The YHTC provides eight beds of up to six months of transitional
housing, as well as a hospitality and life skills training program.
Mentors and partners from within the hospitality industry
assist in the training and curriculum design.

The Youth Hospitality Training Program combines certification
such as Food Safe, First Aid, and Serving it Right, with hands-on
practical skills building in our industrial kitchen and demonstration
hotel room. Mentors from within the hotel, restaurant and retail
industry work with the youth to create a solid skills base. Finally,
practicum work helps the graduates get a start in the job force,
and to build connections of their own with potential employers.

One of the strongest features of this program is the holistic
approach we take to helping youth-at-risk. Upon entry, each
youth is assessed to determine what their needs are. VYES
then directs them to life skills, detox, secure housing, or directly
into the hospitality training program. Then, we work with the
youth until they are able to get and hold a job, understanding that
each person is different, and has different needs and capabilities.

Our thanks to our many partners and sponsors, especially:

Service Canada; Ministry of Children and Family Development,
the Housing Endowment Fund; Ministry of Employment and
Income Assistance; Bell Canada, Heron Street Developments;
City of Victoria; The United Way of Greater Victoria; The Victoria
Foundation, The BC Restaurant and Foodservices Association;
Tourism Victoria; The Victoria Chef's Association; Kiwanis Club
of Oak Bay; C-Fax Santa's Anonymous; Victoria Hotel Association;
Coast Capital Savings Credit Union; Steele Foundation;
Maximus; Clint Forester; Peter Gaby; Mohan Jawl; Ian Powell
and in kind by the Merdyn Group; Peer Creek Construction; M
M Contracting; Number Ten Architectural Group; Cardinal Law;
Ambrosia Event Catering Centre; Liquor Plus; North Douglas
Suppliers-Sysco; Fat Cats; PI Financial; Three Point Properties;
Delta Ocean Point-Hotel; Viking Fire Protection; Canoe Brewpub