The HUB Youth Services

Founded off restorative principles, we walk with our clients to embrace life change at their pace, on their timeline. We know those entrenched in street activity are hardest to reach, and they are also those seeking connection the most. We create an environment where those who have fallen through the cracks feel seen, supported and in charge of their change process. Our program strives to build healthy assets in youth through emphasizing their strengths , relationships and resilience. Based on strong trusting relationships on the streets and peer based engagement strategies the HUB program strives to interrupt and disrupt cycles of violence with root cause solutions such as re-imagining healthly masculinity, strength based asset building and system navigation. Our support follows the non linear pathways that present themselves with consistency and relentless outreach. Our team , including our peer violence interrupters are committed to supports outside the 9-5 model to help support youth in the intervention and suppression stages of street entrenchment. The goal being to build healthier safer communities built for youth by youth. Through a place making approach our team has unique opportunities to respond to violence in proactive and reactive models using transformative and restorative approaches. Case management begins at the point of the outreach and lasts for the duration that is needed, with the goal of letting the client help determine the pace in which change will happen. It is important to note that we ride the waves with youth as they fall down and get back up. We know change isn;t linear, and we also know this process can and does include in custody support models Our use of trusting space and staff , agency harmony and use of therapeutic tools creates opportunities to create long term behavioral change.