Youth Home Stabilization Program
Provides support to youth and their caregivers with managed substance use withdrawal and follow-up in a home environment. The program works with young people who are using substances and want to stop or significantly reduce the use of at least one substance.
Services include support through withdrawal, short-term family counselling and or mediation, home visits, cultural and spiritual supports, long-term treatment referrals, and harm reduction supplies. Access to opiate agonist therapy and primary care services are also available.
SACY - Youth Substance Use Prevention Initiative
Provides substance use prevention and early intervention programs for school-aged youth and families to prevent substance use, delay substance use and reduce substance use related problems.
The program works to strengthen youth's connection to school, family and community, encourage open honest discussion on issues related to drugs and alcohol, promote positive youth development, and to support parents and teachers in maintaining strong relationships with youth.
1st Step Mobile Treatment
Offers an intensive combination of one week and four week treatment programs for adolescent males and females experiencing difficulties surrounding their substance use.
Program is provided in mobile community settings, and is facilitated by a counsellor in a group setting offering lectures, videos, and group therapy. Individual treatment goals are developed with each client addressing their unique challenges.
Crisis Response
Provides 24-hour telephone help for youth and individuals with developmental disabilities in crisis. A trained staff member or volunteer is available to listen, provide information and support, in an anonymous and confidential manner.
Child and Youth Mental Health
Provides a child and youth mental health consultant to work with youth, families and communities in providing a health assessment, create a treatment plan, and to increase protective factors, reduce risk factors, and build capacity to support the mental health of children and youth using cultural and holistic approaches. Also provides referrals to other mental health services within the community.
Child and Youth Mental Health Clinics
Free mental health clinics for children and youth in locations across B.C.
BC Autism Assessment Network
Provides assessment and diagnosis of autism in children through a network of specialists and health care professionals across British Columbia.
Indigenous Youth Wellness
Provides Indigenous youth wellness promotion and suicide prevention through online activities and training and in community based youth groups.
The Cuystwi program offers online wellness quests with themes on identity, culture, understanding colonization, tools to deal with racism, healthy relationships, and sexual health.
Also offers Ask Auntie - a girl-specific program with themes on identity, culture and connection, relationships and safety, wellness, body knowledge and body transitions, and healing.
Trans Care BC
Provides BC-wide information and resources to make sure people have the information they need to access gender affirming health care and supports.
Support areas and information includes accessing care, social transitioning, peer and community support, advocacy, mental health wellness, child and youth resources, how to get surgery, and family support.
Francophone Services
Provides an online listing of BC health resource and services available in French, as well as information about the BC health system explained in French.