Provides child and family support services in both child protection and non-child protection situations. Services can include parenting support, counselling, and homemaker services. Serves Vancouver North (Downtown Eastside). Hours are 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.

Provides income assistance, disability assistance, and referral to employment services for individuals who are unemployed, underemployed, awaiting other income, or unable to work. Online applications are available at www.myselfserve.gov.bc.ca. Phone service is...

Provides a continuum of community supports for children and youth with support needs, and adults with intellectual disabilities, fetal alcohol syndrome disorder, or autism. Community integration services include one-on-one and group activities, and focus on in...

Through Park Prescriptions (PaRX), doctors can prescribe a Parks Canada Discovery Pass to patients to improve their mental/physical health; registration is required online (www.parkprescriptions.ca). The pass offers unlimited admission for a year at national p...

Provides MCFD adoption services for special needs children in the Vancouver Coastal region. Services include providing information about adoption to the public, approving homes of people who wish to adopt, providing services to birth parents who wish to relinq...

Provides eight single-occupancy, independent living suites for individuals facing multiple barriers such as developmental disabilities, substance use issues, homelessness, or mental health needs. Provides opportunities for skill-building and community engageme...

Responsible for coordination of leisure and recreation programs, field bookings, culture activities, and supervision and rental of facilities in the district. Offers fitness, educational, and social activities for children, youth, families, and older adults, a...

Provides income assistance, disability assistance, and referral to employment services for individuals who are unemployed, underemployed, awaiting other income, or unable to work. Online applications are available at www.myselfserve.gov.bc.ca. Phone service is...

Provides financial assistance to individuals with disabilities or chronic health conditions to secure employment or establish self-employment. Provides funding for training, wage subsidies, and adaptive equipment. Participants must have a self-disclosed disabi...

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...

Provides financial assistance to help low and moderate income seniors and people with disabilities in BC continue to live in the comfort of their own home. Funds are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Eligible homeowners, renters, and landlords can...

Offers flexible family support through an integrated case management approach. Services include individual and/or brief family therapy; parenting skills instruction; assistance and advocacy to help parents access community, support, and personal services; fami...

Offers individualized program plans or a group-based learning environment for people with disabilities looking for work. Services include career and personal development, assistance with employment readiness, and job search support. Also offers ergonomic and/o...

Assists people with disabilities to live as independently as possible in the community. Supported Living Program provides support to individuals in their own home according to the person's needs. Shared Living Program matches individuals with a disability and ...

Offers social and educational programs for parents, grandparents, and caregivers of families with children (from birth to age six) who would benefit from extra support. Children and parents make new friends, learn positive ways to support each other, and share...

Coordinates services for adults with developmental disabilities, adults with significant limitations in adaptive functioning and a diagnosis of either fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) or pervasive developmental disorder (PDD)/autism spectrum disorder (AS...

Provides adoption services, guardianship services, and child and youth mental health services. Office hours are 9 am to 12 noon and 1 pm to 4 pm Monday to Friday.

Provides adoption services and guardianship services for the Tri-Cities, as well as for Burnaby, New Westminster, Maple Ridge, and Pitt Meadows. Office hour are 9 am to 12 noon and 1 pm to 4 pm Monday to Friday.

Provides communal, purpose-built, and wheelchair accessible four-bedroom homes, as well as apartment units for adults and children with disabilities throughout the North Shore. Support varies according to need and may include community access, household suppor...

Provides information and referral, advocacy, and public education for people with disabilities, and for their families and caregivers. Advocates assist with accessing programs and services, including help with completing forms. Computer/internet access is open...

Provides income assistance, disability assistance, and referral to employment services for individuals who are unemployed, underemployed, awaiting other income, or unable to work. Online applications are available at www.myselfserve.gov.bc.ca. Phone service is...

Provides child and family support services in both child protection and non-protection situations. Services can include parenting support and education, and counselling. Serves Vancouver south of Kingsway. Hours are 9 am to 12 noon and 1 pm to 4 pm Monday to F...

Mission is to strengthen vital connections that support people in need in local BC communities. Areas of focus include urgent response, children and youth, seniors, poverty, mental health, food security, and capacity building. Aims to support a wide network of...

Provides funding to support local and provincial programs and initiatives in early childhood development, out-of-school time activities, and youth leadership. United Way BC School's Out programs provide after-school support for children in Grades 1 to 7, inclu...

Provides funding for community-based organizations to develop practical, innovative, and/or low-barrier solutions that support the health and safety of isolated and/or vulnerable seniors during extreme weather events, including mobilizing and/or coordinating e...