Province pours over $1-million into Calgary groups
Posted May 12, 2011 10:40 pm.
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The provincial government is spending over $1-million in the hopes of steering Calgary children and youth away from crime.
Mentoring for Inclusion: Building Community and Organization Strategies, along with the Assisting Immigrant Mothers program will receive the money over a three-year period.
Minister of Children and Youth Services Yvonne Fritz says the Mentoring for Inclusion Program is very important.
“This initiative will enhance mentoring opportunities for children and youth in the Somali and other Francophone immigrant communities,” she says. “It will help address social issues facing many of our young people today, such as violence, drug use and gang involvement.”
The initiative is a partnership between Big Brothers Big Sisters of Calgary, the Somali-Canadian Society of Calgary and the Calgary Board of Education among others.
Mentoring for Inclusion will receive just under $800,000, while Assisting Immigrant Mothers will get just under $300,000.
Fritz says groups like these make all the difference for Alberta’s youth.
