Hospice Palliative Care Information
Provides information on hospice palliative care for professionals, volunteers and the public. Provides educational resources for the establishment and maintenance of organizations devoted to providing end-of-life care and has a network of communication and shared resources for all those concerned with the care of the dying and bereaved in BC.
Homeless Outreach Program
Provides outreach services to help people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Outreach workers meet clients where they are such as on the street, in a shelter or in a temporary place; and listen to housing and health needs, connect and or introduce to required services, and try to match clients with housing that's appropriate and available.
Aboriginal Homeless Outreach Program
Provides housing information and resources for anyone who is homeless or at risk of homelessness. Outreach workers come from Aboriginal, community-based organizations and are able to connect people and provide services from an Aboriginal perspective.
In both urban and rural regions of BC, outreach workers meet with people to listen to their housing and health needs, connect and or introduce them to required services, and try to match them with housing that's appropriate and available.
Emergency Shelter Program
Provides emergency shelter information and resources for anyone who is homeless or at risk of homelessness. Shelters include year-round shelters, temporary shelters and extreme winter shelters.
Emergency shelters provide a place to sleep, eat and wash. Some shelters may offer additional services such as medical support, meals, access to support staff and individualized help from a case worker, a secure area for belongings, and resource room with library, computers, phone or TV.
Public Housing Health Services
The service has Health Services Coordinators throughout the province that assists BC Housing tenants in public housing developments on a variety of health-related issues. The coordinators do not offer medical advice, but they can direct clients to community services for help, including referrals to mental health services, grief support after the loss of a loved one, community health care, diabetes clinics, domestic violence units, and addictions counselling.
Supportive Housing Registration Service
Provides low-income adults needing subsidized housing with on-site supports, a single point of access to register for supported housing that is funded through BC Housing. Applicants are able to register once, rather than registering with multiple housing providers.
Supportive housing provides a range of on-site, non-clinical supports, such as life-skills training, and connections to primary health care, mental health or substance use services.
Multiple Locations
Gamblers Anonymous Support Meetings
Provides group support meetings for individuals to share their experiences, strengths and hopes with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from a gambling problem. Meetings are made up completely of recovering members and have no professionals or counsellors. Provides a self-help program where members grow and recover at their own pace.
MoodFx
Offers an interactive website to help people with depression monitor their symptoms and communicate with their doctor about how they are feeling.
Users are able to screen for symptoms of depression and anxiety, set reminders, track and monitor symptoms, view past results and progress, receive helpful tips, and save, print, or email copies of results to share with doctors or other care providers.
WalkAlong
Provides online information and resources for youth to assess and manage their mental health within a positive online community environment.
Features include: self-assessments for depression and anxiety; mental health trackers; mental illness and treatment information; self-help exercises; and the ability to share experiences and resources such as links, videos and artwork.
Find a Counsellor
Offers a web-based directory that provides referrals to members of the public who are seeking a counsellor.