Community Resources & Reports

Anxiety BC
www.anxietybc.com

BC211 (Resources for all needs, all ages)
www.bc211.ca (or ph: 211)

BC Mental Health & Substance Use Services
www.bcmhsus.ca

Canadian ADHD Resource Alliance
www.caddra.ca

Chatterblock (Parenting Resources)
www.chatterblock.com

Dr. Ross Greene, Collaborative Communication
www.drrossgreene.com

Families for Addiction Recovery
www.farcanada.org

Foundry (Health & Wellness Resources for Youth)
foundrybc.ca

Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre
www.keltymentalhealth.ca

Kids Help Phone
www.kidshelpphone.ca

Ku’uus Aboriginal Crisis Services
1.800.588.8717

Need2  (Suicide Prevention Information and Support)
https://need2.ca

Trans Lifeline
1.877.330.6366

Two-Spirit, Trans, Queer & Allied Youth Drop-in and Family Support
250.475.7624

Vancouver Island Crisis Line
www.vicrisis.ca

Youth in BC (Crisis Intervention Services)
www.youthinbc.com

Youthspace

• Online chat for youth/young adults to age 30, 6 – 11 p.m. daily
• Texting support #:778.783.8565

Island Sexual Health
250.812.9374

• Text line for youth with sexual health questions and concerns

Booster Buddy (Island Health) FREE
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.viha.boosterbuddy&hl=en_CA

MindShift CBT (Anxiety Disorders Association of BC) FREE
https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/mindshift-cbt-anxiety-canada/id634684825

Ministry of Children & Family Development (MCFD) – Child and Youth Mental Health Services

CYMH Saanich
201, 4478 W. Saanich Rd.
250.952.5073

CYMH Victoria
302, 2955 Jutland Rd.
250.356.1123

CYMH West Shore
2^nd Floor, 345 Wale Rd.
250.391.2223

CYMH Aboriginal Team
2^nd Floor, 1195 Esquimalt Rd.
250.952.4073

Eating Disorders
302, 2955 Jutland Rd.
250.387.0000

VIHA Discovery Youth and Family Addiction Services
530 Fraser Street, Victoria
250.519.5313

• Counselling for Youth (12- 19) & Family Caregivers
• Ask about SMART parent groups

High Risk Team

• Teens (up to 19 ) struggling with suicidal thoughts
  250.952.5073

BC Families in Transition
www.bcfit.org
250.386.4331
899 Fort St., Victoria

• Counselling for children/youth/parents as families experience marital change

Boys & Girls Club of Victoria
www.bgcvic.org
250.384.9133

• Yates St., Victoria
• Supportive Recover/Turning Point Care Homes for youth (13 – 19)
• Parenting Programs bgcvic.org/youth-family-and-parenting-programs/parenting-programs/parents-together-program

Cascadia Consultation Services
www.cascadiaconsultation.com
250.590.7050
#300, 755 Queens Ave., Victoria

• Child/youth/family counselling, sliding scale

Citizen’s Counselling Centre
www.citizencounselling.com
250.384.9934
941 Kings Rd., Victoria

• Adult Education Groups & one-on-one sliding-scale counselling (age 18 and up)

Community Options for Children and Families
www.communityoptions.bc.ca
250.380.6363
830C Pembroke St., Victoria

• Family support services – children and youth with developmental challenges

Family Services of Greater Victoria
https://www.fsgv.org
250.386.4331
1004 North Park St., Victoria (in the Social Innovation Centre)

• Non-profit agency helps children, youth and adults manage the challenges of separation, divorce or transition to a new family structure.

