Highlights of the strategy include:

• Focusing on youth and youth development approaches
• Fewer children’s programs directly delivered by Toronto Community Housing staff onsite and greater access and participation to community based programs delivered by others
• Focusing on delivering innovative youth programs and building linkages with community partners
• Partnering with community based agencies to address service gaps
• Endorsing economic opportunities for youth

Intended outcomes include:

• Improved delivery of youth programs focused on innovative practices
• improved partnerships with community partners
• Increase in youth participation in programs and developmental activities
• Greater participation and access to quality community-based programming for children living in Toronto Community Housing

Over the next three years (2007-2009) Toronto Community Housing will move from direct delivery in children’s programming to enabling and supporting quality youth programming. By 2010, it is anticipated that Toronto Community Housing will decrease its delivery of children’s programs by 80%. At the same time, Toronto Community Housing will increase youth programming from 12 to 35 locations.