COSTS COMPARED: iHUMAN SAVES

Each day a youth is secured in our judicial system it cost taxpayers an estimated $1,400–$1,600.Compare this to the cost of just $75 a day to keep youth off the streets and out of trouble. Duringan entire month iHuman saves the government $45,750 for each youth helped.

Incarceration Costs Cost to engage a youth at iHuman$ 1,600 a day $ 75 a day $48,000 month $ 2,250 month

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Mission StatementiHuman's mission is to workwith traumatized youth whoexhibit high-risk lifestyles. Wepromote their reintegrationinto the community throughsocial support, engagementand outreach programs involving crisis intervention,arts mentorship and life skills development.

Through iHuman, youth arefinding their own identity, becoming more empowered,and creating their own compelling future.

Be a hero to your creativity.

Building Trust. Revitilizing Life. 500+ youth.

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Studio: 10124 - 96 Street, Edmonton Mailing Address: P.O. Box 62013 Edmonton, AB. T5M 4B5

iHuman Youth Society is a non-profit organization that engages Edmonton's traumatized youth who exhibit high-risklifestyles – to foster positive personal development and social

change. Founded in 1997, we develop and implement arts-basedprogramming that functions as a positive engagement tool. We

seek to re-integrate youth into the community by developing skills,self-esteem and a sense of worth and ability through mentorship,crisis intervention and targeted programming. iHuman serves 500youth in Edmonton aged 12-24 years. Aboriginal youth make up

a significant portion of our clients, but we serve youth from every demographic and socio-economic group.

Many of our youth deal with multiple issues that maketheir lives challenging. Poverty, homelessness, addictions, mentalhealth issues, gang affiliation and familial neglect or abuse means

our youth are often known to the criminal justice or child welfaresystems. Too often these young people feel no sense of self-worth

or that they have nothing to hope for. Yet at iHuman we discoverhighly talented individuals demonstrating amazing characteristics

like creativity, loyalty, ingenuity, perseverance, leadership and ambition. This is the starting point from which we encourage

and develop their talents, confidence, self-worth and ultimately their potential to become positive

contributing members of the community.

Our youth stay in our programs for an average of three years. In that time, they are introduced to arts-based activities that help them heal and discover their own identity, and they are given constant support and guidance while they transition into independent living and healthy life choices.

iHuman has helped hundreds of youth that havebeaten the odds, broken the cycle and become healthy members of our community.

iHuman Trust Compass: Adaptive for Youth

The multiple challenges faced by traumatized youth such as poverty, homelessness, addictions, mental health issues,gang affiliations, abuse and violence requires iHuman to be adaptive.

The “iHuman Trust Compass” enables youth to regain their bearing in life through adaptive engagement with a balancedprogram of services including: caring, creativity and authentic, life-skill activities – which all lead to positive personal and social change.