Provides social housing, healthcare, harm reduction, health promotion, and support for vulnerable and under-served individuals with physical and/or mental health/behavioural issues, substance dependencies, forensic history, and/or homelessness). Serves Vancouver (primarily the Downtown Eastside) and Victoria. Nonprofit society, registered charity.
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Provides 100 units of low-barrier permanent housing for individuals living with physical and mental health issues, substance use issues, and other challenges.
Supports include mental health workers, an on-site nurse, and a social worker.
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Provides 40 units of single room occupancy (SRO) social housing for individuals living with concurrent disorders.
Services and support include PHS mental health workers, tenant support team, nurse, access to clinical team and social worker, food program, community kitchen, staff-led outings, and movie nights.
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Provides low-cost beer and wine to community members with severe alcohol use disorder in order to prevent the consumption of non-beverage alcohol.
Clients may exchange non-beverage alcohol for limited amounts of member-brewed beer and wine. Peer employment opportunities making beer and wine using kits are available. Referrals to other services are offered. Serves Vancouver. Drop-in hours are 10 am to 2 pm Monday to Friday.
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Low-barrier, 24-hour shelter with 40 beds in both co-ed and women's-only (trans-inclusive) sections.
Low-barrier, 24-hour shelter with 40 beds in both co-ed and women's-only (trans-inclusive) sections. Provides three meals a day, shower facilities, and limited secure storage for personal items including bikes and shopping carts. Wheelchair accessible. Pets are welcome. Intake is from 5 pm; waitlist opens at 8 am. Funded by BC Housing.
Provides three meals a day, shower facilities, and limited secure storage for personal items including bikes and shopping carts. Wheelchair accessible. Pets are welcome. Intake is from 5 pm; waitlist opens at 8 am. Funded by BC Housing.
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Provides 25 units of transitional supportive housing for individuals facing multiple barriers to traditional housing, and who may be homeless, living in shelters, or at risk of becoming homeless.
Residents are provided two meals a day and opportunities for peer employment in the building. There are two mental health workers on site 24 hours a day. Length of stay is determined on a case-by-case basis. Intake is through BC Housing; details and application form at www.bchousing.org/sh.
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Provides 22 supportive recovery beds for individuals in recovery.
Staff are on site 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Stay is up to 6 months. Services include medication management, support in making physician referrals, and referral to ongoing wound care. Also provides holistic programming including yoga, mindfulness meditation, an Aboriginal Talking Circle, art therapy, creative writing, as well as traditional addiction programs (AA, NA, SMART Recovery). Fees are per diem through Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction (MSDPR). Call for referral form; main desk is staffed 24-hours a day. Individuals must submit a referral form by fax and attend an open house (11 am to 1 pm every Thursday) before being contacted by staff regarding next steps. Residential program registered with the Assisted Living Registry, Ministry of Health.
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Provides 18 independent supportive housing units to people with substance dependencies and a concurrent physical or mental health issue.
Offers a variety of supports including medication administration, help with financial planning, art therapy, and a weekly book club. Owned and property-managed by Sanford Housing Society; care is provided by PHS Community Services Society.
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Provides 81 units of low-barrier housing for men and women, age 25 and up, from the Downtown Eastside who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, or who have health and social barriers; welfare housing rates apply.
Services include access to mental health workers, medication storage and assistance, and hot meals. Intake via the BC Housing's Supportive Housing Registry (604-648-4270).
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Provides 64 units of independent social housing for Downtown Eastside residents who need less support to transition from single room occupancy to independent living.
Residents can participate in peer employment opportunities. Apply directly to housing provider.
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Addresses health and wellness concerns and encourages healing by reconnecting First Nations people in the Downtown Eastside to traditional, spiritual, and cultural practices.
Advocates for the visibility of Aboriginal health issues and educates service providers about Indigenous cultural traditions. Connects community members to resources and offers a place to develop wellness plans. Services include weekly talking circles, drumming, smudging, traditional dance, drum making, sweat lodges, and workshops. Culture Saves Lives is an awareness and direct action campaign to reconnect all people with their culture, especially First Nations people oppressed by colonization. Office hours are 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday.
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Provides 45 units of supportive housing to people with concurrent physical disabilities, mental health issues, or substance use dependency.
Priority is given to people who are homeless or precariously housed. Units have access to laundry and shower facilities. Residents are supported by PHS mental health workers. Wheelchair accessible.
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Provides 147 units of long-term, low-barrier, supportive housing for homeless adults, including those with mental health and addictions issues.
Services and supports for residents include four mental health workers available 24 hours a day, a full-time on-site manager, two home support workers available Monday through Friday, and a primary care clinic that includes a full-time licenced practical nurse and a part-time doctor.
