The Centre jeunesse de Québec (CJQ) is the region’s youth protection agency. The CJQ offers the following specialized services in English:

  • Inpatient and outpatient psychosocial and rehabilitation services for mothers with adjustment difficulties and young people and their families, for youth protection and young offender matters
  • Intake and social emergency services
  • Access to placement resources for children, youth, and mothers with adjustment difficulties
  • Intermediate or family-type resources or referrals to residential rehabilitation centres and group homes
  • Psychosocial expertise service

Through an agreement with Jeffery Hale Community Services, the CJQ offers other services in English such as special education for families.