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Métis Crisis Line

Métis Nation British Columbia

Operates a 24-hour crisis line for Métis people of all ages throughout BC. Services include risk assessments, safety monitoring, connection to local Métis chartered communities and service providers.

Available B.C. wide

Travel Assistance Program

Ministry of Health

Provides assistance with some of the transportation costs for eligible BC residents who must travel within the province for non-emergency, physician-referred specialist medical care not available in their own community.

The program is coordinated by the Ministry of Health and the transportation partners who agree to waive or discount their regular fees. The program does not provide direct financial assistance to patients for travel costs.

Available B.C. wide

BC Ambulance Service

BC Emergency Health Services

Provides public ambulance service for emergencies, medical transportation, and out-of-hospital and inter-facility patient transfers, throughout BC. Transportation is also available for pediatric, neonatal and high-risk obstetrics patients.

Available B.C. wide

Integrated Child and Youth Teams

Ministry of Health

Provides wrap-around mental health and substance use services to children and youth. Multi-disciplinary teams may include program leaders, clinicians, counsellors, peer supports, Indigenous supports, or multicultural supports.

Teams provide services where children and youth feel safe and comfortable, within school district areas. They will deliver outreach or outbound services as well as meet in office settings. See website for regional contacts to access services.

Available B.C. wide

Toward The Heart

BC Centre for Disease Control

Provides online information and resources about harm reduction and overdose prevention. Topic areas include safer sex and drug use, naloxone administration and training, peer worker training and peer engagement resources, health alerts and drug information, overdose prevention or supervised consumption site locations, and information on where to get safer sex and substance use supplies, and naloxone kits.

Available B.C. wide

BC Autism Assessment Network

Provincial Health Services Authority

Provides assessment and diagnosis of autism in children through a network of specialists and health care professionals across British Columbia.

Available B.C. wide

Psychology

BC Children's Hospital

Provides diagnostic services, neuropsychological assessment, consultation, and therapy for children and youth with acute and chronic medical conditions, mental health disorders, and psychiatric disorders.

4555 Heather Street, Vancouver, BC

Available B.C. wide

Stresslr

BC Children's Hospital

Provides a fun and engaging web app for children to learn about stress, why it happens, how they react to it, and to develop healthy strategies to cope with stress in their everyday lives. The app can be used on any computer, tablet and with some smart phones.

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.

Available B.C. wide

Provincial Mental Health Metabolic Program

BC Children's Hospital

Provides management and care to children and youth who have both mental health and endocrinology concerns such as weight gain, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and or increase in insulin and blood sugar levels.

Team members provide specialized treatment including medical assessment, ongoing care, education, and lifestyle counselling including healthy eating, physical activity and stress management.

4555 Heather Street, Vancouver, BC

Showing 151 - 160 of 531 Resources
Available B.C. wide

Métis Crisis Line

Métis Nation British Columbia

Operates a 24-hour crisis line for Métis people of all ages throughout BC. Services include risk assessments, safety monitoring, connection to local Métis chartered communities and service providers.

Available B.C. wide

Travel Assistance Program

Ministry of Health

Provides assistance with some of the transportation costs for eligible BC residents who must travel within the province for non-emergency, physician-referred specialist medical care not available in their own community.

The program is coordinated by the Ministry of Health and the transportation partners who agree to waive or discount their regular fees. The program does not provide direct financial assistance to patients for travel costs.

Available B.C. wide

BC Ambulance Service

BC Emergency Health Services

Provides public ambulance service for emergencies, medical transportation, and out-of-hospital and inter-facility patient transfers, throughout BC. Transportation is also available for pediatric, neonatal and high-risk obstetrics patients.

Available B.C. wide

Integrated Child and Youth Teams

Ministry of Health

Provides wrap-around mental health and substance use services to children and youth. Multi-disciplinary teams may include program leaders, clinicians, counsellors, peer supports, Indigenous supports, or multicultural supports.

Teams provide services where children and youth feel safe and comfortable, within school district areas. They will deliver outreach or outbound services as well as meet in office settings. See website for regional contacts to access services.

Available B.C. wide

Toward The Heart

BC Centre for Disease Control

Provides online information and resources about harm reduction and overdose prevention. Topic areas include safer sex and drug use, naloxone administration and training, peer worker training and peer engagement resources, health alerts and drug information, overdose prevention or supervised consumption site locations, and information on where to get safer sex and substance use supplies, and naloxone kits.

Available B.C. wide

BC Autism Assessment Network

Provincial Health Services Authority

Provides assessment and diagnosis of autism in children through a network of specialists and health care professionals across British Columbia.

Available B.C. wide

Psychology

BC Children's Hospital

Provides diagnostic services, neuropsychological assessment, consultation, and therapy for children and youth with acute and chronic medical conditions, mental health disorders, and psychiatric disorders.

4555 Heather Street, Vancouver, BC

Available B.C. wide

Stresslr

BC Children's Hospital

Provides a fun and engaging web app for children to learn about stress, why it happens, how they react to it, and to develop healthy strategies to cope with stress in their everyday lives. The app can be used on any computer, tablet and with some smart phones.

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.

Available B.C. wide

Provincial Mental Health Metabolic Program

BC Children's Hospital

Provides management and care to children and youth who have both mental health and endocrinology concerns such as weight gain, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and or increase in insulin and blood sugar levels.

Team members provide specialized treatment including medical assessment, ongoing care, education, and lifestyle counselling including healthy eating, physical activity and stress management.

4555 Heather Street, Vancouver, BC

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