CENTRE YOUVILLE CENTRE OTTAWA-CARLETON INC.
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Mission Statement
Youville Centre is an innovative centre that motivates, educates and nurtures young mothers and their children to become self-sufficient, contributing members of society.
About This Cause
Founded in 1985 as a corporation and granted charitable status in 1987, Youville Centre was the brainchild of Sister Betty Ann Kinsella, a member of the Congregation of Grey Sisters and a former teacher at Immaculata High School and Our Lady’s High School in Pembroke. Sister Betty Ann’s vision was to create a centre that would give young mothers and their babies a chance for a brighter future through education, social support and parenting instruction. Named in honour of Sister Marie-Marguerite d’Youville, founder of the Sisters of Charity (now known as the Grey Sisters), Youville Centre continues to carry on Sister Marie-Marguerite’s legacy of helping those in need, particularly women and children. Youville Centre, based in Ottawa, provides young mothers with crisis intervention, intensive mental health therapy and treatment, parenting programs, a licensed child development program and a fully accredited secondary school. Youville’s trauma-informed, holistic programs and services benefit two generations at the same time. At Youville Centre, we believe that every child and youth has the ability to learn and grow, and that every young mother deserves to have a dream that anything is possible. Our myriad of programs and services help our young moms to work towards personal, academic and parenting goals in order to create a brighter future for themselves and their children. Although each Youville Centre mom is unique, they all share a common motivation to achieve their personal and academic goals. This number one motivation which inspires them to come to our centre each day and work toward a brighter future, is their child. With this in mind, Youville Centre and M.F. McHugh Education Centre staff strive to deliver holistic programming that will help each young mother succeed, while always keeping their child’s best interest as a focus.