Resources for Parents

The following is a list of other community resources you may find helpful.

  • Child Development Resources

    • BC Council for Families
      Contact: Family Services of Greater Vancouver
      URL: http://www.bccf.bc.ca/

    • Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre
      Contact: Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre
      URL: http://www.wstcoast.org/

    • Westcoast Family Resources
      Contact: Westcoast Family Resources
      Phone: 604-254-5457
  • Childcare

    • Britannia Community Centre
      Contact: Britannia Community Centre
      Phone: 604-718-5838
      URL: http://www.britanniacentre.org/

    • Child Development Center Daycare
      Contact: Child Development Center Daycare
      Phone: 604-876-0517
    • Childcare Subsidy
      Contact: Childcare Subsidy
      Phone: 604 660-2421
      URL: http://www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/childcare/

    • Dorothy Lam Centre
      Contact: Dorothy Lam Centre
      Phone: 604-718-6563
    • Eagles in the Sky Association
      Contact: Eagles in the Sky Association
      Phone: 604-718-5866
      URL: http://www.britanniacentre.org/

    • Emergency Childcare /YWCA Crabtree Corner
      Contact: Emergency Childcare /YWCA Crabtree Corner
      Phone: 604-216-1650
    • Grandview Terrace Family Resource
      Contact: Grandview Terrace Family Resource
      Phone: 604-718-5846
      URL: http://www.britanniacentre.org/

    • Lord Nelson Child Care Society
      Contact: Lord Nelson Child Care Society
      Phone: 604-718-5819
    • Mount Pleasant Child Care
      Contact: Mount Pleasant Child Care
      Phone: 604-879-8321
    • Ray-Cam Child and Family Services
      Contact: Ray-Cam Child and Family Services
      Phone: 604-257-6949
      URL: http://www.raycam.org/

  • Food and Nutrition

  • Health

    • 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
    • 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/

    • North Community Health Office
      Suite 200
      1651 Commercial Drive
      Vancouver, BC
      V5L 3Y3

      Contact: North Community Health Office
      Phone: 604-253-3575
    • 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/

    • 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/

    • 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/

    • 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/

    • 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/

  • Legal

    • 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/

    • 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/

    • Vancouver Legal Help
      400 – 510 Burrard Street
      Vancouver, BC
      V6C 3AB

      Contact: Vancouver Legal Help
      Phone: 79879879087
  • Other Family Places

    • 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/

  • Parenting

  • Prenatal and Postpartum

    • College of Midwives of British Columbia
      Contact: College of Midwives of British Columbia
      Phone: 604) 742-2230
      URL: http://www.cmbc.bc.ca/

    • Doula Services Association
      Contact: Doula Services Association
      Phone: 604-515-5588
      Email: info@bcdoulas.org
      URL: http://www.bcdoulas.org/

  • Single Parents

    • Latin American Single Parents Support
      Contact: Latin American Single Parents Support Group
      Phone: 604-879-7140
    • Cantonese Gathering Group
      Contact: Cantonese Gathering Group
      Phone: 604-879-7140
    • Solo Moms
      Contact: Solo Moms
      Phone: 604-878-7104
    • Vietnamese Single Parents Support Group
      Contact: Vietnamese Single Parents Support Group
      Phone: 604-879-7104
    • YWCA Single Mothers’ Services
      Contact: YWCA Single Mothers’ Services
      Phone: 604-875-5789