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Family Support Services

Fraser Health

Provides support to families of individuals with mental health and or substance use issues. Programs include in-person learning and information sessions, respite services, and parent support group.

Concurrent Disorders Program for Youth

Fraser Health

Provides assessments, case planning, counselling, referrals and information to youth in the Fraser Health region who are experiencing both substance use and mental health issues.

SACY - Youth Substance Use Prevention Initiative

Vancouver Coastal Health

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.

Child and Youth Mental Health

Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council

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.

Available B.C. wide

Child and Youth Mental Health Clinics

Free mental health clinics for children and youth in locations across B.C. 

Available B.C. wide

Mindful Awareness and Resilience Skills for Adolescents

BC Children's Hospital

Offers a training program to teach youth mindfulness skills to help cope with mental health issues including depressive and anxiety symptoms, chronic pain and chronic stress. Sessions are currently offered using videoconference in a safe and respectful group environment.

4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC

Available B.C. wide

Adolescent Health and Medicine

BC Children's Hospital

Provides assessment, clinical services, education and training to youth with complex health issues that are affecting their relationship with peers, school and or family life. Youth are helped to move towards a healthy adulthood through setting goals, finding resources, and better health and wellbeing.

Topic areas include friendships, sexuality, home life, drugs, mood and worries, sleep, eating, health conditions, school, and social challenges.

4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC

Available B.C. wide

Provincial Youth and Young Adult Substance Use Treatment Program

BC Children's Hospital

Provides specialized addiction treatment in a supported home-like setting for youth and young adults in BC who need help with severe substance use. Once accepted into the program, youth will go through withdrawal management and detox before beginning treatment; stabilization services are not provided.

Treatment includes group, individual and family therapy as well as life-skills training, therapeutic recreational activities, and access to Indigenous Elders, recreation workers, teachers, and doctors.

4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC

Available B.C. wide

Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre - Dala Program

Ministry of Children and Family Development

Provides residential treatment, assessment and intervention for fragile youth with symptoms like depression, anxiety, schizophrenia or other thought disorders. The program helps teens with improving their mental health, developing social and family support networks, and with learning life skills necessary to enhance their quality of life.

2721 Lougheed Highway, Coquitlam, BC

Available B.C. wide

Autism Funding

Ministry of Children and Family Development

Provides funding for eligible autism intervention services and therapies for children and youth. The funding helps families with the cost of purchasing autism intervention services to promote child's communication, social-emotional, academic, and functional life skills development.

Showing 11 - 20 of 199 Resources

Family Support Services

Fraser Health

Provides support to families of individuals with mental health and or substance use issues. Programs include in-person learning and information sessions, respite services, and parent support group.

Concurrent Disorders Program for Youth

Fraser Health

Provides assessments, case planning, counselling, referrals and information to youth in the Fraser Health region who are experiencing both substance use and mental health issues.

SACY - Youth Substance Use Prevention Initiative

Vancouver Coastal Health

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.

Child and Youth Mental Health

Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council

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.

Available B.C. wide

Child and Youth Mental Health Clinics

Free mental health clinics for children and youth in locations across B.C. 

Available B.C. wide

Mindful Awareness and Resilience Skills for Adolescents

BC Children's Hospital

Offers a training program to teach youth mindfulness skills to help cope with mental health issues including depressive and anxiety symptoms, chronic pain and chronic stress. Sessions are currently offered using videoconference in a safe and respectful group environment.

4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC

Available B.C. wide

Adolescent Health and Medicine

BC Children's Hospital

Provides assessment, clinical services, education and training to youth with complex health issues that are affecting their relationship with peers, school and or family life. Youth are helped to move towards a healthy adulthood through setting goals, finding resources, and better health and wellbeing.

Topic areas include friendships, sexuality, home life, drugs, mood and worries, sleep, eating, health conditions, school, and social challenges.

4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC

Available B.C. wide

Provincial Youth and Young Adult Substance Use Treatment Program

BC Children's Hospital

Provides specialized addiction treatment in a supported home-like setting for youth and young adults in BC who need help with severe substance use. Once accepted into the program, youth will go through withdrawal management and detox before beginning treatment; stabilization services are not provided.

Treatment includes group, individual and family therapy as well as life-skills training, therapeutic recreational activities, and access to Indigenous Elders, recreation workers, teachers, and doctors.

4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC

Available B.C. wide

Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre - Dala Program

Ministry of Children and Family Development

Provides residential treatment, assessment and intervention for fragile youth with symptoms like depression, anxiety, schizophrenia or other thought disorders. The program helps teens with improving their mental health, developing social and family support networks, and with learning life skills necessary to enhance their quality of life.

2721 Lougheed Highway, Coquitlam, BC

Available B.C. wide

Autism Funding

Ministry of Children and Family Development

Provides funding for eligible autism intervention services and therapies for children and youth. The funding helps families with the cost of purchasing autism intervention services to promote child's communication, social-emotional, academic, and functional life skills development.

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