Family & Children Services
Family and Children's Services promotes, strengthens and sustains effective parenting and positive family functioning, and ensures that children are protected from abuse and neglect, and receive the care essential for their well being.
Family Services
Telephone: (867) 667-3002
Provides early identification of problems leading to family breakdown and child abuse/neglect and early remedial action to prevent family breakdown and child abuse/neglect.
Child Protection
Telephone: (867) 667-3002
Provides child protection services: investigation and assessment of suspected child abuse/neglect; prevention and support services; counseling and/or treatment services. Callers should be directed to the number listed for detailed programming descriptions. More information
Placement and Support Services
Telephone: (867) 667-3002
Promotes, coordinates and provides assessment and placements for children and counseling treatment and support to children and their caregivers in order to ensure the healthy development of children and to enhance the functioning of the caregiver family. Services offered are Adoption Services, Child Abuse Treatment Services, Services to Children in Care, Foster Care Services, Custody, and Access. More information
Youth Justice
Telephone: (867) 667-3610
Works to prevent or reduce the incidence of youth crime; promote health and well-being of youth and families; deliver safe, secure and culturally sensitive programs in response to youth crime, and promote healthy re-integration of young offenders into the community. Services offered include Youth Probation, Custody Services and Community Programs, Youth Achievement Centre, and Youth Sex Offender Treatment Program.
Early Childhood
The Yukon's Early Childhood Branch provides a range of supports for children, and their families to ensure they get the best possible start in life, as well as through their early school years, through a variety of programs. More information
Child Care Services Unit
Telephone: (867) 667-3492
Ensures quality, accessible and comprehensive childcare services for Yukon children and families. Some services include: childcare subsidies; direct operating grants to licensed child facilities. Callers should be directed to the number listed for detailed programming descriptions. More information
Healthy Families
Telephone: (867) 667-3745
This program is designed to provide one-to-one support for parents of newborns. The program goals are to: enhance family functioning; promote positive child-parent relationships; and promote healthy childhood growth and development.