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YPRC serves youth in the area extending north
from Portage la Prairie to Kinosota, east to the Winnipeg
Perimeter Highway, and west to Sidney. Its main focus is on
youth who are parents, pregnant, or at risk of becoming pregnant.
YPRC was conceived as a strategy for addressing a widening
gap in supports and services for adolescent parents in the
community. YPRC opened in 1994, and continues to offer a range
of programs and services.
YPRC believes that the parent and child are
major contributing factors in determining the social, economic
and emotional health of the community, and that the community
should actively foster positive and healthy families. In providing
service to its participants, YPRC follows five programming
principles: accessibility; flexibility; cultural & gender
sensitivity; mentorship; and confidentiality. YPRC also works
continually to strengthen links with other service providers
in the local service delivery network.
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