The Adoptive Families Association of BC has supported adoption and adoptive families since 1977. Our province-wide family services ensure that people considering adoption and those who have already adopted, are educated and supported. We are dedicated to finding a family for every child.

Providing programs for young people, resources for teachers and artists, and advocacy for arts in education throughout British Columbia.

Arts Umbrella is Canada's visual and performing arts institute for young people ages 2 to 19. Our mandate is to deliver the highest quality visual and performing arts training to young people in the community regardless of their financial means. Arts Umbrella helps children to develop creativity, independent thinking, technical skills, talent and personal growth, inspiring kids for life. 

A community-based social services organization dedicated to providing necessary practical supports to young people at risk, while challenging and encouraging them to take steps toward successful independent living.

We are a provincial organization serving Aboriginal early childhood programs throughout British Columbia. Our mission is to Build on our Nations " Past for our Children's Future. We have much to offer, including training workshops, a lending library, rotating curriculum boxes, a traveling child care advisor, annual conferences, newsletters and more!

The BC Association for Community Living advocates for people with developmental disabilities, and for their families.  Acts as a resource for local associations throughout BC that provide educational workshops, publications, resources and advocacy.  Hours are 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday

BC Association of Family Resource Program is a networking, consulting and advocacy organization that has been working to strengthen and support families in BC since 1989. This organization supports its members' efforts to empower families and communities so they can foster the healthy development of children within the context of the family.

Affirming that the family in all its diversity is the foundation of society, our mission is to strengthen, encourage and support families through information, education, research and advocacy. A leading edge force in the field of family life education; and provides training and resources that strengthen family relationships.

 

The Institute's vision is of a province and a society without family violence where individuals, families and communities are caring, respectful and supportive.

The society's mandate is to support children with disabilities throughout British Columbia by providing programs and services designed specifically to promote self-esteem and self-confidence.

"We commit to Canada's young people that we will be leaders in providing them with the highestquality, volunteer based mentoring programs."

• Big Brothers and Sisters of the Okanagan
• Big Brothers and Sisters of Prince George
• Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland

We are a national group of emergency services. Throughout the year we host many events with high publicity and media coverage to raise money and awareness for children with life-threatening illnesses.

Boys and Girls Clubs, with families and other adults, offer children and youth opportunities to develop skills, knowledge and values they seek to become fulfilled individuals. Okanagan Clubs

The Studio is now entering its eighteenth year of operation, providing a free and safe haven for Vancouver street youth in an atmosphere of friendly, creative activity. This includes writing, drawing in various media, acrylic and oil painting

Camp Jubilee Retreat and Conference Centre works to provide a quality summer camp experience for all children. We find sponsorship for over 80% of the children attending our summer camp. The camp is located 30 minutes from Vancouver by boat up beautiful Indian Arm. We also cater to groups looking for an outdoor experience.

he Childhood Cancer Foundation ~ Candlelighters Canada is a national volunteer charitable organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for families experiencing the effects of childhood cancer through the provision of resources, parent support and the promotion of research.

The only fully operational children's hospice in North America providing hospice care free of charge to children and their entire families. It is regarded as one of the leading children's hospices in the world.

Mary Manning Centre is Victoria's only non-profit agency dedicated to treating child victims of sexual abuse. In addition, to prevent the sexual abuse of children and youth and to respond to the needs of children, youth and families who experience sexual abuse or who may be at risk for abuse.

The goal of Child Crisis Network is to help locate and prevent missing children by making timely information accessible to the public though the use of leading-edge network technologies.
1-888-326-5352 - Answered 24 hours-a-day

A nonprofit society made up of citizens of the community concerned with the growing numbers of children being coerced into and exploited within the sex trade. Our main goal is to increase public awareness about the problem by providing education and prevention strategies for youth, their families, educators and service providers.

