Batshaw Youth and Family Centres
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 Boys' Farm and Training School, Saint Jacques Street, Montreal. | |
| Founded | Founded in 1992 Named after Manuel Batshaw |
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| Headquarters | , Canada[1] |
Area served | Montreal |
| Website | www www |
Batshaw Youth and Family Centres (also known as Batshaw, Batshaw Centres, or Batshaw Youth and Family Services), is a government funded organization in Montreal, Quebec, Canada that is devoted to the welfare of children and their families. Batshaw is entirely funded by the Government of Québec.[1]
Maclean's described it as "Quebec’s anglophone child welfare agency", while the Direction de la protection de la jeunesse (DPJ) has that function for French-speaking families.[2]
History[edit]
Batshaw was created in 1992 as a non-profit organization, used as a government agency to help children and their families. Batshaw youth and family services is an amalgamation of several other pre existing child welfare agencies; Youth Horizons, Shawbridge Youth and Family Centres, Ville-Marie Social Services (VMSS) and Mount St. Pats, that were combined to make one agency.[1]
Name[edit]
Batshaw Youth and Family Centres is named in honour of Manuel G. Batshaw, a social worker and renowned activist. Manuel Batshaw was in the Canadian Armed Forces before he started working in the Social Service network. Social Services.[1]
Present[edit]
Presently, Batshaw Youth and Family Centres runs a series of group homes across Montreal, as well as youth detention centers. A notable chain of group homes run by Batshaw is the Shawbridge Boys' Farm in the Laurentians, 75 kilometers north of Montreal.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Contact Us - Batshaw Youth and Family Centres".
- ^ Friscolanti, Michael (2016-03-03). "Inside the Shafia killings that shocked a nation". Maclean's. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
- ^ "Batshaw Website - What We Do".
