Offers intensive, short-term mediation to help improve family communication and create better understanding. Serves families in crisis, including when youth have left the home or are at risk of leaving home. Serves Anmore, Belcarra, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, ...

Provides community-based support to children up to age 12 and their families; must be a resident of the Tri-Cities area, Anmore, or Belcarra. Services include clinical and in-home counselling. Purpose is to help achieve family goals and avoid family breakdown....

Provides individual and family counselling to all age groups, addressing issues such as personal growth, relationships, parenting, and family violence. Youth services feature counselling, school-based skill development groups, and a multicultural program for a...

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 cou...

Provides a range of mental health focused services, including specialized clinical and support services, to help families cope successfully with the requirements of raising children ages 12 and under with significant and persistent behaviour challenges. Servic...

Offers an intensive, 90 day, in-home family preservation service as an alternative to removing children from their families. Counselling, parenting, and life skills are taught, and families are linked to community resources that can assist them in sustaining t...

Offers a fee-based counselling program for children, youth, families, individuals, and couples. Counselling is available in English, Farsi, French, and German. Interpretation services can be arranged. Services are also offered to clients who are deaf or hard-o...

Provides free counselling for parents, couples, and families with children age 18 or under, who live in Surrey or White Rock; counselling may also be available for children. Counselling is short term (up to 10 sessions within six months), and deals with topics...

Peer support group for bereaved parents who have experienced pregnancy loss or the death of an infant. Also offers telephone support, in-home visits, a lending library, and a monthly newsletter. No religious affiliation. Meets at 7:30 pm on the second Wednesda...

Empowers families to address the emotional, social, physical, and general health aspects of their lives, helping them create a support network that includes family, friends, organizations and members of their community along with other professionals who can he...

Supports women who are pregnant or have a child under six months old and are impacted by substance use and/or violence and abuse. Women do not need to have their children in their care to receive support provided there is an ongoing relationship with the child...

An adoption reunion support network providing peer support throughout the search and reunion process. Inclusive online support groups are held monthly for first/birth parents, adopted adults, and adoptive parents. The New Westminster Group is held by Zoom from...

Offers programs that provide a continuum of services to children, youth and families. Family Development is an outreach service that provides parenting education and teaches parenting skills to families. Service focuses on a range of issues including: child de...

Voluntary program whereby a one-to-one worker provides support to Indigenous families experiencing life challenges. Assists families in creating or increasing natural and extended family supports in the community and developing specific strategies in dealing w...

Provincial organization providing support, information, and education to families, children, and youth dealing with congenital or acquired heart disease. Regional Education and Support Groups for parents of children with heart disease meet in Vancouver, Victor...

Offers individual and group counselling to children and youth of various ethnocultural backgrounds, including culturally-sensitive support and counselling for children/youth and their families dealing with issues of violence and parent-child conflict. Offers a...

Offers a range of parenting and family strengthening programs throughout the Lower Mainland, with program sites located in Maple Ridge, North Vancouver, Port Coquitlam, and Vancouver. Referrals are through the Ministry of Children and Family Development for fr...

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 ...

Offers free passes for rock climbing and free clinical counselling for children, youth, and their families from disadvantaged and low-income backgrounds; supports them to be active leaders and create successful communities. Provides free, unlimited passes for ...

Provides information about adoption through the Adopt BC Kids program. Educates and supports permanency and adoptive families in BC. Services include adoption awareness activities, a parent support network, and support groups for waiting and adoptive parents. ...

Works to reduce the emotional impact on children, birth parents, adoptive parents, or foster parents when there is a plan for a child of up to 12 years to move from one family to another. Services may include parenting training and therapeutic support, such as...

Family Support Workers provide free, community based, one-to-one support, workshops, and family events. Also offer free, more complex or intense support, including information, confidential support, and connection with others in the community. Permanency Suppo...

Offers various virtual support groups across the province. Some groups have an educational focus, and others emphasize the value of connecting adoptive parents who share similar experiences. See website for details on Facebook based support groups.

Offers support services for caregivers struggling with a loved-one's addiction and mental health issues. All services are free, confidential and virtual. The Parent-To-Parent (P2P) Program provides peer-to-peer support for parents whose children (regardless of...