Building Blocks Vancouver
Provides in-home support to help families who are a first-time parent or will be parenting a child for the first time. Home visits are provided by nurses, social workers or program staff, who will visit the home approximately once per week to answer questions and provide parenting advice.
Services include monitoring of baby's health and development, and answering questions about topics such as feeding, potty training, child development, healthy meals, child discipline, and preschool information.
WINGS Housing Outreach Program
Provides support to women who have been affected by domestic violence to find affordable housing, be connected to supportive community resources when they relocate, and navigate any necessary legal or court processes.
Women in Safe Healthy Empowering Support Groups
Provides a 10 week confidential, non-judgmental community support group held in a relaxed and safe environment for women affected by domestic abuse. These support groups are held in various locations and several times during the year.
Surrey Mobile Assault Response Team
Provides crisis services over the phone and in-person to anyone who has experienced a physical or sexual assault by a stranger or someone they know. SMART helps people who are in crisis, even in the middle of the night, with getting medical treatment, reporting a crime to the police, and or finding a safe place to stay. Workers can also arrange transportation for clients to meet them at a hospital or police station.
Service is provided through a partnership between Surrey Women's Centre, Surrey Memorial Hospital, and VictimLINK BC.
Powell Place Emergency Shelter for Women
Provides short-term emergency shelter to women in crisis living with the challenges of violence, abuse, poverty, mental illness and addiction.
Services include crisis intervention, 24-hour on-site staff support, meals, laundry services, housing assistance, harm reduction supplies, individual counselling, accompaniment to appointments, referrals and advocacy.
Crisis Response, Community Led - Prince George
Provides emergency response to crisis calls related to mental health situations or crisis concerns. Crisis responders may include a mental health professional and a peer worker with lived experience working together to provide in-person support to youth and adults in Prince George.
A team of crisis responders are trained to help reduce distress, provide safety and support, help with referrals to other services and offer post-crisis follow-up.
Alzheimer Resource Centre - West Kootenay
Provides information, education and support for individuals with Alzheimer's disease or another dementia. Also offers support to caregivers, families, and health professionals who help those concerned with or facing dementia, build the knowledge, skills and confidence to maintain quality of life.
Services include individual support, community referrals, and a resource library including books, videos, brochures and information sheets.
Alzheimer Resource Centre - East Kootenay
Provides information, education and support for individuals with Alzheimer's disease or another dementia. Also offers support to caregivers, families, and health professionals who help those concerned with or facing dementia, build the knowledge, skills and confidence to maintain quality of life.
Services include individual support, community referrals, and a resource library including books, videos, brochures and information sheets.
Seniors Transportation Services
Provides a multilingual, 24-hour phone service for seniors and their families in the Metro Vancouver area. The program provides information on transportation options such as transit, volunteer ride programs, and HandyDART as well as how to get a Compass Card, applying for HandyDART or HandyCARD, or what to expect when transitioning out of driving. Services are delivered by local agencies and TransLink.
Shelter and Street Help Line
Provides a list of shelter beds and services to help people affected by homelessness find shelter and other essential services in the Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley and Greater Victoria area.
The shelter list is updated twice per day and is available online or by calling the 24-hour help line. Shelters include year-round shelters, temporary shelters and extreme winter shelters.