An international, non-denominational, non-political volunteer organization dedicated to promoting cross-cultural understanding through peace education programs for children aged 11 to 19.    CISV Vancouver

Every year, Children's Miracle Network hospitals treat 17 million children for every disease and injury imaginable. Children's Miracle Network hospitals impact the lives of more children than any other children's organization in the world. Children's hospitals provide state-of-the-art care, life-saving research and preventative education for children 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Since 1987 the B.C./Yukon Chapter located in Burnaby has had the privilege of granting  wishes for children all across our region. Through the tireless efforts of our volunteers, sponsors and donors we've all contributed to the quality of the lives of these children. The funds to grant our wishes have been raised without assistance from government agencies. Our success is attributed to generous public and corporate fundraisers, special events, planned gifts, donated goods and services that help increase public awareness for our Foundation. It is help from individuals and corporations that ensure we never have to say "no" to an eligible wish child.

The Chilliwack Society for Community Living, as a network of progressive, dedicated people, will provide quality, individualized services for people with developmental disabilities, and will support them in the pursuit of their personal goals by offering program options and family support as part of an interdependent community.

Listed here are the organizations and agencies that deal with missing and abducted children in Canada.

Community Living BC (CLBC) delivers support and services to people with developmental disabilities, children with special needs and their families in B.C. It has a board of self-advocates, family and community members, as well as staff located throughout the province. We believe that people with developmental disabilities and their families know best when it comes to their needs, goals and planning for the future.

Covenant House Vancouver exists for those young people for whom there is often no one else — young people aged 16 - 24 who have either willingly fled physical, emotional and/or sexual abuse or those who have been forced from their homes.  Each young person is treated individually and everything from their cultural and religious needs to dietary restrictions is incorporated into their care.

Crabtree Corner provides services to families who need it most. It is located in one of Canada's most impoverished neighbourhoods in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Crabtree Corner provides emergency short-term child-care and many diverse support programs for single mothers.

CPSS works to develop and enhance the opportunities for creative thinking and creative problem solving in children and youth in BC. We teach young people the skills to find imaginative paths to problem solving, enabling them to positively and effectively deal with life and employment challenges.

A social service organization, located in Victoria BC, where everyday people can find hope and direction in a sometimes harsh and uncaring world. It's a community of caring individuals who believe there's more to social services than providing programs.

Dancestreams is a pre-professional youth dance company dedicated to fostering excellence in talented Vancouver Island dancers. By providing extraordinary and unique training and performance opportunities of the highest standards, Dancestreams encourages and supports gifted dance students to achieve their full potential.

The Deaf Children’s Society of BC offers a family centered approach to support deaf and hard of hearing children and their families by improving the ability of the family to develop and advocate for opportunities to maximize their child’s development.
•    We operate a pre-school with qualified American Sign Language trained instructors.
•    For Parents and guardians. We offer counselling, library, newsletters, and social events.
•    For Educators and relevant professionals. We offer books, videos, and other teaching materials specifically catered for deaf and hard of hearing children.

Founded by parents of deaf children, Family Network for Deaf Children (FNDC) offers workshops, videos, and a newsletter and information bulletins supporting and providing information to parents of Deaf and hard-of-hearing children and the communities that support them.

At some point in life, everyone gets stuck. Since 1928, people experiencing challenges have been turning to Family Services of Greater Vancouver—a community-based not-for-profit organization providing crucial social services to children, youth, adults, and families across Vancouver, Richmond, Burnaby, New Westminster, and Surrey. We offer support, provide hope, and present opportunities—helping people realize and create possibilities for themselves. All of our work is about building healthy, vibrant tomorrows.
Counselling & Support-Youth Services-Addiction Services-Community Education-Employment & Skills-Adoption Services-Employee Assistance

Our Mission:
Children and youth must receive a first call on society's resources because we value them as children and youth and because they are our future. First Call is a coalition of individuals and organizations whose purpose is to create greater understanding of and advocacy for legislation, policy, and practice to ensure that all children and youth have the opportunities and resources required to achieve their full potential and to participate in the challenges of creating a better society. List of Coalition Partners

Provides services that enhance the quality of life of children with disabilities and their families through direct therapy, early intervention, family support, and community education

"Especially for parents and families who are struggling with addiction!" FGTA is working to improve the lives of drug users, their families and friends, since 1999. We realized that it wasn't just the disease that was the problem, it was the treatment (or, more to the point, the lack of treatment).

