Multicultural
Multicultural Helping House Society
A non-profit society dedicated to helping immigrants succeed in Canada. This organization provides services such as referrals for job search, health, legal-host mentoring program, advocacy, counseling and crisis intervention.
Phone: 604-270-0160
Email: mhhsrichmond@helpinghouse.org
Website: www.helpinghouse.org
Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of BC (AMSSA)
Non-profit agency providing multicultural education and immigration services. Work on membership, referral to immigrant settlement resources.
Phone: 604-718-2777
Website: www.amssa.org
Langley Family Services Association
Family and individual services. Immigrant and multicultural services. Helps victims of crime, sexual harassment.
Phone: 604-533-7989
Toll Free: 1-800-563-0808
Mosaic
Assists immigrants and refugees with settlement and integration. Advocacy program, victim support services for men as well as women, employment programs, family support workers, translation and interpretation services.
Phone: 604-254-9626
Multicultural Family Support Services Society
Culturally sensitive services available to immigrants and visible minority women and their families who are experiencing family violence.
Phone: 604-436-1025
Website: www.vlmfss.ca
Diversecity Community Resource Society
Services include settlement counseling, family counseling, women’s programs, youth outreach, employment counseling and employment training programs.
Phone: 604-597-0205
Email: info@dcrs.ca
Website: www.dcrs.ca
Vancouver and Lower Mainland Multicultural Family Support Services
Free child and youth counseling. Provides youth for youth in domestic violence situations. Offers culturally sensitive counseling for those experiencing violence related problems. Multi-lingual services available.
Phone: 604-436-1025
Richmond Multicultural Concerns Society
Serves Richmond’s ethno-cultural community as a source for referrals, language translators for new immigrants, South Asian senior group and Leader Training for immigrant women.
Phone: 604-279-7160
Website: www.rmcs.bc.ca
Burnaby Multicultural Society
Phone: 604-431-4131
Options
Provides knowledge of community resources.; Offers a wealth of community services for youth and families, integration programs, alcohol and drug counseling, community outreach workers, focus groups, settlement programs.
Phone: 604-596-4321
Website: www.options.bc.ca
Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society (PICS)
Youth Trades Project, employability skills and work experience. Skills and Work experience, Skills Link federal program.
Phone: 604-596-7722
Website: www.pics.bc.ca
Socializing and Educating Youth Through Volunteer Activities (S.E.V.Y.A.)
Phone: 604-614-4213
Surrey Community Services
Counseling on sexual topics, family, suicide prevention, family mentoring program, 3 employment programs and rehab programs.
Phone: 604-584-5811
Website: www.scss.ca
Sikh Alliance Against Youth Violence (V.I.R.S.A)
Phone: 778-578-0620
Website: www.virsa.ca
India Mahila Association
Phone: 604-321-7225
Multicultural Family Center
Phone: 604-254-6468
Website: www.reachcentre.bc.ca
Chilliwack Community Service
Provides services for families and immigrants.
Phone: 604-792-4267
North Shore Multicultural Society
Settlement services program, orientation and assistance to newcomers to the North Shore area.
Phone: 604-988-2931
Parenting
BC Parents in Crisis
Self-help groups facilitated by trained volunteers meet weekly in many BC communities. Groups deal with parental stress build support systems and help prevent child abuse. Anonymous and confidential. The information and referral line offers information to families regarding investigation and/or neglect.
Phone: 604-299-0521
Family and Youth Service Society (FAYSS)
Parenting mediation, curfew monitoring for kids needing support
in the justice system. Open to Langley residents and Ministry of Family and Child Development referrals only.
Phone: 604-534-2171
Family and Education Support Center
Offers information, education, and encouragement to enable people to make healthy choices relative to their personal, community and family lives.
Phone: 604-467-6055
Ministry of Children and Family Development
Provides assistances to children and families in terms of parenting education and support.
Phone: 250-389-9699
South Asian Parents Together Program
Phone: 604-592-6200
Email: spurewal@pcrs.ca
Young Parent Outreach Program
Pregnancy and parenting teen programs available, along with parenting and lifeskills help on an outreach basis.
