Goals
- To provide counselling to teens who have lost a friend or loved one.
Overview
To provide counselling and support to bereaved teens and teens living with a family member with a life threatening illness.
To reduce the risk of substance abuse, mental health issues, suicide and social challegenges related teens living with these issues. Teens living with grief have difficulty in maintaining attendance at school as well as grades, putting their year at risk and their likelihood of dropping out.
No program is offered in South Simcoe for grieving teens, or teens living with a loved one with a life threatening illness.
We will offer preventative, pro-active programs & counseling for teens to help them to develop health grieving skills as them move into adulthood with appropriate coping skills.
We plan to expand awareness at the high schools, with a dedicated counsellor weekly and add an evening program for teens at Matthews House.
We want to help them, and let them know that they are not alone, and there is hope.
Community Benefit
How will the $25K be used? |
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Budget Notes: We hope to include offsite events, ie. Jay, Argos games as well Paintball and Bowling. We will develop some local sponsors to assist with this part of the program. Or if there are funds left over from some of the budget , ie traning packages, we will carry that over to our entertainment budget | |
$ 13,200 | 44 Hours per month Teen Counsellor |
$ 1,200 | Training Material, Brochures |
$ 1,600 | Computers, Gaming Electronics |
$ 1,150 | Expanded Library, DVDs, Handbooks |
$ 2,200 | Awareness campaign, media, posters |
$ 3,650 | Administration |
$ 2,000 | Large Flat Screen for Teen Room |
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