Resources For Youth
Chilliwack Youth Services
(appointment needed)
Phone: 604-792-6632 ext. 109
Address: 8972 School Street
Eligibility: Referral form
Services: Clinical therapy for youth and their families, addressing parent/teen conflict, relationship challenges, self-esteem, childhood trauma, etc.
Clinical therapy for youth and their families, addressing parent/teen conflict, relationship challenges, self-esteem, childhood trauma, etc.
Child and Youth Mental Health Intake Clinic
Phone: 604-702-2311
Location 1: The Neighbourhood Learning Centre (NLC) 46361 Yale Road (at Chilliwack Secondary School)
Walk-in hours: Wednesdays 9am–4pm (last client taken at 4pm)
Eligibility: Ages 0 to 19.
Services: A face to face assessment meeting, approximately an hour, will occur to determine what services will be the most helpful. The clinician and the family will together determine if the referral meets CYMH criteria or is better referred to an associate program in the community.
Child and Youth Mental Health (CYMH) Services are under the umbrella of the Ministry for Children and Family Development (MCFD). CYMH is a voluntary service. The CYMH team works closely with other services within MCFD, School District #33, Fraser Health, Chilliwack Community Services and other community partners to provide mental health services to children, youth and their families.
The CYMH team works closely with other services to provide mental health services to children, youth and their families.
Fraser Valley Youth Society Drop-In
Website: www.fraseryouth.com or www.facebook.com/fraservalleyyouth
Location: Sto:lo Service Agency- 7201 Vedder Road Chilliwack, BC V2R 4G5
Service:
We are a community and we are here to provide a sense of belonging to LGBT2QA people in the Fraser Valley. Specifically, our drop-in is open to anyone aged 13 – 25.
Wednesday’s @ 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Contact: info@fvys.com or 604-200-3203
We are a community and we are here to provide a sense of belonging to LGBT2QA people in the Fraser Valley.
Chilliwack Child and Youth Committee
Phone: 604-845-2258
Website: www.childandyouth.com
Services: The Chilliwack CYC represents a variety of community groups, governmental and nongovernmental. The committees provide leadership and advocacy in the delivery of human/social services to children, youth and their families. It aims to work collaboratively, in liaison with clients/consumers, in the design, implementation and evaluation of the continuum of services which enhance the well-being of children, youth and their families.
The Chilliwack CYC represents a variety of community groups, governmental and nongovernmental.
AnxietyBC – Youth
Website: www.youth.anxietybc.com
Service: An interactive website that includes information on common problems related to anxiety, cognitive behavioral therapy, sleep strategies, tools, stories, videos and resources.
An interactive website that includes information on common problems related to anxiety, cognitive behavioral therapy, sleep strategies, tools, stories, videos and resources.
Youth in BC
Toll-free: 1-866-661-3311.
This is a 24/7 live help line.
Website: www.youthinbc.com
Services: Youth can talk one-on-one in confidence and anonymously to a support worker. This is a multilingual line.
Youth can talk one-on-one in confidence and anonymously to a support worker. This is a multilingual line.
Youthspace.ca
Text: 778-783-0177
Website: www.youthspace.ca
Services: Offers emotional support and crisis intervention for youth up to 25 years
Offers emotional support and crisis intervention for youth up to 25 years
Qmunity Prideline BC
Toll-free: 1-800-566-1170
Services: Prideline staffed by trained volunteers who can provide information, support, and referral to gay, lesbian, transgendered, bisexual, qeer or questioning youth.
Monday-Friday 7:00-10:00pm
Website: https://www.qmunity.ca
Prideline staffed by trained volunteers who can provide information, support, and referral to gay, lesbian, transgendered, bisexual, qeer or questioning youth.
Chatline for BC Youth
Website: www.youthinbc.com/youth-issues-2/lgbt
Services: Online chat for LGBTQ support available from noon to 1am
Online chat for LGBTQ support available from noon to 1am
The Generation Out
Contact: 604-871-0450 ext. 765
Services: Drop-in group is for youth who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, two-spirited or questioning Meetups are in Vancouver, Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows.
Drop-in group is for youth who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, two-spirited or questioning.
QCHAT
Call Toll Free: 1-(855)-956-1777
Services: A peer support line and resource database for LGBTQ2S youth in British Columbia, Canada.
Lines Open Saturday-Thursday, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Website: https://www.qchat.ca
A peer support line and resource database for LGBTQ2S youth in British Columbia, Canada.
Resources for Youth & Adults
Chilliwack Youth Health Centre
Eligibility: FREE, drop-in, confidential services for youth and youth adults (12-26 years). No appointment or referral needed.
