Resources for Parents
The following is a list of other community resources you may find helpful.
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Child Development Resources
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BC Council for Families
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Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre
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Westcoast Family Resources
Contact: Westcoast Family Resources
Phone: 604-254-5457
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Childcare
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Britannia Community Centre
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Child Development Center Daycare
Contact: Child Development Center Daycare
Phone: 604-876-0517
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Childcare Subsidy
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Dorothy Lam Centre
Contact: Dorothy Lam Centre
Phone: 604-718-6563
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Eagles in the Sky Association
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Emergency Childcare /YWCA Crabtree Corner
Contact: Emergency Childcare /YWCA Crabtree Corner
Phone: 604-216-1650
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Grandview Terrace Family Resource
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Lord Nelson Child Care Society
Contact: Lord Nelson Child Care Society
Phone: 604-718-5819
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Mount Pleasant Child Care
Contact: Mount Pleasant Child Care
Phone: 604-879-8321
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Ray-Cam Child and Family Services
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Food and Nutrition
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Community Kitchens
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Dial-A-Dietitian
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Quest Outreach Society
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Health
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BC Health Guide Nurseline (24 hour info on health)
Ministry of Health Services
1515 Blanshard Street
Victoria, BC
V8W 3C8
Contact: BC Health Guide Nurseline (24 hour info on health)
Phone: 1-866-215-4700
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Children’s and Women’s Health Centre of British Columbia
Ministry of Health Services
1515 Blanshard Street
Victoria, BC
V8W 3C8
Contact: Children’s and Women’s Health Centre of British Columbia
URL: http://www.cw.bc.ca/
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North Community Health Office
Suite 200
1651 Commercial Drive
Vancouver, BC
V5L 3Y3
Contact: North Community Health Office
Phone: 604-253-3575
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REACH Community Health Centre
REACH is a community health centre that has been located on the east side of Vancouver since 1969. We became incorporated as a non-profit society in 1970 with a Board of Directors comprised primarily of community members and patients of the clinic.
1145 Commercial Drive
Vancouver, BC
V5L 3X3
Contact: REACH Community Health Centre
Phone: (604) 254-5456
URL: http://www.reachcentre.bc.ca/
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Vancouver Coastal Health
Locate health care services in Vancouver, Richmond, North and West Vancouver and along the Sea-to-Sky Highway, Sunshine Coast and BC’s Central Coast.
Vancouver Coastal Health Corporate Office
11th Floor, 601
Vancouver, BC
V5Z 4C2
Contact: Vancouver Coastal Health
Phone: 604.736.2033
Email: feedback@vch.ca
URL: http://www.vch.ca/
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Vancouver General Hospital
2775 Heather Street
Vancouver, BC
V5Z 3J5
Contact: Vancouver General Hospital
Phone: 604.875.4111
Email: feedback@vch.ca
URL: http://www.vch.ca/
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Vancouver Native Health Society
Our Mission To improve and promote the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health of individuals, focusing on the Aboriginal community residing in Greater Vancouver. Our Vision To own our Healing Centre and have a stable source of financing by 2010 which, will enable VNHS to ensure a continuum of care for its patients/clients, and provide those services with parity to mainstream services.
449 East Hastings
Vancouver, BC
V6A 1P5
Contact: Vancouver Native Health Society
Phone: 604.254.9949
Email: vnhs@shawbiz.ca
URL: http://www.vnhs.net/
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Vancouver Womens's Health Collective
Health for all women in an equitable society.
29 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC
V6B 1G4
Contact: Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Phone: 604-736-5262
Email: vwhc@vcn.bc.ca
URL: http://www.womenshealthcollective.ca/
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Legal
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Legal Services Society
We're the Legal Services Society (LSS), the organization that provides legal aid in BC. Legal aid includes representation by a lawyer, legal advice, and legal information. We give priority to people with low incomes, but many of our services are available to all British Columbians
400 – 510 Burrard Street
Vancouver, BC
V6C 3AB
Contact: Legal Services Society
URL: http://www.lss.bc.ca/
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Native Courtworker and Counseling Association of British Columbia
The Native Courtworker and Counselling Association of British Columbia (NCCABC) provides culturally appropriate services to aboriginal people and communities consistent with their needs. Our service is accomplished through access to counselling and referral services to clients with substance abuse and detox support issues; advocacy services for aboriginal family and youth; facilitating and enhancing access to justice by assisting clients involved in the criminal justice system; provides services to Vancouver community court; providing community outreach; networking and partnerships; advocacy services; and providing training and workshops.
207 - 1999 Marine Drive
North Vancouver, BC
V7P 3J3
Contact: Native Courtworker and Counseling Association of British Columbia
Phone: 604-985-5355
Email: nccabc@nccabc.net
URL: http://www.nccabc.ca/
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Vancouver Legal Help
400 – 510 Burrard Street
Vancouver, BC
V6C 3AB
Contact: Vancouver Legal Help
Phone: 79879879087
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Other Family Places
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West Side Family Place
2819 West 11th Avenue
Vancouver, BC
V6K 2M2
Contact: West Side Family Place
Phone: 604-738-2819
Email: wsfp_info@telus.net
URL: http://www3.telus.net/wsfp/
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Parenting
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Burnaby Family Life
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Family Services of Greater Vancouver
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Fathering Project
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Information Children
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Nobody's Perfect East Vancouver Consortium
Contact: Nobody's Perfect East Vancouver Consortium
Phone: 604-254-5401
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Parent Support Services of BC
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Project Parent
Contact: Project Parent
Phone: 604 875 6299
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STEP
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Prenatal and Postpartum
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College of Midwives of British Columbia
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Doula Services Association
Contact: Doula Services Association
Phone: 604-515-5588
Email: info@bcdoulas.org
URL: http://www.bcdoulas.org/
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Single Parents
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Latin American Single Parents Support
Contact: Latin American Single Parents Support Group
Phone: 604-879-7140
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Cantonese Gathering Group
Contact: Cantonese Gathering Group
Phone: 604-879-7140
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Solo Moms
Contact: Solo Moms
Phone: 604-878-7104
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Vietnamese Single Parents Support Group
Contact: Vietnamese Single Parents Support Group
Phone: 604-879-7104
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YWCA Single Mothers’ Services
Contact: YWCA Single Mothers’ Services
Phone: 604-875-5789