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.
Strengthening families today gives hope
for a stronger tomorrow.
Contact:
Heather Leeman : Project Coordinator
20 Tupper St. N
Portage
La Prairie, MB
R1N
1W8
Ph: (204) 857-9011
Fax:(204) 239-4851
youngparentsrc@mts.net
