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What's New
Child Development Institute raises record amount for children’s mental health
100th Anniversary Celebration raises $400,000
More than 400 guests gathered at Artscape Wychwood Barns on November 19th to launch Child Development Institute’s second century, and the inaugural Evening of Wonder gala.
The special celebration and fundraising evening raised $400,000 for children’s mental health programs at Child Development Institute, including SNAP® Girls Connection for aggressive girls; Camp Wimodausis for children with severe behavioural problems; and Mothers in Mind and Here to Help for children, and their mothers, who have been traumatized by family violence or sexual abuse.
United Way of Greater Toronto extends funding for our Jane Finch SNAP project
CDI's Jane Finch SNAP project provides intervention for girls and boys aged 13-15 in the Falstaff Jane-Finch neighbourhood of Toronto who have had or are at risk of having police contact. It is a community partnership with local agencies in the neighbourhood in which CDI staff facilitate the program while also training staff of these partner agencies so that they can continue to adapt and deliver SNAP approaches independently in their own programs. This project was launched 2 years ago through a grant from the United Way and now the United Way has moved to fund this project annually.












