About Us

About the Imani Home

Our Vision

To develop a home where children and youth are nurtured and protected. Our model works with an emphasis on cultural considerations of care.

Our Collective Purpose

Our purpose is to work with our community partners and colleagues to enhance the safety and wellbeing of children and youth.

Our Collective Values

We also commit to collaborating and working effectively with our partners and colleagues to deliver exemplary services to the young people in our care.

More Collective Values

More Collective Values

• We collectively have a commitment to equipping our model with qualified staff that will support youth with the physical, emotional, and psychological safety and wellbeing needed to excel within our programs and services.
• Authentic commitment to anti-oppressive practice.
• Collectively demonstrate transparency, respect, and authenticity.

What are services are & Who are our services for?

Who are our services for? • Youth 11-18 years experiencing significant social, emotional and behavioural problems, who require an intensive 24 hour therapeutic setting. • Our programs are also for youth aged 12-17 who have been charged through Youth Justice. What Services are Available? • Residential treatment in one of two 24-hour staffed multi-bed homes • Individual counseling • Group counseling • Recreational activities • Service coordination with other agencies.
Youth 11-18 years experiencing significant social
Youth 11-18 years experiencing significant social
Youth aged 12-17 who have been charged through Youth Justice
Youth aged 12-17 who have been charged through Youth Justice
• Individual counseling • Group counseling • Recreational activities • Service coordination with other agencies
• Individual counseling • Group counseling • Recreational activities • Service coordination with other agencies

Indigenous Ways of Learning, Knowing and Growing;

Within our model we collectively acknowledge the importance of cultural considerations of care. The following principles inform our work and capacity building programs and services.

First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Engagement

For several years the Ministry of Children and Youth Services and the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies have worked with community partners to develop a practice framework that will improve outcomes for African Canadian children and families who come into contact with the child welfare system. This work has impacted and helps us frame our model. The report entitled “Ethno-racial Categories and Child Welfare Decisions: Exploring the Relationships with Poverty”, has also informed our work to engage other vulnerable and under-served demographics of young people mainly First Nations, Métis, and Inuit. In recognition of the tragedy of residential schools and the “Sixties Scoop”, we are now actively building relationships with the First Nations communities across our community to provide child welfare services back to indigenous communities. The release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) report in the spring of 2015, has made the child welfare sector develop new efforts and strategies to support this vulnerable population of young people. The final report includes five recommendations that specifically call out child welfare and relate to principles of connection, responsibility, and acknowledging cultural differences, which reinforces the notion that one size doesn’t fit all in terms of engaging with youth.

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