February 28, 2025 - Montreal, QC
Today, Patricia Lattanzio, Member of Parliament for Saint-Leonard-Saint-Michel, on behalf of the Honourable David J. McGuinty, Minister of Public Safety, announced an investment of up to $1.39 million over five years to the Maison de jeunes de Saint-Leonard through the Crime Prevention Action Fund (CPAF).
This investment will support at-risk youth aged 10-18 in the Saint-Leonard borough of Montreal by offering targeted services to help prevent a life of crime, including raising awareness of the risks associated with gangs through workshops, offering sports, self-development, cultural and artistic activities, providing referrals to mental health supports, providing psychosocial intervention support in small groups and collaborating with area organizations on mentoring programs.
The CPAF supports evidence-based crime prevention initiatives in communities that address known risk and protective factors associated with crime among vulnerable groups of the population, especially children and youth, and chronic offenders.
