John Howard Society of Waterloo-Wellington

The Agency offers a wide range of Youth Justice Programs. All of the programs educate youth about making good choices and thinking before acting. They also stress the development of decision-making skills, moral reasoning, victim empathy and dealing with negative peer pressure.

• The Preventing Property Crime raises awareness of social and financial impact on themselves and the community; address thoughts, beliefs that lead to their actions; victim perspective: decision making; alternative decision making.
• Get Connected helps to define healthy relationships; boundaries; effective communication styles as it pertains to appropriate electronic communication (e.g. texting, sexting, distribution of personal images; cyberbullying; use of social media).
• Substance Use Program provides youth with supportive, open-ended space in which they may express their thoughts and feelings concerning their experience of substance abuse and the impact of substance motivated behaviour within their lives.
• Anger Management Program attempts to address risks and needs in the areas of anger, hostility and aggression by providing youth with the necessary tools/skills and strategies to avoid reacting negatively and/or impulsively.
• Employment Program offers the chance to enhance the essential skills and work habits of youth, increase participants' awareness of career opportunities within the skilled trades, expand knowledge of key apprenticeship pathways, build understanding of what it means to be a reliable worker.
• Financial Literacy Program focuses on increasing knowledge and understanding of responsible money management and developing the foundational elements of personal finance, including saving and budgeting, earnings and deductions, banking and credit.
• SNAP® (Stop Now And Plan): (*For Justice Involved MALES Only) is a digital module evidence-based program for youth with serious disruptive behaviour problems and criminal justice involvement.
• Healthy Relationships (4th R) promotes healthy relationships and targets violence (bullying, peer and dating violence), high-risk sexual behavior and substance use among adolescents.
• Youth Justice Committee meets with youth and parent/guardian to determine appropriate measures to make amends for the offence; YJC monitors youth's completion of agreed upon measures. (Restorative Justice- victim involvement).

• Waterloo Region
• Wellington County