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Provided by Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS)
27 other services offered by this agency
Provides outreach and individual counselling for youth ages 13 to 19 (with the extension of support up to age 24 for those engaged previously) who would like to change their relationship with alcohol and drugs.
Provides outreach and individual counselling for youth ages 13 to 19 (with the extension of support up to age 24 for those engaged previously) who would like to change their relationship with alcohol and drugs. Staff provide support based on individual goals and needs; support may include help with improving emotional health and physical wellness, family or significant other relationships, connecting with services, education, legal issues, housing, and aftercare planning. Referral accepted from self or other. Apply by completing the online referral form and emailing it directly to the counsellor responsible for services in specific catchment areas. Serves Aldergrove, Chilliwack, Cloverdale, Coquitlam, Delta, Ladner, Langley, Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Surrey, Tsawwassen, and White Rock. Funded by Fraser Health.
Catchment areas:
Chilliwack: 604-798-1418, mkroeker@pcrs.ca
Delta, South Surrey, White Rock, Tsawassen, Ladner, North Delta: 604-836-6273, sjohnston@pcrs.ca
Langley, Aldergrove, Cloverdale: 604-312-5866, wsherer@pcrs.ca
Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows: 604-836-6580, crechkemmer@pcrs.ca
North Surrey: 604-836-6241, smagnusson@pcrs.ca
Tri-Cities (Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody): 604-314-2038, jhoffmeister@pcrs.ca
Staff provide support based on individual goals and needs; support may include help with improving emotional health and physical wellness, family or significant other relationships, connecting with services, education, legal issues, housing, and aftercare planning. Referral accepted from self or other. Apply by completing the online referral form and emailing it directly to the counsellor responsible for services in specific catchment areas. Serves Aldergrove, Chilliwack, Cloverdale, Coquitlam, Delta, Ladner, Langley, Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Surrey, Tsawwassen, and White Rock. Funded by Fraser Health.
Catchment areas:
Chilliwack: 604-798-1418, mkroeker@pcrs.ca
Delta, South Surrey, White Rock, Tsawassen, Ladner, North Delta: 604-836-6273, sjohnston@pcrs.ca
Langley, Aldergrove, Cloverdale: 604-312-5866, wsherer@pcrs.ca
Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows: 604-836-6580, crechkemmer@pcrs.ca
North Surrey: 604-836-6241, smagnusson@pcrs.ca
Tri-Cities (Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody): 604-314-2038, jhoffmeister@pcrs.ca
Provided by Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS)
27 other services offered by this agency
Six-week program supports at-risk youth ages 16 to 30 to achieve employment in the customer service or food industry.
Six-week program supports at-risk youth ages 16 to 30 to achieve employment in the customer service or food industry. Provides life skills guidance, employment skills coaching, training certifications, and work experience in preparation for employment. Serves residents of Metro Vancouver. Must be able to attend in-person training in Surrey and Vancouver. Offered in partnership with ACCESS Bladerunners and Starbucks.
Provides life skills guidance, employment skills coaching, training certifications, and work experience in preparation for employment. Serves residents of Metro Vancouver. Must be able to attend in-person training in Surrey and Vancouver. Offered in partnership with ACCESS Bladerunners and Starbucks.
Provided by Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS)
27 other services offered by this agency
One-stop centre providing a range of social, education, health, education, housing, employment, substance use, and life skills services.
One-stop centre providing a range of social, education, health, education, housing, employment, substance use, and life skills services. Services include alcohol and drug counselling and mental health counselling. The BYRC Resource Room offers youth ages 13 to 24 a drop-in centre with support workers, activities, a free pantry of nonperishable food, opportunities to connect with other youth, workshops, computer access, and referrals to community services. A hot meal is served at 5 pm Monday to Friday. The BYRC Youth Volunteer Program offers youth ages 13 to 24 one-to-one support to develop leadership in the community through placement in volunteer activities such as gardening, social media, kitchen activities, Youth Action Committee, and special events. One-on-one appointments for counselling, training, and other support can be booked from 9 am to 2 pm Monday to Friday; drop-in resource room hours are 2 pm to 7 pm Monday to Friday.
