Strides Toronto provides a wide range of exceptional programs and services to help our clients and their families achieve their personal best. Our agency supports clients from the prenatal stage to age 29 and their families. Our work helps strengthen their social and emotional well-being, move forward through adversity and develop their abilities and skills to reach their full potential.
Strides Toronto’s Vision, Mission and Values
Vision
Thriving children, youth, families and communities.
Mission
We build strength and resilience with infants, children, youth and families through equitable, accessible, client-driven services, system leadership and advocacy.
Values
Excellence, Collaboration, Courage and Respect
Lead Agency
Strides Toronto is Toronto’s Lead Agency for Infant, Children and Youth Mental Health since 2015. As such, we collaborate with Toronto’s 25 core service providers to meaningfully engage youth and families as well as build and strengthen relationships with community partners and various sectors—such as education, healthcare, welfare, and justice—to better meet infant, child, and youth mental health needs.
Accreditation
As part of our commitment to excellence Strides Toronto participates in accreditation, a process that reviews all aspects of our organization against standards of good practice in not-for-profits. Every four years, a team of external accreditation reviewers assesses our compliance with standards in service delivery, governance, management and administration. Accreditation ensures that we are engaged in continuous quality improvement. Our agency is fully accredited by the Canadian Centre for Accreditation.
