Human Resources committee  Yes. The demographics we're dealing with cannot be ignored. It's growing exponentially. I'm not sure if it's being reflected, the number of individuals who have multiple barriers, different mental health conditions. As we used to say back in football, you're only as strong as the

Human Resources committee  That's interesting. I can't give you that dollar value.

Human Resources committee  When we started those were some of the things we wanted to bring to the table, but because of funding obviously and things of that nature, we couldn't really get there. You are correct that many of the youth we see have that desire but whether because of barriers or funding, it h

Human Resources committee  Well I'm not sure if this is a useful answer, but the program length is very, very short, and we're trying to deal with issues that need more time to deal with. I would think that, in a way, inhibits progress in many instances for us.

Human Resources committee  Good afternoon, all. Thank you for this honour. We've been working with youth for the past 14 years. We started out as foster parents initially, and based on the gaps in services and the different things that we saw were needed, we created the Pathfinder Youth Centre Society. I

Human Resources committee  In a nutshell, we want to stress the fact that the key to all the programs we've been running for the last 13 years is the mentorship component. That's the key and that's the glue that brings everything together and gives us the success we do have, and hopefully we can continue d

Human Resources committee  Good morning.

Human Resources committee  Thank you. Good morning, committee and Mr. May. Thank you for inviting us. We are a non-profit organization that works with at-risk youth and youth in care. Our demographics are our programs deal with employment retention, life skills, and mentorship. We find that the key to our