Youth Assisting Youth

Youth Assisting Youth

Youth Assisting Youth (YAY) is a volunteer-based peer mentoring program which individually matches mentors with similarly-aged "at-risk" or vulnerable children and adolescents aged 6-15 years old. Based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the goal of the organization is "to provide a positive role model through a 'special friend' relationship." [http://www.yay.org/about.html#who] Youth Assisting Youth was founded in 1976 after a successful bid for funding from the Ministry of Correctional Services (Ontario). In 1991, Youth Assisting Youth became a member of the United Way of Greater Toronto.

External links

* [http://www.yay.org/ Official website]


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