Descant developed and received funding for a number of literary outreach programs: SWAT (students, writers and teachers workshops), Operation Springboard (writing workshops with young people in conflict with the law"Descant Arts & Letters Foundation, As Lead Organization On This Collaborative", Ontario Trillium Foundation, 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2015.), Now Hear This! (literary workshops and support for at-risk youth; connected professional authors with community groups and aspiring student writers), and grief-writing workshops.
