Resources

Privately run agencies such as Covenant House, Servants Anonymous and New Opportunities for Woman (NOW) Canada Society, also provide a variety of complementary services focusing on the needs of high risk youth such as food, counselling, and emergency accommodation.

Other resources include:

Ministry of Education

AIDS - Information for Young People

Safe, Caring and Orderly Schools - In the spring of 2002, government appointed a Safe Schools Task Force to consult with parents, students and educators across the province to identify ways to address violence in schools.

BC Children's Hospital Mental Health - a provincial resource providing assessment and treatment for children, youth and families requiring mental health services.

Canadian Health Network - access to a wide range of information on healthy living and preventing illness, everything from asthma to workplace health.

Federation of BC Youth in Care Networks

Help for Addictions

Safe Kids BC

Child, Family & Community Service Act