Family Smart (formerly the FORCE Society)
www.familysmart.ca
250.818.4810 or 1.855.887.8004

• Family support services – children and youth with mental health challenges

Foundry Victoria
www.victoriayouthclinic.ca
www.foundrybc.ca
250.383.3552
818 Douglas Street (beside Noodle Box)
Monday to Thursday:  1 – 5 pm,
Friday: 11 am – 4 pm

• Doctor/Walk-in Counselling (M-F 1100-300)/Psychiatrist/Youth Outreach Worker /Discovery Substance Use Counsellor/Transcare BC Peer Support/ Counselling/STI Testing/Umbrella Peer Counsellor

Hulitan Family & Community Services Society
www.hulitan.ca
250.384.9466
902A Caledonia Ave., Victoria

• Counselling for children ages 6 – 12, Parent supports/programs

Human Nature Counselling
https://humannaturecounselling.ca
250.885.0275

• Child/youth/adult/family counselling and groups for Indigenous families

Child Abuse Prevention & Counselling Society of Greater Victoria (formerly Mary Manning Centre)
250.385.6111
#210, 1175 Cook St., Victoria

• Child abuse prevention and counselling

Phoenix Human Services Association
https://phoenixhumanservices.org
250.383.4821
2^nd Floor, 1824 Store St., Victoria

• Children and youth mental health outreach

Queen Alexandra Centre for Children’s Health
www.viha.ca/cyf_mental_health
250.519.5390
2400 Arbutus Rd., Victoria

• Ledger House – Acute in-patient psychiatric services (6 – 16), urgent or planned, professional referrals
  • www.viha.ca.cyf_mental_health/ledger/htm
  • 250.519.6720
• Anscomb Program – Evaluation/planning/treatment for significant emotional, behavioural, psychological, psychiatric symptoms; professional referrals required
  • www.viha.ca/cyf_mental_health/outpt_scvs/cyf_mentalhealth_anscomb.htm
  • 250.519.6794

Saanich Peninsula Youth Health Clinic
www.thehelpcard.ca
250.656.4143
2A- 2379 Bevan Ave., Sidney, BC
Thursdays 5:30 – 7:30 pm

• Walk in for youth ages 12 – 24
• Child and youth mental health counsellor also available

Single Parent Resource Centre
www.singleparentvictoria.ca
250.385.1114
602 Gorge Rd., Victoria

• Counselling and practical support for single parents

Umbrella Society for Addictions and Mental Health
www.umbrellasociety.ca
250.380-0595

• Provides support to individuals and their loved ones struggling with substance use issues

USTAT (Urgent Short Term Assessment and Treatment
250.213.4400

• Adult mental health (19+); referral from physician

Victoria Native Friendship Centre
www.vnfc.ca
250.384.3211
231 Regina Ave., Victoria

VIRCS (Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society)
www.vircs.bc.ca
250.361.9433
1004 North Park St., Victoria

(Victoria) Youth Empowerment Society
www.vyes.ca
533 Yates St., Victoria (hours vary depending on program; email addresses below)

• Kiwanis Emergency Youth Shelter – keys@vyes.ca
• Family Support Services – keys@vyes.ca
• Mental Health Liaison – mentalhealthliaison@vyes.ca
• Life Skills Day Program – lifeskills@vyes.ca
• Supported Independent Living – sil@vyes.ca
• Specialized Youth Detox – syd@vyes.ca
• Youth Services Outreach Program – outreach@vyes.ca
• Alliance Club/Summer Opportunities – allianceclub@vyes.ca

Emergency – if a child’s safety is imminently at risk (suicide, life-threatening injury or mental health). If you need help getting the child to the hospital, call 911 or call the Vancouver Island Crisis Line: 1.888.494.3888 (www.vicrisis.ca)

Based on age, these are the hospital options:

• Between 12 and 24 years old and live in Saanich, go to Saanich Peninsula Hospital, 2166 Mt Newton X Road
• Under 17 years old, go to Victoria General Hospital, 1 Hospital Way
• 17 or older, go to Royal Jubilee Hospital, 1295 Bay Street

Wellness Centre at Belmont
https://belmont.web.sd62.bc.ca/nlc/wellness-centre-at-belmont/

• Offers a full range of in-house, confidential services for students

Aboriginal Legal Aid
aboriginal.legalaid.bc.ca/about-us

• Legal Services Society specialized services for Indigenous people on and off reserve, for both family and criminal matters. Includes information on First Nations courts

 Government of Canada Family Law Information and Resources
https://bit.ly/2PwMp4E

• Information on divorce and separation, custody and parenting, child support and spousal support, enforcing support and resolving enforcement issues.
• Tools to help you locate family services near you, calculate child support amounts and developing parenting plans

Human Trafficking Hotline
833.900.1010

• Hotline for assistance to victims/survivors of forced prostitution or if you believe someone else might be.