Services include alcohol and drug counselling and mental health counselling. The BYRC Resource Room offers youth ages 13 to 24 a drop-in centre with support workers, activities, a free pantry of nonperishable food, opportunities to connect with other youth, workshops, computer access, and referrals to community services. A hot meal is served at 5 pm Monday to Friday. The BYRC Youth Volunteer Program offers youth ages 13 to 24 one-to-one support to develop leadership in the community through placement in volunteer activities such as gardening, social media, kitchen activities, Youth Action Committee, and special events. One-on-one appointments for counselling, training, and other support can be booked from 9 am to 2 pm Monday to Friday; drop-in resource room hours are 2 pm to 7 pm Monday to Friday.
Provided by Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS)
27 other services offered by this agency
Provides transitional housing with 22 units for adults age 19 and older who live in Chilliwack and who are homeless for a period of at least six months.
Offers support services including life skills development, counselling, referrals to community services, and support in finding long-term housing. Participants may stay for up to two years. No pets allowed. Not wheelchair accessible. Must apply through BC Housing Registry. Office hours are 8:30 am to 4 pm Monday to Friday. Funded by BC Housing and by Fraser Health.
Provided by Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS)
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Supports individuals to gain access to, and maintain, private rental housing in Chilliwack through ongoing support and home visits.
Provided by Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS)
27 other services offered by this agency
Provides a wide range of alcohol and drug prevention and treatment services to youth, adults, and families ages 13 and over.
Provides a wide range of alcohol and drug prevention and treatment services to youth, adults, and families ages 13 and over. Options include counselling, outreach, relapse prevention, support groups, support for those affected by another's substance use, and referrals to treatment programs. Serves Abbotsford, Agassiz, Chilliwack, Harrison Hot Springs, and Hope. Hours are 8:30 am to 4 pm Monday to Friday. Funded by Fraser Health.
Options include counselling, outreach, relapse prevention, support groups, support for those affected by another's substance use, and referrals to treatment programs. Serves Abbotsford, Agassiz, Chilliwack, Harrison Hot Springs, and Hope. Hours are 8:30 am to 4 pm Monday to Friday. Funded by Fraser Health.
Provided by Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS)
27 other services offered by this agency
One-stop centre for youth and families to access a drop-in resource room for support, food, laundry, and showers, as well as programming for social, health, education, housing, substance use, employment, and life skills services.
One-stop centre for youth and families to access a drop-in resource room for support, food, laundry, and showers, as well as programming for social, health, education, housing, substance use, employment, and life skills services. Services include addiction counselling and prevention programs, a youth mentorship program, parent-teen mediation, foster parent training, and volunteer opportunities. Also provides Extreme Weather Response shelter mats from Nov 1st to April 1st, when weather is extreme and an alert is called. Hours are 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday.
Services include addiction counselling and prevention programs, a youth mentorship program, parent-teen mediation, foster parent training, and volunteer opportunities. Also provides Extreme Weather Response shelter mats from Nov 1st to April 1st, when weather is extreme and an alert is called. Hours are 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday.
Provided by Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS)
27 other services offered by this agency
Provides intensive day treatment for youth ages 13 to 19 who are working to overcome substance use issues.
Provides intensive day treatment for youth ages 13 to 19 who are working to overcome substance use issues. Core components include counselling, goal setting, education, coping skills, and relapse prevention. Referral required from Fraser Health substance use counsellors or youth concurrent disorders therapists. Intake is continuous. Serves youth in the Fraser Health region. Funded by Fraser Health.
Core components include counselling, goal setting, education, coping skills, and relapse prevention. Referral required from Fraser Health substance use counsellors or youth concurrent disorders therapists. Intake is continuous. Serves youth in the Fraser Health region. Funded by Fraser Health.
Provided by Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS)
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Provides support to families with youth affected by fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) and other complex needs.
Staff helps families to provide enhanced care through counselling, information, parenting strategies, service coordination, advocacy, and education groups. Serves Surrey. Funded by Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD).
