Youth-driven organization aims to reduce the stigma associated with HIV and hepatitis C on BC's children and youth, ages six to 29. Addresses underlying factors that shape how these viruses impact communities, and assists youth to make well-informed and safer ...

Four month residential program for First Nations and Inuit female youth ages 13 to 18 from BC and the Yukon. Aims to provide holistic, culturally-based healing in a safe and nurturing environment. Services include school, workshops, group sessions, individual ...

Provides a warm and supportive environment and four beds for youth ages 18 and under to safely withdraw from substances. Participants can stay up to 15 days and access nursing care, physicians, discharge planning services, and clinical counselling services. Fu...

Provides a drop-in resource centre with one-stop services for youth 12 to 21 years of age. Services include an emergency food bank, showers, and laundry. Youth workers provide support services including information and referral on shelter, income assistance, l...

Provides youth services to the North Vancouver communities of Deep Cove and East Seymour. Services include opportunities for leadership and youth engagement; individual support (immediate and ongoing one-to-one support); crisis intervention and family mediatio...

Offers housing specific support including rental subsidy for market housing, education on tenancy rights, and life skills development in securing and sustaining safe housing. Provides one-to-one outreach support and advocacy, and connection and introduction to...

Provides free, confidential information and education regarding sexuality and health to youth up to age 24. Services include birth control, emergency contraception, pap tests, and pregnancy testing and counselling, as well as testing and treatment of sexually ...

Provides free, confidential information and education regarding sexuality and health to youth up to age 24. Services include birth control, emergency contraception, pap tests (unavailable during drop-in except on Saturdays) and pregnancy testing and counsellin...

Provides free, confidential information and education regarding sexuality and health to youth up to age 24. Services include birth control, emergency contraception, pap tests, and pregnancy testing and counselling, as well as testing and treatment of sexually ...

Provides free, confidential information and education regarding sexuality and health to youth ages 12 to 21. Services include birth control, emergency contraception, and pregnancy testing and counselling, as well as HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STI...

Provides free, confidential information and education regarding sexuality and health to youth ages 12 to 24. Services include birth control, emergency contraception, pap tests, and pregnancy testing and counselling, as well as testing and treatment of sexually...

Provides free, confidential information and education regarding sexuality and health to youth ages 12 to 24. Services include birth control, emergency contraception, pap tests, and pregnancy testing and counselling, as well as testing and treatment of sexually...

A legal agreement between youth and Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) is available for youth ages 16 to 18 who cannot return home to their family for reasons of safety, and youth who have no parent or guardian willing to take responsibility fo...

A five-bed live-in program for Indigenous youth ages 13 to 18 who are looking to make changes to their relationship with drugs or alcohol. Youth may choose to stay in the program for one to four months, depending on their needs and goals. Program is Indigenous...

Licensed residential treatment centre for 30 adult women and five female youth ages 15 to 18 recovering from alcohol and drug addiction. Minimum 90 day stay. Holistic approach based on the 12-step model of recovery; includes information and education, individ...

Four-month addiction treatment program for BC male youth ages 12 to 18 on probation. Participants reside in a PLEA family care home with caregivers trained in detox, stabilization, and support recovery. At a separate facility, they receive day, evening, and we...

Aims to stop youth and young adults from starting to smoke, protect people from exposure to second-hand smoke, and help smokers to quit through the BC Smoking Cessation Program and QuitNow (www.quitnow.ca). In regional health authorities, tobacco reduction coo...

A 24-hour, daily drop-in and referral centre for recovering alcoholics and addicts ages 18 and over. Holds 12-step meetings including Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), Cocaine Anonymous (CA), Codependents Anonymous (CoDA), Drug Addicts Anonymous (DAA), Gamblers Anony...

Aims to prevent adolescent drug use by raising awareness and disseminating information about drug abuse. Also offers outreach programs developed for and with youth who may be using, have used, or are likely to use drugs. Nonprofit society, registered charity.

Provides free, confidential, multilingual, information and referral regarding community resources for people in BC dealing with substance use and addiction issues. Resource navigators provide information about detox, counselling, treatment programs, recovery h...

Offers assessment, individual and family counselling, prevention, education, and treatment referrals for youth and adults using substances. The Substance Use Education Group is an eight-week drop-in group for adults who have substance use issues or who are bei...

Provides free in-office and outpatient services to youth and adults who are experiencing problems related to drug and/or alcohol misuse, as well as health promotion initiatives to prevent substance misuse. Counselling for adults and youth ages 12 to 18 support...

Coordinates referrals and connection to Fraser Health substance use residential treatment services. Referrals from outside of Fraser Health are accepted from withdrawal management facilities; substance use counsellors/concurrent disorder therapists working in ...

Offers an addiction prevention program to New Westminster School Board students. Prevention worker offers workshops in classrooms.

Delivers coordinated prevention and early intervention strategies to strengthen Vancouver School Board school-based alcohol and drug prevention, as well as early intervention programs and policies. Services focus on youth engagement, parent engagement, and cur...