Housing
Health & Well-Being
360°kids have provided increased supports to ensure the health and well-being of young people. This includes more access to mental health training for staff, additional partnership supports as well as continuing to provide young people with access to healthy meals, recreation opportunities, and access to counselling.
Family & Natural Supports (FNS)
The Family & Natural supports program strives to work with youth and their families and/or natural supports in order to strengthen relationships and more…
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Counselling
Through our counselling program, young people identify and address barriers that are preventing or have prevented them from moving towards their goals.
Home Base Youth Drop-In Centre
Every month, our Home Base Centres serve more than 150 youth each month who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, between the ages of 13 and 26.
York Region Pop-Up
Our goal is to offer young people who are at risk of substance abuse, alcoholism, or gang-related activities with crisis intervention and prevention support. We offer support services to Vaughan, Newmarket, Aurora, Richmond Hill and Markham.
YOUTHrive
The program offers inclusive, enriched recreation and mentorship programming for the residents of seven (7) housing co-operative communities to support their social, emotional, physical and mental health needs.
Leadership Engagement Gang Intervention Team (L.E.G.I.T) Plus
L.E.G.I.T. Workers assist youth 12 – 20 yrs. who are involved in gangs, at-risk of gang involvement and/or have a history of involvement with the criminal justice system.
Leadership Engagement Gang Intervention Team (LEGIT)
L.E.G.I.T. Workers assist youth 12 – 20 yrs. who are involved in gangs, at-risk of gang involvement and/or have a history of involvement with the criminal justice system.
Provincial Youth Outreach Workers
Youth Outreach Workers assist youth 12-25 yrs. to access services that can be of support to any aspect of their lives.
Aftercare and Transitional Support
The Aftercare and Transitional Support Program assists youth transitioning out of the care of the Children’s Aid Society.
Substance Use and Addiction Program
Connect with youth peers who have lived experience using cannabis who will engage in evidence-based conversations in a safe unbiased, informed and non-judgement environment.
How a donation makes a difference
Your generosity and gift to 360°kids will go directly towards improving the lives of at-risk and homeless youth who use our programs and services
$100.00
Provides (2) hours of counselling for a youth struggling with depression and anxiety
$250.00
Provides a “Good Start Gift” for a youth transitioning to independent living
$375.00
Provides (1) month of housing and support for a youth in our long-term housing program
$1000
Furnishes a bedroom in a youth apartment
$2500
Furnishes a shared apartment living room for (4) youth living with us
$5000
Provides 750 meals to homeless youth through our Home Base Drop-In Center
$10000
Provides (13) months of living accommodation and supports to youth living in our Residential and Transitional programs
Support.
Inspire.
Overcome.
At 360°kids community always comes first. Since our founding in 1989, we have continued to provide a full complement of programs and services aimed at assisting at-risk and homeless youth. We take a complete 360° approach to care.
Our Vision
Every kid deserves access to a safe home. 360°kids now serves over 2,500 youth each year, from every municipality in York Region. Although in the last three years we saw this number fluctuate, our commitment to providing essential housing, employment, education and well-being services, never wavered.
Our Mission
To prevent homelessness by helping youth at risk or in crisis transition to a state of safety and stability.
The Family & Natural supports program strives to work with youth and their families and/or natural supports in order to strengthen relationships. Youth work alongside their respective FNS workers to identify systems of support and gain new tools for conflict management. Throughout the process the FNS team will utilize client specific case management plans to work towards a state of homeostasis in that young person’s life.
Goals
The goal is to ensure that by cultivating positive connections between youth and their family and natural supports we can begin to prevent any further youth from becoming homeless and entering into the emergency housing system in York Region. FNS Is part of a larger research project, this means that participants and their families will have the opportunity to engage in research interviews during the case management process, as well as afterwards.
Video on FNS at 360°kids
Eligibility
- Youth between the ages of 13 – 24
- At-risk of homelessness or currently experiencing homelessness
- Youth who would like to reconnect with a family or natural support person
- Youth may be in the contemplation stage of wanting to reconnect
- Youth who would like to strengthen or enhance existing relationships with family/natural support
Referral Process
Please complete the referral document below. Share as much detail as possible to allow staff the ability to have a clear understanding of the young person’s situation.
Staff from the Family and Natural Supports team will reach out in 48 hours.
For more information please contact:
Family and Natural Supports Team (FNS)
10415 Yonge Street – Suite C
Richmond Hill, ON. L4C 0Z3
647-522-8563 or 647-223-4957
For referrals or inquiries, email us at prevention.programs@360kids.ca
RELATED INFORMATION:
Further Reading on the importance of FNS for youth – Canadian Observatory on Homelessness; A Way Home Canada; Making the Shift Youth Homelessness Demonstration Lab (MtS DEMs)
Nationwide Canadian Observatory on Homelessness: Panel Presentation of Family & Natural Supports
Strengthening Family and Natural Supports to Prevent Youth Homelessness
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