For a lot of people the words Dans la rue bring images of Pops handing out hot dogs, a hot drink and kind words of support. Dans la rue is all that of course, but it also is so much more. Dans la rue is a team of 65 professionals and 135 volunteers all working with the goal of helping street kids find a better today and build a brighter future.

Our work by the numbers

Here are a few numbers from 2007-08 that will help put into context the scope of the work that Dans la rue does to help street kids.

• 18,946 hours donated by volunteers
• 4,075 counselling sessions
• 2,312 counselling sessions and at-home visits with young parents
• 2,298 visits with healthcare professionals
• 2,101 social integration measures
• 865 accompaniments and referrals
• 483 efforts to help youths find housing
• 356 crisis interventions
• 301 referrals to detox programs
• 145 attempts to establish contact with a social worker
• 135 attempts to establish contact with a family member
• 52 students enrolled at our school

Chez Pops (Day Centre)

• 27,511 visits
  
• 25,859 meals served
• 1,936 visits to the art room
• 1,720 showers taken
• 761 loads of laundry

The Bunker (Emergency Overnight Shelter)

• 2,804 visits
• 2,394 overnight stays
• 272 youths under the age of 18
• 164 communications/counselling with family members

The Van

• 174,864 hot dogs served
• 10,800 emergency food bags distributed

Prevention

• 3,938 teenagers (11-18 years old) reached
• 351 community work professionals reached