To enable children and adults with Autism and other Pervasive Developmental Disorders to reach their greatest potential. It is our role to provide quality individualized services in partnership with the people we serve, their families, advocates, communities and government.

Gather & Give provides a variety of support services to organizations working with those in need, the homeless, those in transition, refugees, immigrants and individuals and families in crisis.

Since 1910, nearly 95 years, Girl Guides of Canada-Guides has provided a way for girls of all ages to develop strong principles that guide them through their lives, enriching their experiences and giving them the courage and confidence to meet and exceed any challenge. British Columbia Council

Dealing with from getting married to personal loses. These may include: Getting Married – Adoption – The Teenage Years – Multiple Births/Fostering – Separated Families – Divorce/Separation - Gender Differences & Change – A Pet's Death – And losses that are hard to define.

Feeling confused? Alone? Want information you can trust for you or someone you care about? Here you'll find quality information, personal stories of hope, and resources you can use to make better decisions about mental health or substance use issues. We're here to help.

Jessie's Hope , a non-profit organization, has been educating, supporting and advocating for services around the issue of eating and weight disturbances in the province of British Columbia since 1985. 2006 brings a new focus: prevention of eating and weight disturbance issues. Read more about our new direction>>

 

Our Programs:

· The Adoption Centre

· Community Access Program (CAP)

· Community Information & Volunteer Centre

· Crisis Line

· The Family Friend Program

· Family Group Conference Program

· Host & Buddy Immigrant Program

· Immigration / Settlement Program

· Kids Count Program

· Special Needs Adoption Program (SNAP)

· Supervised Access Visit Program

Every day, Kids Help Phone and Parent Help Line counsellors answer calls and online questions from across Canada. No matter what the problem or concern, our counsellors are there to provide immediate and caring support, informationand, if necessary, referral to a local community or social service agency.

Vancouver, Victoria, White Rock/South Surrey, Nanaimo and, Kelowna.

hese experiences are so far beyond what many of these kids ever dreamed," says Barb Radu, Founder and National Executive Director. "But are the very things that so many kids are missing -- an opportunity to have fun, spend quality time with family, mentors or peers, and just enjoy being a kid, if only for a few hours."

Our initial interest to locate Trail Community Representatives to advocate in issues impacting Kootenay Children was due to a growing concern for children's well being. Purpose & Objectives:

• Medical Excursions
• Dental
• Education
• Medical Equipment.

We grant the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy.

Our main goal is to see these women and children advance beyond our programs to live safe, healthy and productive lives. Only by giving them total support during their time of need can we help them to fully heal their wounds.

Marpole Oakridge Family Place is a registered non-profit organization. Our purpose is to provide a supportive and relaxing atmosphere in which parents, caregivers and children can meet, socialize, play and learn with the final goal of promoting the well being of families.

Listed as one of the top sites for health information for the public, Dr. Baker is a regular columnist for this high-quality website. medbroadcast.com is a comprehensive, consumer-oriented online medical resource dedicated to providing credible, relevant, mainstream information you need to take an active role in discussions and decisions about your healthcare and the healthcare of your loved ones.

Supporting children, seniors and those with special needs through innovative community projects focused on developing life long skills and independence.

Our Vision: "Every child in the city, regardless of social or economic background or special needs, will regularly participate in a sport, thus developing alife-long love for being active."

We want to help you, and the best way for us to do this is for you to inform your investigating officer of Child CyberSearch. They can then notify Child CyberSearch and we will enter the case into the on-line database. By going through your local authorities, we are able to ensure that everyone who is looking for your child is notified of all search efforts being undertaken.