Phone: 604-594-3455
Website: www.deltassist.com
Youth
Pacific Community Resources Society
Phone: 604-592-6200
Email: spurewal@pcrs.ca
Broadway Youth Resource Center
Offers counseling, support services, teaching lifeskills, free birth control, STD testing and individual, couple, and family counseling available.
Phone: 604-709-5720
Langley Family Service
Provides marriage and family counseling, support and services for pregnant teens.
Phone: 604-534-7921
National Youth Crisis Hotline
Assists young people by listening, discovering the problem, identifying a plan, and referring them to community help organizations. For up to 19 years.
Phone: 1-800-448-4663 (24-hours)
Safe Teen Powerful Alternatives to Violence
A violence prevention and lifeskills program that offers an assertiveness model for youth.
Phone: 604-255-5147
Website: www.safeteen.ca
Street Youth Services
Offers temporary work as a way of developing skills and gaining job experience for street-involved youth.
Phone: 604-662-8822
The Youth Line
Free and confidential service, which provides information, referral and support for youth in the Lower Mainland. Offers information in education, employment, dating violence, abuse, discrimination, depression, family problems, health issues, etc. Multilingual service available.
Phone: 604-572-4060
Vancouver Youth Service North
Designated for street youth who are in need of safe houses, counseling (mental health and substance abuse counseling).
Phone: 604-660-9376
YMCA Youth Internship Program
Offers internships in federal government jobs for individuals ages. Provides training opportunities to high school dropouts.
Phone: 604-685-8066
Youth Detox – PLEA
Residential detox program for young people 21 years and under who require detox services and reside in New Westminster, Burnaby, Vancouver, Richmond, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Sechelt or Squamish. Schools, doctors and other agencies may make referrals or directly by the young person calling the youth detox line.
Toll-Free Phone: 1-866-658-1221
Website: www.plea.bc.ca
Youth Suicide Prevention Services
Provides services to those who attempted or are at risk for suicide and their families and friends. Short-term counseling and immediate crisis counseling available.
Phone: 604-826-3634
Team Izzat
This team consists of a group of dedicated Richmond RCMP officers who volunteer their time to connect with youth through sports and educational activities.
Website: www.teamizzat.com
United Network of Indo Canadians for Togetherness through Education and Discussion (U.N.I.T.E.D)
Young professionals providing youth mentorship and sports programs to school aged youth.
Website: www.unitedyouth.ca
Youth in BC
On-line counseling for youth who are in distress or crisis. Those interested may call or visit the website to speak/chat with a trained listener.
Phone: 604-872-3311
Website: www.youthinbc.com
Youth Against Violence
This team consists of a group of dedicated Richmond RCMP officers who volunteer their time to connect with youth through sports and educational activities.
Phone: 1-800-680-4264
Website: www.takingastand.com
Buddy/Youth Program
Assists new immigrant youth in their settlement and adaptation process, by pairing non-immigrant host youth with new immigrant youth.
Phone: 604-597-0205
Family Services
Family Services of Greater Vancouver
Gives professional and affordable counseling, education, mediation, and training services helping families, couples, individuals, and young people solve problems and get on with their lives.
Phone: 604-279-0160
Website: www.fsgv.ca
Richmond Family Justice Center
Justice counselors who help families that are going through separation or divorce. Deals with issues related to child custody, access guardianship, and child or spousal support. Family justice counselors are accredited family mediators and offer service for free to people who are financially able to receive financial aid or low-income families.
Phone: 604-660-3511
Website: www.ag.gov.bc.ca/family-justice/
Family Support Outreach Program
A free in-home program that enhances strengths of the family through support and education.
Phone: 604-584-5811
Langley Family Services Association
Family and individual services. Immigrant and multicultural services also available. Can help those who are victims of crime and sexual harassment.
Phone: 604-533-7879
Surrey Community Services
Counseling on sexual topics, family issues, suicide prevention, family mentoring programs and rehab programs.
Phone: 604-584-5811
Website: www.scss.ca
Touchstone Family Association
Programs focus on preserving and enhancing family relationships. All programs are offers to the public for free.
