OUR VISION

Productive futures for Canada’s children and youth.

ABOUT US

The Black Youth Helpline (BYH) is a not-for-profit, registered charitable organization governed by a Board of Directors. The organization serves ALL youth and specifically responds to the need for a Black youth specific service, resourced to promote access to professional, culturally appropriate supports for youth, families, schools. With support from individual Canadians, businesses and corporations, BYH services are national, reaching coast to coast across Canada.

Donations to BYH support the following key approaches: 1) Direct Services supporting youth, families and schools and 2) Systems change initiatives focused on:

Education: Seeking policy alternatives to exclusion from schools-Canada-wide. Our goal remains to help make our beloved country Canada the first globally with a national policy on Zero Exclusion from schools utilizing well-resourced alternatives. Concurrently, our Success in School program directly engages youth and families regarding the importance of high school completion.

Health: Collaborative advocacy aimed at co-creating mainstream health system access points to professional mental health assessment and treatment. Canada’s first such access point is now active! A hospital-community based partnership between St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto and BYH. And,  

Community Development: Working directly with youth and families.

Intervening early to help address challenges faced by youth and helping children remain and succeed in school, results in the best chance for youth to experience successful futures. This is the focus of the Black Youth Helpline.

OUR ULTIMATE GOAL 

To be active, collaborative participants in building a Canada where each of Canada’s children have their best chance for a successful future. We thank individual Canadians, businesses and corporations who have joined us on that journey.