Provides individualized support to help job seekers find and maintain employment and improve employment readiness. Clients must be unemployed or precariously employed and legally allowed to work in BC. Self-serve resource area provides career and job search re...

Provides support to help job seekers who are unemployed or precariously employed and legally allowed to work in BC, find and maintain employment and improve employment readiness. Online services include career exploration and labour market information, job sea...

Provides support to help job seekers who are unemployed or precariously employed and legally allowed to work in BC, find and maintain employment and improve employment readiness. Online services include career exploration and labour market information, job sea...

Provides inclusive support services for at-risk children and youth, and for adults with developmental disabilities living on the Lower Mainland. Also provides outreach, customized and self-employment, and community inclusion services. Operates staffed resident...

Network for workplace justice builds collective power through community organizing by and for precarious and non-unionized workers across BC. Know Your Rights resources provide information on employment rights; resources are available in English, Spanish, Chin...

The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) provides contributors and their families with retirement (age 60 and over), disability, survivor, death, and children's benefits. The Old Age Security (OAS) pension is available from age 65 to most Canadians who have lived here fo...

Assures a guaranteed minimum monthly income for BC residents aged 65 and over receiving the federal Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS)/ Old Age Security (OAS) or federal Allowance (formerly Spouse's Allowance). If the income level of an eligible senior's total...

Provides eligible BCEA recipients with the following extra assistance related to health supplements and medical costs: diet/nutritional supplements related to a medical condition, natal supplement, medical equipment and supplies (including adult diapers), opti...

Assists in paying for eligible medications prescribed by a physician, dentist, midwife, nurse practitioner, optometrist, or podiatrist licensed and practicing in BC; insulin, needles, syringes, and insulin pumps, and insulin pump supplies for all people with d...

The Personal Assistance Program provides financial aid to children with speech and hearing disorders up to age 19 for medical needs when funding is not available from other sources. Applications must be sponsored and submitted by an Elks or Royal Purple Lodge,...

Facilitates low-cost orthodontic treatment of eligible children and youth under age 14. Application process includes financial assessment and those accepted are treated by a local participating orthodontist. One-time administrative fee of $500 is required. App...

Offers taxable cash grants to registered apprentices in a designated Red Seal trade. Eligible applicants are a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or protected person; not a high school student; a registered apprentice with an employer, trust fund, union tra...