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Cooking with PYOWs
April 28, 2023 @ 3:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Dilico PYOWs (Provincial Youth Outreach Workers) are in the neighbourhood!
Young adults 17-24 years old are invited to the Windsor Healthy Kids site for cooking, budgeting, and fun in the kitchen on the last Friday of the month. You’ll get to prepare and bring home a meal for your family 🙂
What the heck is a PYOW?
Community-based intervention to assist youth 12-24 years of age living in at-risk neighborhoods. The program supports youth in their capacity to make healthy life choices and promotes the development of skills and civic participation, including community and peer leadership.
Service Overview
Services youth 12-21 years of age through direct engagement with youth on the streets
Youth Outreach Workers work in partnership with families, educators and community programs
Do not provide crisis intervention or transportation; not intended to be primary source of engagement
Intended to reduce risk factors; lack of school engagement, anti-social peer group associations, low community attachment, lack of positive relationships with supportive adults, lack of services