Culturally safe crisis support for Indigenous youth and adults in BC.

Provides individual and group counselling to women, trans, non-binary, two-spirit, and gender diverse people who have experienced sexualized violence. Counsellors help support survivors to cope with the impacts of violence ranging from anger and grief to issues including sexuality, intimacy and trust.

Counselling may include safety planning, support circles, sexual assault counselling, art therapy, inclusion support, and counselling for Indigenous survivors rooted in Indigenous healing practices and traditions.

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.

Offers emergency shelter and support services for abused women and their children who are at risk of violence or have experienced violence. The transition house provides safe, supportive accommodation where women can review options and make decisions.

Staff are available to provide emotional support, information and supports for decision making, referrals, safety plans, and links to affordable housing, even if a woman is not yet prepared to or needing to stay at the transition house.

Offers a variety of client-centered services to individuals who are at risk due to substance misuse, with or without mental health issues, with a focus on the homeless or those at risk of becoming homeless. The team works with clients where they are at physically - on the street, in shelters, or in their homes.

Services include housing support, substance use counselling and access to treatment, rent supplements, medical care assessment, life skills support and skill building, medication management, and referrals to community resources and income services.

Provides street outreach and harm reduction supplies to members of the community who use drugs and or who engage in sex work. The teams also provide information regarding overdose prevention and response, safe drug using, recent drug and sex work alerts, and referrals to other supports in the community such as housing and substance use treatment.

Offers outreach services in the Tri-city area to adults who are homeless and or are at risk of being homeless. Services include referrals to mental health and addiction resources and programs, short-term rental subsidy for qualified individuals, and referrals to other community supports as needed.

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.

Offers one-on-one support, groups support, counselling, information and education to support those who are in a caregiving role to an adult family member or friend. Support is available in person or over the phone.

Offers telephone support to family, friends and caregivers providing palliative care to a loved one. Trained volunteers provide a compassionate presence and a listening ear. Through regular phone contacts, volunteers offer caregivers an opportunity to share experiences and feelings around providing care to their loved one.