The START Program - Selkirk
The START Program is a community mobilization model that focuses on collaborating with community agencies to create a team to work alongside the client to best support them.
Monthly team meetings allow all agencies involved with the client to fully understand the client’s unique situation and collaboratively create solutions.
START works from a client-centred, trauma-informed and culturally inclusive perspective.
START Youth - Selkirk
Participants must reside in Selkirk, St. Andrews, St. Clements or Brokenhead Ojibway Nation.
The START Program is a community mobilization model that focuses on collaborating with community agencies to create a team to work alongside the client and their family and began serving youth in 2002.
START Youth assists youth who are experiencing challenges in various areas of their lives by coordinating and advocating for resources and providing ongoing supports.
To be eligible for the START Youth program, clients must:
- Be under the age of 18 (or under 21 if still in school)
- Be experiencing challenges in various areas of their lives.
- Reside in the catchment area(s) of the program
Youth may be experiencing challenges in these areas of their lives:
- Mental Health concerns
- Physical health concerns
- Substance Use concerns
- School refusal/lack of attendance
- Academic struggles
- Involvement with police
- Involvement with Probations
- Involvement with CFS
- Being victim of a crime
- Family relational concerns
Re-START For Adults - Selkirk
Participants must reside in Selkirk, St. Andrews, St. Clements or Brokenhead Ojibway Nation.
Re-START began serving adults involved in the justice system in 2019.
The program, initiated by the Department of Justice, is offered in several communities across Manitoba.
To be eligible for the Re-START Program, clients must:
- Be over the age of 18
- Have been involved in the justice system in any way (victim, mental health assistance, missing, or charged)
- Reside in the catchment area(s) of the program
The START Families Program
START Families is a consent based community mobilization program.
Utilizing the START and Safe & Together Models, we assist adults who are perpetrators of domestic violence to create new outcomes for their families.
