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.