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  1. Provides safe, secure, temporary shelter and support for women (cis and transgender) with or without children, who are fleeing violent relationships or are at-risk of abuse, threats, or violence. Accepts male children up to age 19. Accepts refugees and refugee...
  2. Volunteer-driven organization supports Jewish and non-Jewish seniors ages 55 and over through information, peer support, social programming, networking, research, and system advocacy. Peer Support Services provides one-to-one emotional support by specially tra...
  3. Transition house provides 25 beds for all self-identified women, with or without children, who are at risk of, or have experienced, violence. Accepts male children age 17 and under. Maximum length of stay is 30 days. Opportunity for second-stage housing may be...
  4. Provides 10 shelter beds women who have been impacted by violence. Facility offers shared kitchen, sitting area, telephone, and bathrooms. Each unit includes a fridge, and there are washers and dryers that residents can use free of charge. Hot meals are delive...
  5. Provides free and confidential telephone and online peer support and information to members of the the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning community. Operates three hotlines, the LGBT National Hotline (all ages), the LGBT National Youth...
  6. Provides safe, secure temporary shelter and crisis line support for women with or without children, who are escaping violent relationships or are at-risk of abuse, threats, or violence. Accepts transgender women who have identified and lived as women for at le...
  7. Provides culturally appropriate support and and crisis referral services to former residential school students and their families 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
  8. Offers outreach services for older adults age 50 and up living in the Downtown Eastside, as well as adults living on disability ages 45 and older. Services include coffee houses, one-to-one peer counselling, community kitchens, social visits, hospital visits, ...
  9. Provides information and referral services to programs and services for seniors on the North Shore (Bowen Island, Lions Bay, North Vancouver, and West Vancouver) by phone or by appointment. Areas covered include health, meals and food, transportation, educatio...
  10. Provides temporary safe shelter and support for women age 19 and over (inclusive of cisgender and transgender women) with or without children, who are escaping violent relationships or who are at risk of abuse, threats, or violence. Accepts male children up to...
  11. Monitors and reviews system-wide issues affecting the well-being of seniors and raises awareness about resources available to them. Also makes recommendations to government and others who deliver seniors' services related to health care, personal care, housing...
  12. Offers 12 units of long-term, independent housing to women ages 55 and up, who have experienced violence and abuse. Provides six social housing units as well as six units at housing income limit rental rates. Units are self-contained studio suites with their o...
  13. Provides emotional and practical support, advocacy, and referrals to women age 55 and over who have or who are still experiencing abuse by a family member, intimate partner, or someone in a position of power such as a landlord or caregiver. Serves women who ar...
  14. Offers Indigenous Parent Support Circles which are self-help groups for Indigenous parents and anyone in an Indigenous parenting role within BC. Circles address parental stress, discipline, and the building of parental support systems. They are facilitated by ...
  15. Uses restorative approaches to deal with family conflict situations that involve emotional, physical, and/or financial abuse and neglect of vulnerable adults. Referrals accepted from Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), North Shore Disability Resource Ce...
  16. An online directory listing of seniors care services that are provided by members of the BC Care Providers Association; includes resources on independent living, home health care (includes home support), assisted living, and long-term care. Lists both subsidiz...
  17. Provides safe, secure, temporary shelter and support for up to 18 women (cisgender and transgender) with or without children, who are fleeing abusive situations. Accepts male children ages 19 and under. Accepts refugees and refugee claimants, as well as women ...
  18. Trains individuals age 55 and older to become senior peer counsellors, and helps senior peer counselling groups in BC to network. Senior peer counsellors are lay counsellors who have been trained to deal with the special problems of the senior years; the inten...