Provides information and support regarding adoption from foster care through the Ministry of Children and Family Development. Line is answered by Adoptive Families Association of BC, listed independently. Operating hours are 9 am to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday.

Provides general information about the Canada Child Benefit, BC Childhood Opportunity Benefit, Yukon Child Benefit, Child Disability Benefit, and Children's Special Allowances. Hours are 9 am to 5 pm Pacific time, Monday to Friday; automated callback service i...

Support community for those suffering from video game addiction and their parents. Online resources include information, a forum, articles, stories, videos, a podcast, new hobby ideas, and and a directory of therapists specialized in treating video game addict...

A free, interactive healthy lifestyle program for families in BC with children ages eight to 12. Participants learn how to build healthy habits together as a family engaging in various activities. Topics covered include healthy eating and healthy body image, p...

A support network for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people who were removed from their family or community as children, adopted out or placed in non-Indigenous foster homes, and are involved in the Sixties Scoop Settlement Class Action Lawsuit against Canada...

Provides positive parenting tools and strategies to help prevent and treat behavioural, emotional, and developmental problems in children and teenagers between ages two to 16. Helps parents build healthy and strong parent-child relationships, set rules and rou...

Support group for bereaved parents who have experienced the death of a child at any age from any cause. Bereaved adult siblings and grandparents are welcome. Meets at 7:30 pm on the second Monday of each month, in the upper lounge of the North Lonsdale United ...

Gives hope and support to vulnerable individuals and families through the provision of social services and practical assistance focusing on the basic necessities of life. Helps meet the immediate and short-term needs of people in distress through emergency ass...

Offers a variety of free, drop-in support groups at FSNS offices and other locations. Parenting Gender Diverse Youth Drop-in Group is offered weekly and focuses on building specific resiliency skills, and provides resources and support. Be Yourself Drop-In Gro...

Offers a variety of educational and support groups at Family Services of the North Shore (FSNS) office and other locations. Women and Anger is an eight- to 10-week group for women to explore their relationship with anger. Grief Support Group provides support f...

Offers therapeutic and educational interventions, and connects families to professional and community-based resources. Services may include supervised visitation, group parent training and education, and self-help/mutual aid resources. Also offers informal sup...

Provides free and low-cost social programs and support services for families of children from birth to 11 years of age. Offers opportunities for families to play, learn, and connect in a welcoming, inclusive environment. Services include drop-in and registered...

Drop-in resource centre for women seeking information, resources, peer counselling, and support on women's issues. Offers a single mother's support group in one-year cycles (beginning in September), monthly workshops, basic computer training offered in English...

Provides one-one-one and group outreach support to young parents ages 13 to 24. Offers young parents support to deal with the decisions and challenges of pregnancy and parenting. Services include Prenatal Classes provided by a Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) co...

Family resource centre at two locations for parents, caregivers, and children from birth to age six. Provides a clothing exchange, parent education, and learning opportunities for children. The core drop-in program, Learning Together Through Play, is a play-ba...

Provides nursing services to answer questions about mother, baby, or family health, and provide access to public health services. Services include prenatal support, post-natal care of a new baby, breastfeeding support, parent and infant groups, telephone suppo...

Provides no-fee counselling services to families referred by MCFD for child protection concerns. Offers a range of services that include individual, couple, family and group counselling, as well as group-based parent education and training. Services are time-l...

Provides no-fee home and community-based one-on-one support and intervention services for families with children up to 19 years old. Services are time-limited and include working on parenting skills, family communication, disciplining, conflict resolution, hom...

Offers a variety of parent education programs to support parents and caregivers of children from birth through the teenage years. Programs are facilitated by certified parent educators, early childhood educators, or registered clinical counsellors; parenting p...

Offers drop-in opportunities for parents. The LoLo Family Playgroup Drop-in offers two drop-in from 9:30 am to 11:30 am and 12:30 pm to 2 pm Mondays and Wednesdays for parents and their children from birth to age six. Parent-Child Mother Goose encourages bondi...

Parent community developers organize and host events for families with young children. Community developers also help parents with children from birth to age six access community resources. Funded by Community Action Program for Children (CAPC).

A full service, licensed adoption agency for birth parents and adoptive parents in BC. Client-centred services include confidential pregnancy counselling, assistance in locating supportive services, peer counselling, a birth mother support group, and adoption ...

As part of family preservation and reunification efforts, family counsellors offer therapeutic and educational interventions to North Shore families with children under the age of 19. Services include family counselling, youth and family mediation, and supervi...

Provides specialized support and educational opportunities to foster parents involved with Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD), and Vancouver Aboriginal Child Family Services Society (VACFSS). Utilizes a client-centred approach to address unique...

Family support workers provide support services to parents and blended families with children under the age of 19; meets with families in the home or in the community. Aim is to help improve communication, manage conflict, and cope with stress. Services includ...