Thrive

Address: 807 Water Street, PO Box 26067, St. John’s, NL A1E 1C4

Mandate:

To assist vulnerable individuals in achieving their full potential and enhance the capacity of youth serving agencies.

Target Population:

To Individuals: Thrive provides low barrier supports and services to empower vulnerable individuals (ages 12 and up) who struggle with issues including education, sexual exploitation, trauma, mental health, and addictions.

To Organizations: Thrive also provides innovative programs and collaborations (including professional development and knowledge sharing) to address critical gaps in services and expand the capacity of social service providers and organizations.

Highlights of Programs/Services Offered:

Education Program:

• Supports youth aged 16-29 who have left the mainstream school system and would like to pursue educational opportunities.
  • Offers individualized programming based on educational needs ranging from foundational literacy & numeracy through to GED (General Educational Diploma) preparation and testing.
  • Offers individual supports to help address non-academic issues that are impacting learners.
  • Offers GED testing to the general public:
    • To register for paper-based public GED testing please visit https://www.gov.nl.ca/eecd/ged/
    • To register for computer-based public GED testing, create an account at: https://ged.com/en-ca/
• To complete a referral for the Education Program, please click here.

Street Reach:

• A barrier free outreach service for anyone 16 years & over. Program is guided by the principles or harm reduction, and person-centered care.
• Drop in services daily and a minimum of one evening per week. Through drop in services people can access safer injection supplies, snack/meal, telephone & WIFI access, outerwear, personal care items, and condoms.
• Outreach walks in the downtown core at various times throughout the week
• Intensive individualized supports for people needing help with a variety of issues including, but not limited to housing, justice, mental health & addictions, physical health.
• Naloxone kits & training available

Blue Door:

• An “exiting” program for individuals primarily 14-29 years who are engaged in the sex trade, sexually exploited situations, including sex trafficking.
• Supports range from education & employment, outreach, system navigation, counselling, and intensive individual supports. Program is inclusive of all gender identities and sexual orientations.
  • For a referral form, click here.

Programs for Service Providers:

Community Support and Development:

• Offers services for professionals working with young people, and includes:
• “What’s Up!” Community Newsletter
  • To sign up for the weekly community newsletter, click here.
• Directory of Services (updated annually)
• Community development and capacity building, and more.
• For additional information on any of these initiatives, please contact Angela Crockwell at acrockwell@thrivecyn.ca or 754-0536 ext. 201

Coalition Against the Sexual Exploitation of Youth (CASEY):  

• CASEY is comprised of community members, experiential voices, and stakeholders. Working together, the coalition creates awareness and understanding about this issue, advocates for appropriate supports, resources, and prevention programs, supports survivor leadership, and works to build capacity to effectively prevent and respond to sexual exploitation of youth. CASEY offers two training programs.
  • the Notified Training program. Notified is free, self-paced and appropriate for folks living and working with youth, and youth themselves. Access Notified here.
  • acorenlius@thrivecyn.ca for more information about the 7-hour training.”
• To find out more about CASEY or to book a presentation or training session, please contact Amnesty Cornelius at 754-0536 ext. 203 or acornelius@thrivecyn.ca