Yes, for sure I can do that. I have many.
I would definitely say right now that the YESS program is one of the programs that the federal government is providing that really speaks to the demographic we serve. It is really focused on the wraparound supports that are necessary and the life stabilization that's necessary for a young person. It allows us, as an organization, the flexibility to really understand where the funds should go based on the young person's needs. Again, not every young person is the same. There isn't a magic formula as to how we're going to serve Black youth specifically. It takes intentionality and an individual approach to each young person who walks through our doors.
I think the YESS program is a perfect example of something that was developed, and CEE was part of the development or shaping of that. That's a perfect example of a program that has worked. I've worked with many young people who have benefited from that, but I do have one individual who was furthest from the labour market, who was, for lack of a better term, making money on the black market, who had come out of incarceration and who ended up going and making a decision that he wanted to change his life. The life stabilization supports that CEE provided really helped him with that because for many of the young people, particularly the ones who might have been in contact with the law or might have been incarcerated, when they come back out, they're coming back to the same communities where maybe friends or those folks may put them in the same situation.
One of the wraparound supports that were provided was a safety plan for this young person. When you're telling friends you used to roll with that you don't want to be their friend anymore, that you don't want to engage in what they're doing, that puts a target on your back as well, so we were able to put a safety plan in place for this young man. He went from, at the beginning of—
