Retention, Check-ins, Connection: How Youth Program Leaders Hurdled Pandemic Pressures
Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
29 November 2024
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The pandemic posed challenges to youth-serving nonprofits (YSNs) creating a need for innovative and creative adaptations in program delivery. This article outlines a three-fold approach used to navigate these challenges, highlighting their resilience, and innovative practices in supporting youth.
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La pandémie de Covid-19 a occasionné des défis aux organismes sans but lucratif au service des jeunes (OSJ), suscitant du même coup un besoin d’adaptations innovantes et créatives dans la réalisation de leurs programmes. Cet article décrit une approche à partir de trois volets utilisés pour relever ces défis, en soulignant tant la résilience de ces organismes que la mise en place de pratiques innovantes en matière de soutien aux jeunes.
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Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 43 • Number 3 • September 2024
Pages: 91 - 96
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Version of record online: 29 November 2024
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Maddison Fiorino, Matt Drabenstott, Heather Lawford, Heather Ramey, Emma Cognet, and Elisabeth Legendre. 2024. Retention, Check-ins, Connection: How Youth Program Leaders Hurdled Pandemic Pressures. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health.
43(3): 91-96. https://doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2024-018
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