The Community Parenting Outreach Program (CPOP) exists to provide outreach to new or isolated families in the Parkdale and High Park communities.  CPOP staff reach out to these families and their children (ages 0 to 6 years old) and connect them to necessary services in their communities. 

CPOP staff work with families to identify their needs and help them connect with the services they require.  CPOP staff do not provide referrals to one single service provider but rather take a hollistic approach and focus on the families needs', varied as they may be. 

CPOP workers offer services in the following languages:

Mandarin
Portuguese
Spanish
Tamil & Singhalese
Tibetan
Vietnamese

Once the needs of the families have been assessed, CPOP staff will make the appropriate referrals and appointments and will accompany clients to their appointments often providing translation.  Services that CPOP staff liaise with include community health centres, legal services, child care and social assistance providers.  Please take a look at the navigation bar to the left to see examples of these services.

There are no fees to participate in the Community Parenting Outreach Program.  Please contact the CPOP Coordinator for further information at (416) 536-1234 x 21.

Participation in the CPOP program allows families to gain independence and confidence as well as easing the transition into their new community.  Other benefits include:

- Enables participants to build new friendships
- Gives participants the confidence to provide support to others in their community
- Enhances participants' parenting skills
- Provides opportunities for participants to become active on issues they care about
- Helps participants adjust to Canadian culture
- Increases participants understanding of diverse culture