Provided by Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS)
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Harm reduction program for all ages through a mobile bus outreach in Agassiz, Boston Bar, Chilliwack, Hope, and Yale.
Provides harm reduction supplies, safe collection of used supplies, sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing, HIV/HCV prevention, harm reduction education, and referrals to community supports. Call for times and locations. Funded by Fraser Health.
Provided by Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS)
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Employs culturally responsive approaches in supporting Indigenous youth ages 13 to 24 in healing from violence.
Employs culturally responsive approaches in supporting Indigenous youth ages 13 to 24 in healing from violence. Provides traditional Indigenous healing opportunities, outreach support, referrals, access to counselling, and assistance navigating legal and judicial matters. Offers third party reporting to Indigenous youth victims of any gender; staff report the assault to police on behalf of the victim who remains anonymous. Accepts referrals from self or other. Hours are 7 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday and 10 am to 3 pm Saturdays and Sundays. Funded by Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General (MPSSG).
Provides traditional Indigenous healing opportunities, outreach support, referrals, access to counselling, and assistance navigating legal and judicial matters. Offers third party reporting to Indigenous youth victims of any gender; staff report the assault to police on behalf of the victim who remains anonymous. Accepts referrals from self or other. Hours are 7 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday and 10 am to 3 pm Saturdays and Sundays. Funded by Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General (MPSSG).
Provided by Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS)
27 other services offered by this agency
Provides outreach support to youth who congregate on or around Skytrain stations throughout the Lower Mainland.
Provides outreach support to youth who congregate on or around Skytrain stations throughout the Lower Mainland. Provides support, snacks, hygiene supplies, condoms, bus tickets, naloxone kits, conversation, and assistance finding community resources. Funded by Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD).
Provides support, snacks, hygiene supplies, condoms, bus tickets, naloxone kits, conversation, and assistance finding community resources. Funded by Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD).
Provided by Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS)
27 other services offered by this agency
Provides 30 units of transitional housing and varying levels of support to youth ages 16 to 24, of any gender, who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
Provides 30 units of transitional housing and varying levels of support to youth ages 16 to 24, of any gender, who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Participants work with a youth housing worker to create a plan based on life skills, employment, education, and transition planning goals. Maximum stay is two years. Participants must be able to pay rent geared to income (up to 30 percent of monthly income). Referrals can be made directly by Vancouver-based Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) and Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society (VACFSS); self-referrals accepted. Support staff are on site from 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday, 10 am to 6 pm Saturdays and Sundays, and overnight from 9 pm to 5 am seven days per week. Funded by BC Housing and MCFD.
Participants work with a youth housing worker to create a plan based on life skills, employment, education, and transition planning goals. Maximum stay is two years. Participants must be able to pay rent geared to income (up to 30 percent of monthly income). Referrals can be made directly by Vancouver-based Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) and Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society (VACFSS); self-referrals accepted. Support staff are on site from 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday, 10 am to 6 pm Saturdays and Sundays, and overnight from 9 pm to 5 am seven days per week. Funded by BC Housing and MCFD.
Provided by Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS)
27 other services offered by this agency
One-stop centre for youth and families to access a drop-in resource room for support, food, laundry, and showers, as well as programming for social, health, education, housing, substance use, employment, and life skills services.
One-stop centre for youth and families to access a drop-in resource room for support, food, laundry, and showers, as well as programming for social, health, education, housing, substance use, employment, and life skills services. Services include addiction counselling and prevention programs, a youth mentorship program, parent-teen mediation, foster parent training, and volunteer opportunities. Hours are 10 am to 6 pm Monday to Friday.
Services include addiction counselling and prevention programs, a youth mentorship program, parent-teen mediation, foster parent training, and volunteer opportunities. Hours are 10 am to 6 pm Monday to Friday.
Provided by Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS)
27 other services offered by this agency
Free program to enhance educational success and support youth in grades eight to 12 living in Vancouver and Surrey to graduate from high school and move forward to further education and/or employment.