Also offers a supervised consumption site exclusively for residents and registered guests at Johnson Street Community. Provides a place where people who use drugs can be safely monitored and treated immediately if they overdose. Provides harm reduction supplies, along with harm reduction education and referrals to health services, addictions services, and other social supports. Needle exchange services include distribution of clean needles, sterile water, and alcohol wipes; disposal of used needles; and health information to encourage safer injection practices. Provides safer drug use supplies such as crack pipe mouthpiece and screens, and injection supplies. Provides opioid users with free Take Home Naloxone Kits (Narcan) that can be used to reverse the effects of overdoses from opioids like fentanyl, heroin, methadone, morphine, and oxycodone. Operated in partnership with Island Health.
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Provides 42 units of supportive housing for individuals from the Downtown Eastside who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, or who have health and social barriers.
Services provided include access to mental health workers and a breakfast program.
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Provides harm reduction supplies, along with harm reduction education and referrals to health services, addictions services, and other social supports.
Needle exchange services include distribution of clean needles, sterile water, and alcohol wipes; disposal of used needles; and health information to encourage safer injection practices. Provides safer drug use supplies such as crack pipe mouthpiece and screens, and injection supplies. Provides safer sex supplies, including condoms. Provides opioid users with free Take Home Naloxone Kits (Narcan) that can be used to reverse the effects of overdoses from opioids like fentanyl, heroin, methadone, morphine, and oxycodone. Open 24 hours a day, seven days per week.
Maple Hotel Overdose Prevention Site provides a place where people who use drugs can be safely monitored and treated immediately if they overdose. Hours are 7 am to 11 pm seven days per week. Open 24 hours a day on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays during the weeks that social assistance cheques are issued.
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Provides year-round, low-barrier, overnight emergency housing for 60 homeless adults age 25 and over from 7 pm to 9 am; shelter for individuals of all genders, with a separate space for self-identified women.
Provides year-round, low-barrier, overnight emergency housing for 60 homeless adults age 25 and over from 7 pm to 9 am; shelter for individuals of all genders, with a separate space for self-identified women. Services include advocacy, information and referral, outreach, and by-donation clothing available from 7 pm to 12 midnight. Other services include social worker, mental health, and outreach workers help residents find longer-term, more stable housing, or to obtain social assistance or medical supports. Provides breakfast for residents from 6 am to 8 am and dinner at 7pm to 10 pm seven days a week. Health services include medication storage, home nursing onsite (must be a Downtown Community Health Centre client or not connected with any other clinic) with oxygen tanks permitted. Storage locker space for belongings is available. Pets are allowed. Priority is given to returning guests; returning clients must show up before 10 pm to keep a bed. Beds are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and can be done anytime if space allows. Waitlist for the day opens at 7am. Wheelchair accessible.
Services include advocacy, information and referral, outreach, and by-donation clothing available from 7 pm to 12 midnight. Other services include social worker, mental health, and outreach workers help residents find longer-term, more stable housing, or to obtain social assistance or medical supports. Provides breakfast for residents from 6 am to 8 am and dinner at 7pm to 10 pm seven days a week. Health services include medication storage, home nursing onsite (must be a Downtown Community Health Centre client or not connected with any other clinic) with oxygen tanks permitted. Storage locker space for belongings is available. Pets are allowed. Priority is given to returning guests; returning clients must show up before 10 pm to keep a bed. Beds are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and can be done anytime if space allows. Waitlist for the day opens at 7am. Wheelchair accessible.
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Provides on-site medical care with access to health professionals, lab work, and counselling for marginalized individuals in the community; hours are from 9 am to 12 noon and 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday.
Services include assessment and same-day prescriptions for methadone and suboxone; clients seeking assessment for methadone and suboxone starts should drop in between 9 am and 4:30 pm Monday to Friday. As well as safe injection supplies, the clinic also has Take Home Naloxone Kits (Narcan) that can be used to reverse the effects of overdoses from opioids like fentanyl, heroin, methadone, morphine, and oxycodone. Funded by Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH).
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Aims to prevent the transmission of HIV and other infections with a particular focus on intravenous drug users and sex trade workers.
Provides harm reduction supplies, along with harm reduction education and referrals to health services, addictions services, and other social supports. Needle exchange services throughout Vancouver include distribution of clean needles, sterile water, and alcohol wipes; disposal of used needles; and health information to encourage safer injection practices. Also provides other safer drug use supplies such as crack pipe mouthpiece and screens, and injection supplies, and safer sex supplies including condoms. Neighbourhood Needle Recovery Program offered in partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) responds to calls for emergency retrieval of any publicly discarded needles, and assists nonprofit agencies with needle management. Needle pick-up reports can be submitted via call, text, and/or email. Services are available in Vancouver from 7 am to 3 am daily.
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Provides 44 self-contained suites with full bathrooms and kitchenettes for individuals from the Downtown Eastside who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, or who have health and social barriers.
Half of the units have embedded clinical support via partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health. The Pennsylvania Supported Suites (PSS) comprise ten of the units; for residents with histories of extensive hospitalization, services include 24/7 clinical care and program support, meals, accompaniment to appointments, and other support. Wheelchair accessible. Offered in partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH).
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Provides dental care to residents of the Vancouver Downtown Eastside, at a reduced fee or through the patient's dental insurance plan.
