Everyone at the Youth Services Bureau is very pleased today to welcome Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and all the City Councillors, new and returning, to this new term!
YSB serves youth, families, and caregivers from all across Ottawa. We've created a YSB thread just for you:
#OttCity
We thought you might find it interesting to know more about our bilingual services, and where our housing, mental health, justice, employment, and youth engagement sites are located. At the end we’ve included some detail about how to reach us and order materials.
We have supportive long-term housing apartment buildings in Ward 15 Kitchissippi, Ward 7 Bay, Ward 13 Rideau-Rockcliffe, and Ward 16 River. One of these buildings is dedicated to youth who identify as LGBTQ2S.
Our head office and the YSB Foundation are in Ward 7 Bay
We have Employment Services offices, serving clients of all ages, located in Ward 8 College and Ward 18 Alta Vista. Our Employment teams offer a wide variety of programming, including job finding, workshops, and frequent events. @AVmartycarr
Our Downtown Services and Drop-in, featuring youth engagement programs, a daily drop-in program, access to youth workers, and a high school program is in Ward 12 Rideau-Vanier.
Our short-term residential mental health program is in Ward 15 Kitchissippi.
Our youth justice facilities are in Ward 10 Gloucester-Southgate.
We have emergency shelters and transitional housing for youth in Ward 12 Rideau-Vanier and in Ward 14 Somerset.
Our Mental Health hub, featuring a weekly youth mental health walk-in clinic, 24/7 crisis chat and crisis line, youth and family counselling is in Ward 18 Alta Vista.
@AVmartycarr
With partner organizations, we deliver mental health services in Ward 23 Kanata South, Ward 11 Beacon Hill-Cyrville, and Ward 19 Orléans South-Navan, including a weekly Youth Mental Health Walk-in Clinic at the Orleans Health Hub.
We welcome anyone who would like to learn more about YSB, set up a tour of one of our locations, or request pamphlets and posters for your offices to contact us at communications@ysb.ca. You can visit our web site to learn more at ysb.ca.
Thank you for joining us in serving all the communities in Ottawa!
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@RiverWardRiley @ShawnMenard1 @AVmartycarr @catherinekitts @SteveDesroches @AllanHubley_23 @WilsonLo24
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