Support includes tutoring, mentoring, one-to-one educational and social support, and financial assistance. In Surrey, the email contact is pathwayssurrey@pcrs.ca. Offered in partnership with local schools and other community organizations.
Provided by Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS)
27 other services offered by this agency
Offers substance misuse prevention programs in select school and community environments in Aldergrove, Chilliwack, Delta, Langley, and Surrey.
Offers substance misuse prevention programs in select school and community environments in Aldergrove, Chilliwack, Delta, Langley, and Surrey. Prevention Facilitators support youth ages 10 to 19 through awareness presentations, groups, individual mentoring, and promotion of healthy lifestyles and activities. Contact by phone or email.
Aldergrove (school-based): 236-889-4581, jarthurs@pcrs.ca
Chilliwack (school-based): 604-798-1702, kjones@pcrs.ca
Delta (school-based): 604-837-8252, hmeadows@pcrs.ca
Surrey/Langley (community-based): 604-837-8195, rbhaga@pcrs.ca
Surrey-Newton (community-based): 604-970-9358, gmangat@pcrs.ca
Prevention Facilitators support youth ages 10 to 19 through awareness presentations, groups, individual mentoring, and promotion of healthy lifestyles and activities. Contact by phone or email.
Aldergrove (school-based): 236-889-4581, jarthurs@pcrs.ca
Chilliwack (school-based): 604-798-1702, kjones@pcrs.ca
Delta (school-based): 604-837-8252, hmeadows@pcrs.ca
Surrey/Langley (community-based): 604-837-8195, rbhaga@pcrs.ca
Surrey-Newton (community-based): 604-970-9358, gmangat@pcrs.ca
Provided by Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS)
27 other services offered by this agency
Supports newcomer youth ages 15 to 25 with settlement and integration into the community.
Supports newcomer youth ages 15 to 25 with settlement and integration into the community. Participants must be residing in Surrey, North Delta, or Langley. Program offers homework clubs, community volunteering opportunities, leadership development, workshops, employment assistance, and various social outings and activities. Funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
City Centre Youth Hub: 10453 Whalley Boulevard, Surrey
Participants must be residing in Surrey, North Delta, or Langley. Program offers homework clubs, community volunteering opportunities, leadership development, workshops, employment assistance, and various social outings and activities. Funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
City Centre Youth Hub: 10453 Whalley Boulevard, Surrey
Provided by Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS)
27 other services offered by this agency
Offers outreach services to youth ages 18 to 24 who are either street-involved or at risk of street involvement.
Provides youth with information and referral to appropriate longer-term resources, including substance use services, crisis counselling, and housing options. Provides access to sexuality and safe sex supports. Serves Surrey. Funded by Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD).
City Centre Youth Hub: 10453 Whalley Boulevard, Surrey
Provided by Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS)
27 other services offered by this agency
Provides youth ages 16 to 24 with temporary financial assistance to help with monthly rent payments in the private rental market.
Provides youth ages 16 to 24 with temporary financial assistance to help with monthly rent payments in the private rental market. Youth must be eligible low-income earners who are employed full or part-time, and live in Burnaby, New Westminster, the North Shore, Richmond, or Vancouver. See website for more information on eligibility. Hours are 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday. Funded by BC Housing as a Homeless Prevention Program (HPP).
Youth must be eligible low-income earners who are employed full or part-time, and live in Burnaby, New Westminster, the North Shore, Richmond, or Vancouver. See website for more information on eligibility. Hours are 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday. Funded by BC Housing as a Homeless Prevention Program (HPP).
Provided by Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS)
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Provides outreach services and support to youth ages 13 to 18 who are being sexually exploited, are at risk of being sexually exploited.
Program includes individualized one-to-one support and referrals. Referral accepted from self or other. Service also available at City Centre Youth Hub, 10453 Whalley Boulevard, in Surrey. Hours are flexible and based on youth's individual needs. Serves Delta and Surrey. Funded by Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD).
Provided by Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS)
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Offers two semi-independent living homes with transitional beds for youth ages 16 to 19 needing a safe place while they work on goals and transition to adulthood.
