The Cridge Young Parent Outreach Program

Providing free community support and outreach for young parents and teen moms in Victoria, BC since 2010.
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Help & Support

Are you feeling overwhelmed and looking for some help? We work with our clients as advocates & support them within the context of ministry mandates. Our goal is to support families in becoming healthy, autonomous and thrive within our community.

Education

Are you looking to go back to school & get your diploma? Educational opportunities are within our community but can be confusing to navigate. Our outreach worker can help with finding programs of interest, helping with enrolment, finding childcare and more.

Housing

Are you struggling to find housing for you and your kids? Safe, stable and affordable housing is the key to supporting young families as they move forward. We can help find, secure and maintain housing for young mothers and their children in our community.

About Young Parent Outreach & Support

Our Young Parent Outreach program is a dynamic resource providing services and support to young pregnant women, young moms and dads, and their children in the Greater Victoria area. These support services provided by The Cridge Centre for the Family are designed to give young pregnant women and young moms and dad’s the help and support network they need to have healthy babies and to be effective, successful parents. The purpose of this site and support service is to provide resources for young parents and families in the Greater Victoria area. The site contains informative articles, blog postings and video clips on topics ranging from teen pregnancy, and parenting newborns to general advice on how to baby-proof your house. We’ve also included a list of helpful online links to other important young parenting and pregnancy support resources.

Our Mission

The Cridge Young Parent Outreach Program offers support, mentoring and advocacy to young parents as they endeavour to have healthy babies, develop their parenting skills, and pursue their educational and employment goals.

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Program home visits

YEARLY ENGAGEMENT

babies came into the program in 2022

Blog

To Stop Violence, Start at Home

To Stop Violence, Start at Home

Men who are eventually arrested for violent acts often began with attacks against their girlfriends and wives. In many cases, the charges of domestic violence were not taken seriously or were dismissed.

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Identifying Child Sexual Assault

Identifying Child Sexual Assault

The following video was produced by the Israeli Association of Rape Crisis Centres. The clip is a short animated movie for parent and kids. The intension of this venture is, on one hand, to guide parents on how to identify CSA, and, on the other hand, encourage...

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To Protect Battered Women, You Have to Protect Their Pets

To Protect Battered Women, You Have to Protect Their Pets

Earlier this year, a New York City woman–I’ll call her Mary–tried to leave her abusive husband. She contacted a shelter, but the shelter wouldn’t take pets. Nor would any other shelter in the city. Mary’s son said he couldn’t leave his three cats behind. And so, since Mary couldn’t leave without her son, she stayed outside the shelter system.

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Comfort Food

Comfort Food

No one brings dinner when your daughter is an addict. When my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer, we ate well. Mary Beth and I had both read the terrifying pathology report of a tumor the size of an olive. The surgical digging for lymph nodes was followed by months...

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Ten “Make My Life Easier” Tricks

Ten “Make My Life Easier” Tricks

Nicole Andrews The Cridge Young Parent Outreach Program nandrews@cridge.org   As a busy Mom, these are some of my tips that I use every day to try and make my life a little easier. I have two kids and my partner has four, so every other week we become a family of...

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