by emailing talentandculture@yorktownfamilyservices.com
We gratefully acknowledge the support from these organizations.
We gratefully acknowledge the support from these organizations.
We gratefully acknowledge the support from these organizations.
News, Events & Upcoming Programs
Stay up to date with the latest news, events and programs at Yorktown.
Walter’ Story: How Yorktown’s Violence Prevention Program Changes Lives
At Yorktown Family Services, early intervention can change the course of a life. Our Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) Program — a violence prevention program launched in March 2020 — works to interrupt the pathway to grievance-fuelled or targeted violence before harm occurs. Through a psychosocial and interdisciplinary approach, the ETA team engages individuals at risk, helping them understand the factors driving their behaviour and supporting them in building healthier ways to cope, connect, and move forward. Using a psychosocial and interdisciplinary approach, ETA engages individuals at risk, works to understand their personal and social circumstances, and helps them find […]
June’s Story: How Integrated Mental Health Care Helps Families Thrive
At Yorktown Family Services, our clients are our North Star. They guide everything we do, reminding us that real impact happens when services are not only available but connected, seamless and centred on the needs of the people we serve. Through an integrated mental health care approach, Yorktown works to ensure that children, youth, women and families receive coordinated support that meets them where they are and helps them move forward. Like many community agencies, Yorktown continues to face funding constraints even as the demand for mental health and social services grows. But rather than allowing limited resources to limit […]