Block Parent Program

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The distinctive red-and-white sign that appears in windows of Block Parent homes.
The distinctive red-and-white sign that appears in windows of Block Parent homes.

The Block Parent Program (French: Le Programme Parents-Secours) is a large, volunteer-based, child safety & crime prevention program operating across Canada. Participants in the program (Block Parents) place signs on their homes indicating that the house is a police-screened, safe home for community members in distress, particularly children. If someone is in need of help and see a block parent sign, they know there is someone home who can help them and call the appropriate emergency service if necessary.

The program now includes 300,000 participants.

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[edit] History

The program first began in London, Ontario in 1968. Independent programs began appearing across Canada until 1983 when a national committee was formed and the national Block Parents Program of Canada was created in 1986.

[edit] Future of the Block Parent Program

Some provinces and communities are discontinuing, or proposing to discontinue, the block watch program, for various reasons.

  • In March 2005 the B.C. Block Parent Society asked volunteers to remove the signs from homes. [1]
  • In Prince Edward Island in November 2006, the Block Parent Program there was discontinued because it was "unable to recruit a provincial executive."

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