Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) - Vancouver

Provides child and family support services in both child protection and non-child protection situations. Services can include parenting support, counselling, and homemaker services. Serves Vancouver North (Downtown Eastside). Hours are 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.

Provides child and family support services in both child protection and non-protection situations. Services can include parenting support and education, and counselling. Serves Vancouver south of Kingsway. Hours are 9 am to 12 noon and 1 pm to 4 pm Monday to Friday.

Provides specialized services and funding options for children and youth with support needs and their families. Office hours are 9 am to 12 noon and 1 pm to 4 pm Monday to Friday.

Recruits and approves family care homes and specialized residential services for children and youth in government care.

Provides guardianship services for the care of children up to the age of 15 in Vancouver who are in care under a continuing custody order of the Child, Family, and Community Services Act. Serves Vancouver North (Downtown Eastside). Hours are 9 am to 4 pm Monday to Friday.

Provides guardianship and youth agreement services to youth 16 and over who are in care of the ministry or eligible for services provided under a youth agreement. Services include assessment, providing for the youth's developmental needs, referral to MCFD day programs, and developing permanent place...

Receives and investigates reports of child protection concerns in Vancouver North (Downtown Eastside), and provides assessment and referral services. Hours are 9 am to 4 pm Monday to Friday.

Receives and investigates reports of child protection concerns, and provides assessment and referral services. Serves Vancouver south of Kingsway. Hours are 9 am to 12 noon and 1 pm to 4 pm Monday to Friday.

Provides MCFD adoption services for special needs children in the Vancouver Coastal region. Services include providing information about adoption to the public, approving homes of people who wish to adopt, providing services to birth parents who wish to relinquish, providing other pre- and post-adop...

Provides a full range of court-ordered and court-related assessment and treatment services. These include court-ordered assessments of youth residing in the community; assessments or consultations of youth referred by a Youth Probation Officer; general and specialized mental health services for yout...

Provides youth justice services, including bail supervision, and specialized youth probation supervision. Other services include referrals to attendance programs, MCFD day programs, and Community Work Service (court-imposed hours of work to repay community for crimes committed. Yankee 10 (a youth pr...

Provides youth justice services and guardianship services for Vancouver south of Kingsway. Youth justice services include bail supervision, and specialized youth probation supervision through court referral; other services include referrals to attendance programs, community work service (court-impos...

Provides intake and assessment services for youth 16 to 19 years and their families. Provides independent living and youth agreement programs, counselling, repatriation, and access to emergency food and shelter. Mental health and drug counsellors are available on site. Provides referrals for counsel...