Ministry of Children and Youth Services (Ontario)
The Ministry of Children and Youth Services (French: Ministère des Services à l'enfance et à la jeunesse) is responsible for services to children and youth in the Canadian province of Ontario. They recently introduced (June 2005) Bill 210 -- an Act to amend the Child and Family Services Act -- which will open adoptions to members of the child's extended families. It also seeks to amend the complaints procedure of Children's Aid Societies throughout the province. The agency is headquartered in the Macdonald Block in Toronto.[1]
The current Minister of Children and Youth Services in the Executive Council of Ontario (or provincial cabinet) is the Honourable Eric Hoskins.
[edit] Juvenile corrections
The ministry operates correctional facilities for juveniles who are convicted of crimes.[2]
Secure juvenile facilities include:[3]
- Bluewater Youth Centre (Goderich)
- Brookside Youth Centre (Cobourg)
- Donald Doucet Youth Centre (Sault Ste. Marie)
- Cecil Facer Youth Centre (Greater Sudbury)
- Ge-Da-Gi-Binez Youth Centre (Fort Frances)
- William E. Hay Youth Centre (Ottawa)
- Justice Ronald Lester Youth Centre (Thunder Bay)
- Roy McMurtry Youth Centre (Brampton)
- Sprucedale Youth Centre (Simcoe)
[edit] References
- ^ "Contact Us." Ministry of Children and Youth Services. Retrieved on September 15, 2010.
- ^ "About Youth Justice Services in Ontario." Ministry of Children and Youth Services. Retrieved on 15 September 2010.
- ^ "Secure Custody Facilities for Youth." Ministry of Children and Youth Services. Retrieved on September 15, 2010.
