Agency History

The Durham Family Court Clinic (DFCC) was founded in August of 1980 with a mandate to provide assessments and service brokerage for youth in conflict with the law appearing before the court. Family mediation was introduced into the agency in 1981, initially by way of professionals donating their time, and since 1999, through funding by the Ministry of the Attorney General.

DFCC is now a multi-faceted agency with core services and community linkages that enable us to provide high quality intervention and prevention programs. We are known in the Durham Region for our work with high risk youth, families experiencing separation or divorce and our school based violence prevention program.

Quick Facts about DFCC
  • Established in 1980 under the name Oshawa & District Family Court Clinic
  • Name change in 1995 to Durham Family Court Clinic (DFCC)
  • We currently have the following programs that serve youth and families:
    • Community Support Team
    • Intensive Support and Supervision Team
    • Collaborative Day Treatment Program
    • School Based Violence Prevention Program
    • Family Information and Mediation Service
    • Child Protection Mediation
    • Youth Assessment Services
    • Custody and Access and Parenting Capacity Assessments
    • Fundraising and Community Relations
  • We continually seek funding for special and often time limited projects that fit with the mission of DFCC such as:
    • ‘Working It Back To Me’
    • Durham Youth Gang Strategy
    • Internet Luring
  • DFCC is a non-profit registered charity with the main sources of funding from the Provincial and Federal governments and overseen by a voluntary Board of Directors.
  • We currently have 36 staff members that include clinicians, mediators, consulting psychologist, psychiatrist and lawyers and administrative staff.
  • We are proud to be working in partnership with the Durham District School Board (Grove School) in the Collaborative Day Treatment Program the Murray McKinnon Foundation in the Durham Youth Gang Strategy.
  • We support and accept student placements for social work, child and youth workers and interns for family mediation.
  • We issue charitable tax receipts for income tax purposes for cash and in-kind donations.
More information, quick facts and statistics can be found in the Annual Reports
Charitable registration number 130196306RR0001

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