North Peace Youth Support AssociationRegistered

Ignite fosters long-term relationship with youth at-risk to assist them in developing healthy relationships coping skills and strategies for the future. These include conflict resolution substance use awareness of dating violence emtional regulation and communication among others. Essential skills training encompasses financial literacy learner's license prep and job skills etc. Art and creativity round out our programming to help youth build confidence and aid in self-expression. We also encourage leadership and volunteerism projects to help youth feel part of and give back to the community. Building futures: this program is to help youth aged 16-29 build essential skills for the future find meaningful work or volunteer placements and to access services and support to ensure future success. Sessions held 3 times/week are offered to provide small group essential skills training including anger management self-care cooking and food literacy healthy boundaries and conflict resolution. Individual one-to-one support is also offered weekly to devote more time to address individual needs like assistance with applications collaborations with partners and to work on specifice goals.