Phone: 604-279-5599
Website: www.touchfam.ca
Abbotsford Community Services
Phone: 604-859-7681
Website: www.abbotsfordcommunityservices.com
Family Counseling Program
Phone: 604-597-0205
Email: counselingprogram@sdiss.org
Family & Youth Services Society (FAYSS)
Parenting mediation, curfew monitoring for kids needing support
in the justice system. Open to Langley residents and Ministry of Family and Child Development referrals only.
Phone: 604-534-2171
Drug & Alcohol Treatment
Richmond Addiction Services
Gives substance abuse, gambling, and addiction counseling
services to youth, adults and families as well as prevention programs for children and youth in the elementary school systems. Services are free and private. Public outreach and education services are also given to the community.
Phone: 604-270-9220
Website: www.richmondaddictions.ca
Alcohol and Drug Information and Referral Services
A free round-the-clock information line about alcohol and drug programs in your area.
Phone: 604-660-9382
Alcohol and Drug Outpatient Program
Outpatient treatment for individuals and youth for substance abuse,
including counseling, prevention and education. Alcohol and drug counseling also available. Individual, couple and family related counseling for alcohol/drug related issues. Educational workshops also available.
Phone: 604-591-1185
Website: www.deltassist.com
Nexus – Substance Abuse Outreach Program
Offers alcohol and drug information, crisis counseling and assistance with detox centers, treatment or support groups for those street involved youth under the age of 24.
Phone: 604-660-5216
Odyssey I & II
Odyssey I & II are substance misuse programs for youths ages 12-24 and their families. Services include individual and family counseling, support groups, educational workshops, skill development, recreation, peer support and counseling. Prevention activities include panel talks, peer counselor training and social/recreational programs for high-risk youth.
Phone: 604-879-8853
DARE BC (Drug Abuse Resistance Education)
Phone: 604-264-2765
Mental Health
Crisis Intervention & Suicide Prevention – Center of Greater Vancouver
Free telephone counseling to those individuals who are emotionally unstable or are experiencing depression, relationship or family problems, alcohol and drug abuse problems or those who are feeling suicidal. Access for ESL is also available.
Phone: 604-872-3311
Counselling BC
A professional directory that has over 175 psychologists, counselors, and other professional therapists listed.
Website: www.counsellingbc.com
Justice Institute of BC – Center for Conflict Resolution
Mediators help families discuss and resolve their differences in a supportive and confidential manner.
Phone: 604-525-5608
Website: www.jibc.ca
Canadian Mental Health
Helps those with mental health conditions.
Phone: 604-688-3234
Website: www.cmha-bc.org
Surrey Mental Health and Addictions
Like other mental health centers in each community, they provide intake services, assessments, treatment, referral to community agencies, clinical case management for adults over the age of 19 suffering from acute or serious and persistent mental illness, as well as addictions treatment, groups, art therapy, primary care clinic. Multidisciplinary teams include family physicians, psychiatrists, nurses, social workers, health care workers, recreational therapists, psychologists, occupational therapists, addiction counselors and administrative support.
Phone: 604-953-4900
Women's Resources
Battered Women’s Support Services
Phone: 604-687-1868
Website: www.bwss.org
Immigrant and Visible Minority Women of BC
Advocate fro economical, social and political rights for minority women.
Phone: 604-520-2225
Richmond Women’s Resource Center Association
Drop-in and resource center for women. Provides information, referral, a library, support groups, multicultural programs and a welfare advocacy. Non-profit.
Phone: 604-279-7060
Surrey Women’s Centre
Phone: 604-583-1295
Website: www.surreywomenscentre.ca
South Fraser Women’s Centre
Phone: 604-536-9611
Website: www.sfwomensservices.com
Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter
A 24-hour rape crisis line and transition house for battered women and their children. Also a women’s organizing center to end violence against women.
Phone: 604-872-8212
Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) - Rape Crisis Center
Provides one on one counseling for those who have been sexually assaulted, including teenagers. Legal advice and help with police/court system also available.
Phone: 604-255-6344 (24-hour crisis line)
Toll-Free Phone: 1-877-392-7583
Links
Red Book Online
The Red Book Directory of Services for the Lower Mainland.
