Improves access to health care in rural and remote communities in BC by allowing qualified paramedics to provide primary care services in non-urgent settings such as patients' homes and in the community. Paramedics do outreach, working with health care provide...

National 24/7 overdose prevention hotline provides confidential, nonjudgemental support for individuals whenever and wherever they use drugs. Connects anyone who is alone and using drugs with a peer who can quickly call for help if needed. The peer checks in p...

Provides individuals with access to specialists in addictions medicine and psychiatry as well as mental health and wellness care coordinators. Services are free to all First Nations people and their family members living in BC, including family members who are...

Mobile unit offers health emergency response, clinical education, and health consultation services throughout BC. Available to be deployed in unplanned emergency events, and also travels on a planned basis to deliver a broad range of health services. Operates ...

Community members with lived experience of drug misuse cycle around the Downtown Eastside, Gastown, and the West End in Vancouver on specially equipped bicycles to respond to drug overdoses. Also distribute Take Home Naloxone Kits (Narcan) that can be used to ...

Offers a continuum of care to individuals seeking help for substance use issues. Provides coordinated access to 14 detox beds, and 20 transitional care beds in the community. Outpatient services will be provided as clients wait to access inpatient support. Int...

Aims to address systemic gaps that exist for underserved and vulnerable communities across the Lower Mainland, including those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, children and youth, Indigenous, black, and people of colour populations, and individuals...

Provides short-term outpatient services to individuals who live with mental illness and/or substance use issues. Services include 72-hour response when indicated for short-term assessment, treatment, and crisis stabilization; psychiatric assessment; individual...

A temporary stabilization clinic connecting patients seeking treatment for substance use disorders with treatments in order to stabilize the patient in the short term, and subsequently transfer them to a community care provider for ongoing monitoring, support ...

A full-time, culturally-appropriate outpatient program providing mental wellness and substance use programs, and outpatient counselling for the Indigenous population in the Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) region. Works with multiple agencies to provide appropri...

Responsible for the training and clinical care guidance activities for all health care professionals in the province who are prescribing medications to treat opioid addiction including oral opioid agonist treatment (methadone, buprenorphine/naloxone, and slow-...

A 24-hour drop-in centre for youth age 25 and under who are homeless, at risk, or street involved. Services include shower and laundry facilities; clothing, shoes, and toiletries; harm reduction supplies and information; housing search assistance; information ...

Provides a range of health care and support services for adults ages 19 and up with addiction issues. Services include assessment, treatment, counselling, education, and referral to community resources. Supports clients who are enrolled in a methadone maintena...

A 90-day supportive recovery program for individuals 19 years of age and over, self-identifying as men; 22 beds (18 single rooms, and two double rooms). Offers a holistic, client-centered program based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) in a safe, supp...

Provides services to street-involved youth who are affected by substance abuse, including individual counselling, crisis intervention, referrals, and drug/alcohol information and education. Also offers assessment and referral to detox and residential treatment...

Provides free integrated health and social services for youth ages 12 to 24 and their families. Mental health care, substance use services, primary health care, youth and family peer supports, and social services are accessible under one roof. Peer support is ...

Privately run medical clinic offers long-term stabilization on methadone, suboxone, and slow-releasing oral morphine for adults 19 and older who misuse heroin or other opiates. Clients also have access to counselling and referral to residential treatment. Fees...

Provides a range of health care and support services for adults ages 19 and up with addiction issues. Services include assessment, treatment, counselling, education, and referral to community resources. Supports clients who are enrolled in a methadone maintena...

Privately-run clinic provides an outpatient, multidisciplinary methadone or suboxone treatment program for people who misuse heroin. Patients of the clinic have access to in-house counselling services. Fees are $70/month; subsidies may be available. Following ...

Medically monitored detoxification unit, located in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, for individuals 19 years and older who are experiencing acute withdrawal from substances. Provides eight-hour nursing care and a daily attending physician in order to ensure a s...

A 50-bed residential treatment facility that serves men 19 years and over who have a substance addiction. Phase 1 is a 90-day residential treatment program; accepts self-referrals. The full-time program is based on 12-step programs. It includes individual and ...

Residential detox facility staffed 24-hours by health care support workers. Provides 12 private rooms, 12-hour nursing care, assessment, and referrals to post-detox treatment and recovery resources. Offers withdrawal management for most substances, except alco...

Operates a drop-in clinical pharmacy specializing in comprehensive medication management and support of people with mental health and addiction issues. Also offers support programs for psychosis and hepatitis C; access to nurses and social workers; and informa...

Aims to improve social, emotional, and spiritual well-being through volunteer efforts of faith-inspired Muslims. Provides a variety of services to residents of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and Surrey, including take-away meals, addictions and mental health co...

Develops and manages affordable housing in Vancouver and Richmond for adults with mental illness issues. Housing options provide various levels of support, recognizing that people require different levels of support during their recovery process. Short-term co...