Wheelchair accessible. Open Monday to Friday 9 am to 12 noon and 2 pm to 5 pm, except some Thursdays open from 9 am to 3 pm; an appointment is required.
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Provides 88 units of low-barrier supported housing for people experiencing chronic homelessness who may also have mental health challenges and/or substance use issues.
Provides 88 units of low-barrier supported housing for people experiencing chronic homelessness who may also have mental health challenges and/or substance use issues. Services provided include access to mental health workers and physicians, harm reduction, home support, medication management, and referrals to other services.
Services provided include access to mental health workers and physicians, harm reduction, home support, medication management, and referrals to other services.
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Provides 39 units of low-barrier, supported housing for individuals who identify as women age 19 or older who are dealing with substance use issues.
Housing is communal with shared bathrooms and kitchens. Clients receive one-on-one support to develop and reach goals with either a harm reduction or recovery focus. Other services include mental health services, primary health care, medication management, detox, peer support, as well as volunteer and employment opportunities. Stays at the Rainier can be permanent or transitional.
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Provides 39 units of independent social housing for individuals who are attempting to manage their substance dependency issues and making steps away from active drug use.
Staff support residents by encouraging and assisting them in their personal goals.
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Offers 52 self-contained suites for traditionally hard-to-house low-income seniors living with mental health issues, who had previously lacked stable, supported housing.
Residents fall across a broad spectrum of independence and available programs strive to accommodate the full range of capabilities in this community. Support includes mental health workers, chronic illness management, medication administration, financial administration, a food program, holistic therapies, entertainment, outings and volunteer opportunities.
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Community members with lived experience of drug misuse cycle around the Downtown Eastside, Gastown, and the West End in Vancouver on specially equipped bicycles to respond to drug overdoses.
Also distribute Take Home Naloxone Kits (Narcan) that can be used to reverse the effects of opioid overdoses; train people in their use; dispose of needles; and distribute clean needles and other harm reduction equipment. Operated in partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) and the City of Vancouver. Hours are 8 am to 8 pm daily in the Downtown Eastside and 8 am to 2 pm Monday to Saturday in the West End. Call for service.
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A 24-hour year-round low-barrier shelter offering 14 beds for individuals of all genders who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
A 24-hour year-round low-barrier shelter offering 14 beds for individuals of all genders who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Referral required from an external service provider; shelter does not accept walk-ins. Beds are offered on a first-come, first-served basis via referral; beds cannot be reserved. Double rooms are available for couples and shared hostel-style rooms for others. Supports include connection to health services and on-site support staff. Two meals served daily and laundry facilities available. Pets can be accommodated. Not wheelchair accessible.
Referral required from an external service provider; shelter does not accept walk-ins. Beds are offered on a first-come, first-served basis via referral; beds cannot be reserved. Double rooms are available for couples and shared hostel-style rooms for others. Supports include connection to health services and on-site support staff. Two meals served daily and laundry facilities available. Pets can be accommodated. Not wheelchair accessible.
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Provides 33 units of low-barrier transitional housing for individuals of all genders who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
Provides 33 units of low-barrier transitional housing for individuals of all genders who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Double rooms are available for couples and shared hostel-style rooms for others. Supports include connection to health services and on-site support staff. Two meals served daily and laundry facilities available. Pets can be accommodated. Not wheelchair accessible.
Double rooms are available for couples and shared hostel-style rooms for others. Supports include connection to health services and on-site support staff. Two meals served daily and laundry facilities available. Pets can be accommodated. Not wheelchair accessible.
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24-hour, low-barrier shelter providing eight secure women-identified sheltering spaces, and 52 co-ed sheltering spaces; couples are welcome.
24-hour, low-barrier shelter providing eight secure women-identified sheltering spaces, and 52 co-ed sheltering spaces; couples are welcome. Provides three meals daily as well as case planning that focuses on transitioning guests from being homeless to being housed. Includes a medical clinic space for in-reach programming and on-site support services, links to off-site services, and a safe consumption area. Provides individual lockers for secure storage of personal items, and secure storage for carts and bicycles. Wheelchair accessible. Accepts pets. Intake waitlist is at 12 noon; intake for those in person is at 5 pm.
Provides three meals daily as well as case planning that focuses on transitioning guests from being homeless to being housed. Includes a medical clinic space for in-reach programming and on-site support services, links to off-site services, and a safe consumption area. Provides individual lockers for secure storage of personal items, and secure storage for carts and bicycles. Wheelchair accessible. Accepts pets. Intake waitlist is at 12 noon; intake for those in person is at 5 pm.
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Provides 75 units of supportive housing for individuals who are homeless, including those with addiction and/or mental health issues.
Services include wraparound support services, such as meals, health care, addictions treatment and harm reduction, and storage for personal belongings and other supports. Staff are on site 24 hours. Funded by BC Housing.
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Provides low barrier transitional housing for mental health consumers.
Rents family-type homes with four to six bedrooms. Services include laundry services, a meal program, mental health workers, a residential treatment and recovery program, and peer employment opportunities. Serves Metro Vancouver. Office hours are 1 pm to 4 pm Monday to Friday.