Legal Services Society
www.lss.bc.ca
1.866.577.2525

• Provides legal aid services

Peoples Law School
www.peopleslawschool.ca/
250.331.5400

• Provides free legal education and information to help people in BC resolve everyday legal matters. Online service available 331.5400

Restorative Justice Victoria
www.rjvictoria.com
250.383.5801
1933 Lee Ave., Victoria

• Receives referrals from local police, BC Crown Counsel, judges, probation, ICBC, schools and members of the community to address the harms resulting from crime and violence. Restorative justice can be used as a diversion from, or in conjunction with, the traditional justice system

Saanich Peninsula Restorative Justice
saanichpeninsularj.ca
250.652.5274

• Receives referrals from local police, RCMP, schools and other community organizations to provide a restorative process as an alternative to the traditional justice system

TAPS (Together Against Poverty Society)
www.tapsbc.ca
250.361.3521
828 View St., Victoria

• Provides face-to-face legal advocacy for people with income assistance, disability benefits, employment standards and tenancy issues

The Law Centre, University of Victoria
www.uvic.ca/law/about/centre/
250.385.1221

• Provides advice, assistance and representation to clients who cannot afford a lawyer

Victoria Justice Access Centre
https://bit.ly/2OpfnVg
250.356.7012
850 Burdett Ave., Victoria

• Provides services to British Columbians going through separation or divorce

Threshold Housing
www.thresholdhousing.ca
250.383.8830

• Serves at-risk youth experiencing homelessness, aging out of care or fleeing violence

Youthspace
www.youthspace.ca

• Provides assistance to youth under 25 experiencing homelessness

 The Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness
www.victoriahomelessness.ca

• Provides up-to-date information home on the various homeless-serving resources available in the CRD. Includes resource materials to assist teachers, counsellors and other youth services workers to help identify youth at risk of homelessness

Children of the Street Society
www.childrenofthestreet.com

• Offers TCO2 (Taking Care of Ourselves, Taking Care of Others), a unique and empowering workshop designed and delivered by youth, for youth about preventing sexual exploitation. VFCYJC partners in the delivery of these workshops to schools in the Greater Victoria area.

Children of the Street Society

• TCO2 Program (Taking Care of Ourselves, Taking Care of Others), a unique and empowering workshop designed and delivered by youth, for youth about preventing sexual exploitation. VFCYJC partners in the delivery of these workshops to schools in the Greater Victoria area.

 Indigenous Perspectives Society
ipsociety.ca

• Offerings include Cultural Perspectives Training and Gladue Report Writing

Indigenous Corporate Training Inc.
www.ictinc.ca

• Offerings include Indigenous Awareness, Indigenous Relations and Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples®

Crisis and Trauma Resources Institute – Canada
ca.ctrinstitute.com

• Training and resources for mental health, counselling skills and violence prevention

First Call BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition
firstcallbc.org

• Advance the interests of children and youth through public education, community mobilization and public policy advocacy

BC School Centred Mental Health Coalition
bcscmhcoalition.ca

• Exists to advance the concept of “school connectedness” and the body of research and strategies that support the concept

Office Representative for Children and Youth
www.rcybc.ca

• Serves children, youth and families who need help dealing with the child-serving system

Disability Resource Centre
drcvictoria.com

• Works closely with people who have a disability and with other community organizations to find and remove barriers that prevent full participation in life

Alcohol & Drug Information & Referral Service

1-800-663-1441

Lower Mainland: 604-660-9382

• This service is available to people across B.C. needing help with any
  kind of substance abuse issues 24 hours a day. It provides information
  and referral to education, prevention and treatment services and
  regulatory agencies.

Crisis Line Association of BC

• In Crisis? Call 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433) to speak with crisis
  line workers anytime of the day or night.
• Looking for information and support? Call 310-6789 to reach the Mental
  Health and Information and Support Line, from anywhere in the
  province. You will receive emotional support, and information on
  appropriate referral options and a wide range of support relating to
  mental health concerns.

HealthLinkBC

Anywhere in BC: 8-1-1

TTY (Deaf and hearing-impaired): 7-1-1

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