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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Boost?
Boost is a non-profit, community-based organization that provides programs and serivces for children, youth and their families after abuse or violence has occurred. Boost also provides prevention programming and training for parents, professionals, post-secondary students and the community.

Who benefits from Boost’s services each year?
400 victims of abuse 3-17 years of age, and their families.
600 children or youth obliged to testify as victims or witnesses of abuse.
2,250 school children ages 4-11 who, through our prevention programs, are provided with the skills and tools to handle bullying and reduce vulnerability to abuse.
100 teachers who receive training to deliver the programs to their classes.
3,000 caregivers and other individuals who participate in our community training programs.

What makes Boost different from other organizations?
Boost is the only organization in Canada that provides comprehensive services in the areas of prevention, education, training, assessment, treatment, court preparation, coordination and advocacy in child abuse and violence.

What are Boost’s short-and long-term goals?
Boost’s short-term goals are to offer state of the art, evidence-informed services and programs to children, youth and their families when abuse or violence has occurred. Our long-term goals are to eliminate the incidence of abuse and violence in the lives of children and youth.

What does Boost hope to accomplish in the next 5 years?
In the next 5 years, Boost intends to expand its prevention and education activities, specifically to implement primary prevention programs in schools across Ontario and eventually Canada. We also plan to develop a national network of prevention programs and host a national conference. We intend to continually evaluate and make improvements to our direct service programs and establish Boost as the number one resource in Canada for all issues related to child abuse.

How has Boost made a difference in the community?
Boost has provided service to thousands of children, youth and families. We have trained tens of thousands of professionals and continue to be an important resource for the community.

How much government funding does Boost receive annually?
The amount of government funding varies from year to year, but on average, Boost receives approximately half of its 1.2 million dollar budget from municipal, provincial and federal governments.

Boost’s Charitable Registration Number is:
11903 9568 RR0001

History of Boost

Boost was first established in 1981 by Paul Godfrey (the Metropolitan Chairman at the time) as The Metropolitan Toronto Chairman’s Special Committee on Child Sexual Abuse and later became an organization under the name The Special Committee on Child Abuse. In 1997, the Special Committee was renamed Toronto Child Abuse Centre and expanded its mandate to address all forms of child abuse. Ten years later, the agency was renamed Boost Child Abuse Prevention & Intervention. The new name (along with the tag line “We Give Kids A Lift When They Need It The Most”) was chosen to reflect the positive, strength-based approach to children and families. Over the past 28 years, Boost has continued to grow, and most recently opened new offices in Barrie and Peterborough, Ontario.


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