The program offers a private room with shared spaces such as a kitchen, living room, and laundry facilities. Participants have a case manager who assists with life skills, employment, education, and transition planning. Referral from self or other. Funded by Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD).
Provided by Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS)
27 other services offered by this agency
Supports youth ages 16 to 19 to find, secure, and maintain safe and affordable housing while transitioning to adulthood.
Supports youth ages 16 to 19 to find, secure, and maintain safe and affordable housing while transitioning to adulthood. In-office services include advocacy, housing search assistance, moving assistance, and landlord mediation support. Service also provided at the City Centre Youth Hub, 10453 Whalley Boulevard. Serves Surrey. Funded by Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD).
In-office services include advocacy, housing search assistance, moving assistance, and landlord mediation support. Service also provided at the City Centre Youth Hub, 10453 Whalley Boulevard. Serves Surrey. Funded by Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD).
Provided by Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS)
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Outreach program that supports youth up to age 24 who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk of homelessness, and who fall outside of eligibility for funding from either Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) or Housing First supports.
Outreach program that supports youth up to age 24 who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk of homelessness, and who fall outside of eligibility for funding from either Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) or Housing First supports. Services include one-to-one support, connection to income supports, housing related advocacy and landlord mediation, moving assistance, and referral to appropriate resources. Referral from self or other. Hours are primarily from 10 am to 6 pm Monday to Friday. Funded by Government of Canada's Reaching Home: Canada's Homelessness Strategy.
City Centre Youth Hub: 10453 Whalley Boulevard, Surrey
Services include one-to-one support, connection to income supports, housing related advocacy and landlord mediation, moving assistance, and referral to appropriate resources. Referral from self or other. Hours are primarily from 10 am to 6 pm Monday to Friday. Funded by Government of Canada's Reaching Home: Canada's Homelessness Strategy.
City Centre Youth Hub: 10453 Whalley Boulevard, Surrey
Provided by Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS)
27 other services offered by this agency
Provides 30 units of transitional housing and varying levels of support to youth, ages 19 to 24, of any gender, who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
Provides 30 units of transitional housing and varying levels of support to youth, ages 19 to 24, of any gender, who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Participants work with a youth housing worker to create a plan based on life skills, employment, education, and transition planning goals. Must be attending a day program, school or employment. Maximum stay is two years. Participants must be able to pay rent geared to income (up to 30 percent of monthly income). Referrals can be made directly by Vancouver-based Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) and Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society (VACFSS); self-referrals accepted. Support staff are on site from 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday. Funded by BC Housing.
Participants work with a youth housing worker to create a plan based on life skills, employment, education, and transition planning goals. Must be attending a day program, school or employment. Maximum stay is two years. Participants must be able to pay rent geared to income (up to 30 percent of monthly income). Referrals can be made directly by Vancouver-based Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) and Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society (VACFSS); self-referrals accepted. Support staff are on site from 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday. Funded by BC Housing.
Provided by Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS)
27 other services offered by this agency
A residential treatment program for up to 20 youth ages 13 to 18 who live in the Fraser Valley who want to work towards a healthier life.
A team of addiction specialists offer individualized care and support; cultural programming is also available for Indigenous youth. Services include assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation with a strong focus on nature-based treatment. Stay is up to six months. Referral is through the Fraser Health Mental Health and Substance Use Team; prior to referral, youth need to be connected to a comunity health professional such as a Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) social worker, Fraser Health MHSU clinician, Child and Youth Mental clinician, or Fraser Health-contracted substance use counsellor. Funded by Fraser Health and BC Housing.
Provided by Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS)
27 other services offered by this agency
Provides transitional housing support to young adults, ages 19 to 24, of any gender who are homeless or who are at risk of homelessness.
Provides transitional housing support to young adults, ages 19 to 24, of any gender who are homeless or who are at risk of homelessness. Offers a private room and shared kitchen, living room, and laundry spaces. Support staff are on site 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Participants work with a youth housing worker to create a plan based on life skills, employment, education, and transition-planning goals their goals. Must be attending a day program, school, or employment. Maximum stay is two years. Participants must be able to pay rent geared to income (up to 30 percent of monthly income). Referrals can be made directly by Vancouver-based Ministry of Children and Family Services (MCFD) and Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society (VACFSS); self-referrals accepted.
