Community Transition Teams
Provides care coordination and transitional support to individuals with substance use disorder and complex mental health needs who are leaving the 10 provincial correctional facilities in BC.
Service includes short-term access to primary care, psychiatric treatment, relapse management, counselling, opioid agonist therapy, and information and referral to mental health and substance use services in the community for up to 90 days.
Provincial Substance Use Treatment Program
Provides specialized addiction treatment in a supported home-like setting for adults in BC who need help with severe substance use. The program is approximately three months long and includes after-care support for up to a year following treatment.
The program includes assessment and stabilization, counselling, supportive treatment, medication therapy, peer support, life skills development, family programs, and education about mental illness and substance use.
1795 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC
Red Fish Healing Centre for Mental Health and Addiction
Provides specialized inpatient treatment and recovery services for adults in BC with concurrent disorder; a combination of a severe mental illness and substance use disorder. The centre also includes research, education, virtual health, and teaching spaces.
Clients receive trauma-informed, culturally safe care that focuses on mental and physical wellness as well as support with their recovery and healing journey so they can gradually transition to care in their home community.
8-2745 Lougheed Highway, Coquitlam, BC
BC Ambulance Service
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.
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.
Alcoholics Anonymous Support Groups
Provides an online listing of support groups available in BC for men and women who need support to stop drinking and recover from alcoholism. Twelve Steps of recovery and Twelve Traditions are used for knowledge and wisdom.
Cocaine Addiction Support Meetings
Provides an online listing of support groups available in BC for men and women who wish to stop using cocaine or other mind-altering substances, and help others reach the same freedom. Twelve Steps of recovery and Twelve Traditions are used for knowledge and wisdom.
Caring for Kids
Provides information for parents with resources on child and youth health.
Gambling Support BC
Offers free information and support services for anyone in BC struggling with their own or a loved one's gambling. Support options include individual and group counselling, day-treatment and community outreach support.
Online information is also available including a self-assessment tool, information for family and friends, web links, and resources.
To access services, see the Meet the Support Team web page to find a service provider suited to your needs, request support online using an online intake form, or call the 24-hour Gambling Support Line.
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.