During its 2013 Annual General Meeting, the Board of Directors released a 5-Year strategic plan charting Threshold’s path into the future.
At the level of program delivery the plan responds to an overwhelming cry from the community for more youth housing. As a result, the plan calls for Threshold to supply a total of 50 units of youth supervised housing by 2018.
This plan was formulated after an extensive environmental scan of youth services in the community was undertaken by Board Members. Over a four month period, Board Members consulted with over two dozen services agencies, including provincial agencies and non-profits, in hopes of understanding better the needs of the community and gaps in services to at-risk youth.
This is the first strategic plan to be tabled by the Board in many years. It speaks to the changing nature of youth services and the non-profits whose mission it is to assist youth. The plan emphasizes growth in the Western communities of the CRD, namely, Colwood and Langford. These municipalities are among the fastest growing in BC, if not Canada. Serving as the bedroom communities of Victoria, social problems like youth in crisis are expected. In 2012, two reports were released by the West Shore Task Force on Youth Housing calling for the establishment of both youth shelters and transitional housing.
To read the full plan click here.