Vancouver Aboriginal Health Society (VAHS)

Supports Indigenous families with infants from birth to age three who are at risk of, or already have, a delay in development and provides culturally sensitive developmental programs. Offers one-on-one consultation with the Aboriginal Infant Development Program support worker, informal assessment, h...

Enables Aboriginal children who require extra supports to be included in child care settings and communities. Designed to ensure cultural safety and cultural sensitivity for Aboriginal children and families. Supports children in the areas of physical, cognitive, communicative, social/emotional, and ...

An early intervention, home visiting program designed to support, maintain, and enhance individual and family functioning by improving birth outcomes and parenting skills; serves families with children from birth to five years. Also enhances child development, and provides families with access to ea...

Provides low-cost dental services; everyone in the Lower Mainland is welcome, but the focus is on serving Downtown Eastside residents, Indigenous people with status card, people on disability and income assistance, individuals on parole, refugees, and people with dental emergencies with or without d...

Supports parents and caregivers with a child from birth to age 18 living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Services include peer support, advocacy, parenting skills development, life skills training, referral to services, home and community visits, and a weekly drop-in group.

Offers an eight-week intervention program about family violence, including coping and communication skills. Topics include power and control, warning signs, residential schools, children who witness abuse, trauma, anger, dealing with stress, conflict resolution, nutrition, communication, and groundi...

Aims to improve patients' holistic wellness, resilience, and sense of positive identity through connection to Indigenous culture, spirituality, and Elders and Knowledge Keepers; goal is to address the intergenerational effects of residential schools and colonialism. Services include one-to-one couns...

A community-based family centre located in the Downtown Eastside. Contributes to the successful early childhood development of inner-city children while strengthening families with the participation of the community.

Provides health care services on a first-come, first-served basis for residents of the Downtown Eastside and urban Indigenous people. Family physicians offer primary care medical services (except obstetrics). Nursing services are available seven days a week. Specialty services include psychiatry, me...

Supports Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQ+ people to meet basic needs, access resources and services, achieve wellness goals, and feel safer in their community. Offers holistic, trauma-informed "system navigation" supports to help the community feel safe physically, mentally, emotionally, and sp...

Provides five women and two-spirited individuals in the Downtown Eastside community with drop-in mobile primary care services. Patients will have access to Elders, cultural support, traditional healing, and a social worker. Offers general healthcare services, as well as sexual and reproductive healt...