Springboard is making Ontario a safer and better place by providing leading-edge programs that enable at-risk youth and adults to reach their full potential.  As a charitable organization, we engage the community in our work and serve people involved in the justice system, individuals needing employment/training and people with developmental disabilities. 

We:

• Launch and sustain innovative and replicable programs that prevent crime and integrate at-risk people into the wider community

• Build partnerships with multiple and diverse agencies, businesses and government to facilitate access to needed services, while fostering the community’s sense of responsibility for those at risk

• Implement best practices to make our work as effective and efficient as possible

• Engage volunteers and ensure accountability to the community we serve

• Recommend improvements to the criminal justice and social service systems consistent with our mission.  

Springboard's Program Areas:

Springboard's client-centred programs are focused on personal development, crime prevention and community engagement.  We concentrate on four areas:

Justice: We break the cycle of harmful behaviour with skill-building residential and community programs aimed at youth and adults at risk or in the criminal justice system.

Employment Counselling & Training: Our counselling and training programs help youth and adults overcome barriers to employment.

Services for the Developmentally Disabled: We create and administer residential and day programs to help youth and adults with developmental disabilities acquire the skills to reach their full potential.

Housing: Our non-profit housing gives homeless men a safe and affordable place to live and links to community resources.

Operation Springboard's Executive Director, Marg Stanowski