Offers a private room and shared kitchen, living room, and laundry spaces. Support staff are on site 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Participants work with a youth housing worker to create a plan based on life skills, employment, education, and transition-planning goals their goals. Must be attending a day program, school, or employment. Maximum stay is two years. Participants must be able to pay rent geared to income (up to 30 percent of monthly income). Referrals can be made directly by Vancouver-based Ministry of Children and Family Services (MCFD) and Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society (VACFSS); self-referrals accepted.
Provided by Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS)
27 other services offered by this agency
Provides support to help job seekers who are unemployed or precariously employed and legally allowed to work in BC, find and maintain employment and improve employment readiness.
Provides support to help job seekers who are unemployed or precariously employed and legally allowed to work in BC, find and maintain employment and improve employment readiness. Individuals must be legally allowed to work in BC. Online services include career exploration and labour market information, job search resources, webinars, and self-assessment tools. Offers job search workshops, essential skills training for employment readiness, short-term training to meet minimum entry requirements or develop specific skills for a job or an industry, and self-employment services. Also offers case management and one-to-one employment planning services to individuals needing more guidance and support, and delivers skills training programs to prepare vulnerable British Columbians for entry, or return to, sustainable employment. May provide supplemental services such as customized job placement and work experience placement, as well as specialized employment and training programs for clients with significant barriers to employment, including for youth, individuals with disabilities, immigrants, refugees, and refugee claimants, people recovering from substance use or mental health issues, and women fleeing family violence, survivors of violence and/or abuse, sexual assault, or with histories of abuse or trauma; programs may be delivered in partnership with community agencies. For eligible individuals, also provides wage subsidy services, financial support for apprenticeships, and financial assistance for dependent care, transportation to job interviews, and tools. Self-serve resource area, open to any person in BC, provides career and job search resources, job postings, career-related books and labour market information, and access to computers, internet, phone, photocopiers, and scanners. Services are free of charge. Referral accepted from self or other. Registration is online or in-person. Hours are 9 am to 5 pm Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and 9 am to 6 pm Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Funded by Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction (MSDPR).
Individuals must be legally allowed to work in BC. Online services include career exploration and labour market information, job search resources, webinars, and self-assessment tools. Offers job search workshops, essential skills training for employment readiness, short-term training to meet minimum entry requirements or develop specific skills for a job or an industry, and self-employment services. Also offers case management and one-to-one employment planning services to individuals needing more guidance and support, and delivers skills training programs to prepare vulnerable British Columbians for entry, or return to, sustainable employment. May provide supplemental services such as customized job placement and work experience placement, as well as specialized employment and training programs for clients with significant barriers to employment, including for youth, individuals with disabilities, immigrants, refugees, and refugee claimants, people recovering from substance use or mental health issues, and women fleeing family violence, survivors of violence and/or abuse, sexual assault, or with histories of abuse or trauma; programs may be delivered in partnership with community agencies. For eligible individuals, also provides wage subsidy services, financial support for apprenticeships, and financial assistance for dependent care, transportation to job interviews, and tools. Self-serve resource area, open to any person in BC, provides career and job search resources, job postings, career-related books and labour market information, and access to computers, internet, phone, photocopiers, and scanners. Services are free of charge. Referral accepted from self or other. Registration is online or in-person. Hours are 9 am to 5 pm Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and 9 am to 6 pm Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Funded by Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction (MSDPR).
Provided by Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS)
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Supports youth ages 16 to 19 in foster care to transition to living independently.
Supports youth ages 16 to 19 in foster care to transition to living independently. Provides outreach, counselling, and after-hours support to assist youth in developing life skills. Referrals are through Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) or Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society (VACFSS).
Provides outreach, counselling, and after-hours support to assist youth in developing life skills. Referrals are through Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) or Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society (VACFSS).