Our purpose is to help locate missing, lost or abducted children and adults. We work with policing agencies by passing on important information that will assist in locating missing individuals. Once NAMCA is notified that a person is missing, we gather information from the parent, guardian or police and have them sign an authorization form.

Our Mission: To educate the public about issues affecting the community. Objectives: It is our goal to make high-quality multimedia products that will serve as effective social marketing tools for today's youth on such topics as drug abuse, speeding, and other social problems. We also serve as a conduit for the dissemination of information on drug-related issues.

An award winning, accredited, not-for-profit society serving Lower Mainland communities since 1984.  The agency provides addictions, special education, employment, counselling, housing and cultural enrichment services for children, youth, adults and families. We currently deliver more than 40 programs serving thousands of individuals from Vancouver to Chilliwack.

Peak House is an 8-week, co-ed residential program for youth who are ready to challenge the effects of substance misuse in their lives. It is a part of the Pacific Youth and Family Services Society, which has a mandate to support and encourage programs for youth and families.

Parent Help Line is a service of Kids Help Phone. Managed and operated by Kids Help Phone, it is Canada's only national, bilingual telephone and Internet service offering confidential support, information and referrals to parents of children aged 0 to 19 years. Our professional counselling staff is available at your convenience, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by calling 1-888-603-9100.

The problems are many in bringing up our children alone, contending with the emotional conflicts of divorce, never-married, separation or widowhood. PWP Inc. is the only international organization that provides real help in the way of discussions, professional speakers, study groups, publications and social activities for families and adults

Our mission is to identify a broad spectrum of human needs on the Semiahmoo Peninsula and beyond and respond to them in a creative, caring and fiscally responsible way. This is achieved by providing information, services, advocacy and working with other individuals, groups and organizations.   Semiahmoo House Society (Local:Surrey, BC)

PLEA was established in 1979 as a non-profit society dedicated to innovation and excellence in working with young offenders, children and young people at-risk and their families.

Richmond Family Place is a multi-service family resource program working to ensure that all families and their children 0-6 in Richmond have access to innovative prevention programs which provide a continuum of services from pregnancy through birth, to kindergarten entry.

Rock Solid Foundation was started in 1997 by a group of law enforcement officials, Victoria Shamrocks and Canadian Rugby Players.  There was a need for violence prevention programs in Victoria and Rock Solid was developed to fill the gap.

The Mission of Scouting is to contribute to the education of young people, through a value system based on the Scout Promise and Law, to help build a better world where people are self fulfilled as individuals and play a constructive role in society.   British Columbia/Yukon Council

The mandate is preventing child abuse and promoting healthy parent-child relationships by supporting parenting, families, and communities. This is achieved by providing support and information to parents. The goal is building healthy communities, one family at a time.

"To provide and mobilize the resources needed to

strengthen families and communities."

At SHARE, we are committed to providing service to our clients that is respectful, positive, and confidential SHARE values differences and is committed to treating people fairly. We obey the Human Rights Act and work with people regardless of race, ethnicity, language, religion, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, age, disabilities, economic status, political affiliation or national ancestry.

A post-adoption service in British Columbia committed to assisting special needs adoptive families, professionals and the community through support, information and education.

SOS BC enhances the development and healing of foster children by addressing their physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs. We actively create opportunities, programs and services for foster children to become balanced, responsible, contributing members of society. SOS Children's Village BC

Today, in the poorest urban area of Canada, we strive to provide support for people who face the multiple challenges of poverty, crime, chronic mental and other illnesses, IV drug use, illiteracy, homelessness and the sex trade.

Success By Six is a partnership that involves the whole community in supporting families to better meet the needs of their children. Through collaboration, United Way of the Lower Mainland and the Success By 6 Council of Partners have developed key strategies to promote and enhance the community-wide investment in the future of children throughout the Lower Mainland.

