The Ontario Association of Young Parent Agencies’ (OAYPA) mission is to work together to champion a comprehensive system of prevention, early intervention, and treatment services meeting the needs of adolescent mother, their infants and children across Ontario through:

• Collaborating, educating and advocating to provide exceptional services to obtain optimal Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health and optimal Mental Health for young parents
• The provision of a forum for service providers
• The provision of professional support and knowledge exchange