Monica Place Waterloo (519) 743-0291

WE SUPPORT

LIVES TWO

AT A TIME

Mission

Monica Place provides life changing supports to pregnant and parenting youth. Our vision is a collaborative and responsive community where pregnant and parenting youth are safe, supported and valued.

Donate

Monica Place is a registered charity. When you decide to support Monica Place, you are making a difference in the future of young parents and their children. We gratefully accept donations of money, items, and time. 

Volunteer

Monica Place is so fortunate to have such an amazing team of kind and committed volunteers. Come join our team and make a difference in the lives of young women and their children.

We are now Camino Wellbeing + Mental Health!

Monica Place, Carizon, and KW Counselling have come together as one unified agency.

Camino means path, and we are here to provide tools, resources, and services that support you on the path to achieving your best wellbeing and mental health.

An Accredited Child and Youth
Mental Health Agency

Monica Place is proud to be accredited through the Canadian Centre for Accreditation, a third-party review based on accepted organizational practices that promote ongoing quality improvement and responsive, effective community service.

OUR IMPACT

40 %
of clients move in
within a week
5000 +
young women
served
0 %
of clients come from
homelessness
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Monica Place changes the lives of young women and their children. We offer education, child minding, nutrition, and emotional support across two locations – one in Cambridge and one in Waterloo. In Monica Place Waterloo we offer a residential program and a community-based program. We run a full time on site high school and allow women in our community to finish their education, and offer day care to support schooling. In Cambridge we offer sixteen, two-bedroom independent transitional apartments along with staffed programming to help support young women and their families’ transition to independence. Read more about our services and their impact in our most recent annual report.

OUR PROGRAMS

Young and Pregnant

Our residential and community programs in Waterloo offer supports for young women preparing to parent or place the child for adoption.

Young and Parenting

Supports for young women between the ages of 12 and 24 and are parenting, including residential programs in Waterloo and Transitional Apartments in Cambridge.

Help Finishing School

Monica place offers a full time section 23 school program in Waterloo in partnership with the Waterloo Region District School Board and operates a full time child minding program to support young women returning to school.

Transitional
Housing

We offer services and programs for young women facing unique situations. Our counselor is available to talk to you about your situation and see how we can help.

GET THE LATEST

We would love to keep you updated on what we’re up to. You can learn more about our milestones and events in ‘Latest News’, or read about our exceptional staff and clients in ‘Our Stories’.