Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society (VACFSS)

Reviews, assesses, and investigates reports of child abuse, neglect, and exploitation of Aboriginal children and youth, and provides services to their parents or caregivers. Supports for families may include counselling, parenting programs, traditional healing, and basic needs assistance. Services a...

Assists referred Aboriginal children and families, with the goals of preventing the removal or departure of children from the family home, reuniting family members, and strengthening the immediate and extended family units. Provides in-home child and youth intervention, assessment, case planning, pa...

Three teams of social workers are responsible for Aboriginal children in continuing government care. Plans of care are culturally specific, in order to preserve the child's cultural identity and kinship ties.

Provides safe alternate care in situations where a removal has occurred, while working to maintain a child's connection to his or her birth parent, family, community, and cultural identity. Provides information and training about inclusive foster care.