Type NGO Services Telephone counseling | Registration no. 13000 5846 RR0001 | |
Formation May 16, 1989 (1989-05-16) Headquarters 300-439 University AvenueToronto, ON M5G 1Y8 | ||
Kids Help Phone (French: Jeunesse, J’écoute) is a Canadian charitable organization that provides free online and telephone counselling to children and youth across Canada. In addition to its counselling services, Kids Help Phone also provides information on how to access support services for children and youth.
Since May 16, 1989 the organisation has provided counselling to youth via a toll-free number. The service received its one millionth call in 1993, and the organisation launched its anonymous online counselling system in 2002. It launched BroTalk, a dedicated online service for teenage boys, in 2015 as an outreach program to reduce stigma around men seeking mental health support.
As a charity, Kids Help Phone receives no core government or United Way funding. Instead, it relies on the support of community-based volunteers and individual and corporate donors for financial support.