Lansdowne Children’s Center is celebrating the impact of a $227,700 “Grow” grant to help expand programming for youth with special needs moving from children to adult services.
The grant comes from the Ontario Trillium Foundation.
Brantford-Brant MPP Will Bouma said he recently toured Lansdowne with Minister of Children, Community and Social Services Michael Parsa and was “most impressed with the quality of programs and services offered to children in our community.”
“I’m looking forward to more good things coming out of Lansdowne in the years to come,” said Bouma.
Awarded to Lansdowne in 2020 and implemented in 2021, the grant is being used to assist transitional-aged youth with developing independence, healthy relationship and sexual education.
The program provides youth with the education and skills needed to develop confidence and assertiveness in order to reduce risk, said Lansdowne’s executive director Rita-Marie Hadley.
“We are so honored to have been chosen as a recipient of the Grow Grant,” said Hadley. “Through client feedback we continue to lean what is most important to our youth who may face barriers developing strong emotional and social skills.”
Lansdowne provides service to clients in Brantford, Brant County, Norfolk County, Haldimand County, Six Nations of the Grand River and Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. They connect families and caregivers with local child development services, support and resources for a child’s communication, developmental and/or physical development needs.
The Ontario Trillium Foundation is an agency of the Ontario government and one of Canada’s leading granting foundations.