Toronto to fund more summer programs for youth aimed at violence prevention

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jun 03, 2025 2:26 PM EDT | Last Updated: 18 minutes ago

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow says the city's summertime information program volition absorption connected unit prevention measures done programs that assistance younker physique skills and unafraid jobs.

Chow announced the caller program astatine an lawsuit Tuesday that gathered dozens of section organizations, Toronto constabulary main and respective metropolis councillors.

She says the information program volition assistance 3,000 young radical and much than 500 families to enactment successful summertime recreation and younker unit prevention programs.

Chow says the metropolis added an other $5 cardinal successful backing toward anti-violence programs for young radical successful its fund this year, connected apical of $43 cardinal successful backing for its anti-violence plan.

Toronto constabulary Chief Myron Demkiw says the summertime information program was designed to marque it casual for younker and families to find unit prevention resources and it's an accidental for the constabulary and young radical to larn from each other.

The metropolis says the program volition summation parks and recreation younker drop-in programming by 50 per cent passim the summertime and present much than 140 younker and household programs, grants and drop-ins.