The Centre for Child Development is operated by the Lower Fraser Valley Cerebral Palsy Association, an organization that has been providing services for children with special needs and their families for over 50 years. The Centre is a regional children's medical rehabilitation facility that provides services to 1,800 children with special needs and their families in Delta, Surrey, South Surrey, White Rock and Langley.

Our Mission
    The Lower Mainland Purpose Society is a non-profit social service agency whose mission is to deliver a continuum of social, health, educational and residential services.
    These services are designed for individuals, youth and families, who are subject to personal and/or societal distress, marginalization and alienation.
    Through these services the agency aims to enhance personal well-being, strengthen family functioning and increase personal responsibility, confidence and healthy decision-making. Emphasis is on a client-centered approach within a continuum of care model, which focuses on health, resiliency and resourcefulness of individuals. Services are provided in a safe and respectful environment where diversity and connection to community is valued.

SNAP has established a peer support group and trained Resource Parent network across the province, providing mutual and one-to-one support to special needs adoptive parents throughout British Columbia. The Society also maintains an extensive resource library which holds over 10,000 items on adoption and special needs issues. SNAP's bi-monthly newsmagazine featuring timely, relevant information for those touched by adoption and special needs.

To enable the children, youth & families of East Vancouver by offering them a safe & caring environment where they can gain access to programs & activities that will help them to develop & grow as individuals & a community.

"To strengthen our community's capacity to address social issues. United Way has a 75-year history of helping people in the Lower Mainland. We began as a federated fundraiser - today United Way of the Lower Mainland plays a leadership role in bringing together resources to care for the social service needs of the community. We support the delivery of more than 400 programs and services that help people find their way."

UNYA's mandate is to help Native youth in the urban setting. UNYA was formed to address Aboriginal youth issues when it became apparent that growing numbers of young people were continuing to leave reserves for the city.

The mission of Urban Promise is to teach children and young adults the skills necessary for spiritual growth, academic achievement, life management and Christian leadership.

Welcome to the Vancouver Coastal Health's web site - providing citizens of the Coast Garibaldi regions and of Vancouver, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, and Richmond with quality health care ranging from acute care hospitals to community-based residential, home health, mental health, and public health services.

To provide safe shelter, support and education for women and children so that they can pursue opportunities to live with dignity and respect, free from violence and abuse. We believe that each woman has the right to decide for herself the direction of her life according to her own values and needs.

"Services include a toll-free, province-wide telephone service called VictimLINK. It is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, is accessible by TTY (Telecommunications Device for the Deaf) and provides interpretation services for all the major languages spoken in British Columbia. VictimLINK operators provide information and referral services to all victims of crime and immediate crisis support to victims of family and sexual violence. VictimLINK 1-800-563-0808"

We are a non-profit society in the Greater Victoria area that responds to abuse of women in relationships. The Society responds by providing:
1. Shelter, support and counselling for women with or without their children
2. Community programs to increase awareness of family violence* issues.
The Society's programs and services encourage and assist women and children to live free from abuse and promote community responsibility for the elimination of family violence.

Westcoast supports the healthy development of children, families and their communities by providing child development and child care information, referrals, training and resources for parents, caregivers and others who provide services to children and families.

Healthy Children – Healthy Families – Healthy Communities

The "Buddy System" is a dynamic show for younger children featuring songs about expression of feelings, friendship skills, violence prevention, peaceful problem solving, anger management and self-esteem. It is designed to support social responsibility programs through music in a fun format. Come on in and find out more about us!

Crazy activities! Incredible camps! Wild weekend trips! New friends! Zany leaders! So, you want details? Young Life's unique approach focuses on some key elements: We welcome all teenagers; both junior and senior high, regardless of race or religious beliefs. Young Life values and respects all young people, and strives to make them all feel welcomed and accepted.
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Our ministry is involved in caring in ways that are relevant to this generation. We are committed to communicating the person, work and teachings of Jesus Christ and discipling young believers into the Church in ways that are responsible, effective and culturally sensitive.