Some of our services are provided under the Act respecting health and social services. This law makes it possible to intervene in situations concerning the needs of users of health and social services. It makes possible to offer residential services to children from 0 to 18 years old with the consent of the parents as well as of the child, if he is 14 years or older.

Accomodation is done with a voluntary measure or it can be ordered by a judge in the juvenile court. In these circumstances, your consent and that of your child aged 12 and over is always sought.

To learn more about youth protection, you can visit this page.

Following an offense or a custodial sentence ordered by a youth court judge, your child will be housed in a resource tha offers specific services to young offenders,

To learn more about young offender services, you can visite this page.

Foster families are substitute living environments and welcome children from 0 to 17 years old. These environments welcome children in difficulty who are entrusted under youth protection in order to meet their needs and offer them living conditions that promote a parental-type relationship in a family context.

To become a foster family, those in charge must undergo a rigorous evaluation process in accordance with the clinical and administrative guidelines of the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux and those from the establishement. These families are monitored in terms of their provision of services to the children entrusted to them by a caseworker from the CISSS de Laval.

To learn mor about foster families, you can visite this page. 

Group homes are residences established in the community that can accomodate up to 9 young people. The social workers who work there provide rehabilitation services to young people with complex needs and collaborate with psychosocial workers as well as with schools and the community.

The Le Passage resource and the Multi-services Center (CMS) are designated as living environments offering living conditions and support to facilitate the transition to independent living for young people aged 16 to 20. These young adults do not benefit from sufficient resources and support in their natural environment.

These resources can accomodate 6 to 8 young people. The staff who work there collaborate with social workers and several community organizations by providing an individualized and progressive approach with the young person.

Intensive support services are necessary when the young person is experiencing significant difficulties and whose behaviours pose a serious risk of danger to themselves or to others due to their seriousness, intensity and reccurence. The intensive supervision program is offered in a secure unit in a physical environment that significantly regulates the behaviour and movement of young people. 

To find out more about intensive support services, you can read the file :  « You have been placed in an intensive supervision unit. What now?» from the Gouvernement of Québec. 

Young offender services are for young people who have commited offenses under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. They include specific open custody programs (specific dynamic supervision units), closed custody and detention. 

To learn more about services for young offenders, you can visit this page.  

The child entrusted to an alternative living environment has the right to communicate in complete confidentiality with his lawyer and the director in charge of his situation as well as with the court clerks. 

The child may also communicate in complete confidentiality with his parents, brothers and sisters as well as with any other person, unless the court decides otherwise. However, in the case of a child entrusted to an establishment which operates a rehabilitation center or a medical center, the executive director may refuse  communicating to person other than his parents, brothers and sisters, if he consideres not to be in the best interest of the child or teen. The general director's decision must be substantiated, rendered to the child as well as to the parent if possible. 

The child or his parents may appeal to the court to reverse the decision. This request is heard and judged by an urgency measure.

The court confirms or reverses the decision of the general director. He may also order the child to take certain measures with respect to the child's right to communicate in the future with the person affected by the decision or with any other person. (LPJ, art9)

The Cartier and Laval Rehabilitation Center for youth with adaptation difficulties has a procedure aimed at keeping a safe use of personal electronic devices such as cell phones, portable music players, digital camera, video camera, tablets, computers, electronic game devices and other device capable of recording and transmitting personal data.

A young person lodged may not have in his possession or use a cell phone inside the facilities in Laval and Cartier. However, the educator can return the yong person's cell phone when they leave and pick up when they return

 At all times, it is forbidden to record and broadcast the image and voice of another young person living in the center, his family or a staff member.

The use of these devices may be permitted based on the analysis of certain criteria assessed by the rehabilitation center team.