History and Annual Reports
History
1974
In 1974, the first meetings of a group of parents and a group of single mothers took place at the initiative of Rosaire Tremblay, a Jesuit worker priest from Montreal.
1981
Later, in 1981, the group was recognized as the “Local Ensemble” and hired the first two employees to work with children. It has since then offered several mutual aid activities for a diverse family clientele.
1987
In 1987, the “Local Ensemble” opened the day-care center, started family education services, as well as a project on mother-child relationships in the context of mental health issues, in collaboration with the CLSC.
1997
With 23 years of operation and with the objective of continuing to offer services and resources to a diverse clientele, the Local Ensemble expanded its premises.
2002
In 2002, the general assembly accepted the new name of Local Ensemble: Famijeunes.
2002-2011
Over the next nine years, the organization has worked to develop and strengthen its community network. Famijeunes became an integral part of the neighborhood and participated in several social consultation bodies.
This second facility has enabled Famijeunes to accommodate a greater number of children and therefore to integrate children with special needs. This therefore marks an important step in our history, since we are committed to the inclusion of all.
In these two facilities, our CPE now receives one hundred and nine (109) children, from infants to "older children" of five (5) years old. They are divided into 11 groups.
2011
In 2011, based on the needs of its team as well as for the retention and development of human resources, Famijeunes restructured its policies and working conditions.
2012
In 2012, in its mission as a unifying organization, Famijeunes welcomed a support group for transgender children and their parents, which would later become an independent non-profit organization: http://enfantstransgenres.ca/
2013
In 2013, after a concern was raised at a community roundtable, a new project specifically aimed at fathers was created, a logical progression of a service that was offered to fathers in the 1980s. Community work amongst fathers was taken with an individual approach to incorporate them to the Famijeunes collective.