Services: Family doctors are available to provide all aspects of medical, sexual, and mental health care needs. Counsellors are available to talk to about issues related to anxiety, depression, stress, substance use, gender issues, family conflict, life planning etc.
Location #1: – Neighbourhood Learning Centre, 46361 Yale Rd
Phone: 604-819-4603
Every Tuesday 1-7pm (Family Doctor on site 3-6pm)
Location #2: – Stó:lō Service Agency, 7201 Vedder Road
Phone: 844-827-2473
Every Tuesday 2-5pm. There is also a Pediatrician on site every Tuesday, and starting March a Child Psychiatrist every other week! Everyone is welcome, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal.
Family doctors are available to provide all aspects of medical, sexual, and mental health care needs.
Chilliwack Mental Health Centre
Phone: 604-702-4860. To complete a referral, call 1-866-870-7847.
Address: 45470 Menholm Rd, Chilliwack
Eligibility: Offers services to individuals (19+) and families who are struggling with mental health concerns including case management, support, counselling and education.
Services: Services include an Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI) program for young people age 13-35 who have experienced a first episode of psychosis, or who are at high risk of developing psychosis, including drug induced psychosis.
Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI) program for young people age 13-35.
Fraser Health Mental Health and Substance Use
Website: http://www.fraserhealth.ca/health-info/mental-health-substance-use/
Services: From Child and Youth and Hospital Care, to supported Housing and Rehabilitation and Recovery… This site offers a huge variety of Resources.
From Child and Youth and Hospital Care, to supported Housing and Rehabilitation and Recovery… This site offers a huge variety of Resources for youth to adult.
The Institute of Families for Child & Youth Mental Health
(FamilySmart)
Phone: 604-878-3400
Toll free: 1-855-887-8004
Website: www.familysmart.ca/about
Services:
Ensure that child and youth mental health is a priority; that children, youth and their families will feel supported, accepted and empowered; and that they have greater access to services that are respectful and effective
Ensure that child and youth mental health is a priority; that children, youth and their families will feel supported, accepted and empowered; and that they have greater access to services that are respectful and effective
BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services
Phone: 604-875-2345
Toll-free (in BC only): 1-888-300-3088
Website: www.bcmhsus.ca
Eligibility: All inpatient and outpatient programs and services provided by BC Mental Health & Substance Use Services (BCMHSUS) are by referral only with the exception of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Emergency Unit (CAPE).
Services: BC Mental Health & Substance Use Services (BCMHSUS), an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), provides a diverse range of specialized and one-of-a-kind tertiary mental health and substance use services for children, adolescents and adults across the province.
Providing a diverse range of specialized and one-of-a-kind tertiary mental health and substance use services for children, adolescents and adults across the province.
Bounce Back: Reclaim your Health
Canadian Mental Health Association
Phone: 1-866-639-0522
Eligibility: Referral from physician required and BCHL referral forms available from Team Chaplain.
Services: Telephone coaching for BCHL players experiencing mild to moderate depression, with or without anxiety.
Telephone coaching for BCHL players experiencing mild to moderate depression, with or without anxiety.
Pacific Community Resources Society
Website: www.pcrs.ca/our-services/chilliwack-addictions-and-prevention-services-caps/
Phone: 604-795-5994. Youth can contact the mainline to be set up directly with the appropriate counsellor.
Eligibility: The Astra program assists Fraser Valley youth aged 13-24 who would like to change their relationship with alcohol and/or drugs. Referral form.
Services: Chilliwack Addictions Prevention Services (CAPS) provides effective and coordinated alcohol and drug prevention, intervention, and treatment services for youth 13-24.
CAPS provides effective and coordinated alcohol and drug prevention, intervention, and treatment services for youth 13-24.
Here to Help
Website: www.heretohelp.bc.ca
Services: A BC website on mental health, including information on symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, and how to help a friend or family member. Self-help resources and personal stories on mental health and substance use.
Self-help resources and personal stories on mental health and substance use.
HealthLink BC 8-1-1
Phone: 8-1-1. If you are unable to connect by dialing 8-1-1 from your phone, please contact your telephone service provider to arrange access. In a few cases local telephone service providers may not be able to support 8-1-1 dialing. If this is the case for you, please access the service using the 10-digit number: 604-215-8110.
Website: www.healthlinkbc.ca/servicesresources/811/
Eligibility: The 8-1-1 service is for non-emergency situations only.
Services: 8-1-1 is a free-of-charge provincial health information and advice phone line available in British Columbia. The 8-1-1 phone line is operated by HealthLink BC, which is part of the Ministry of Health. By calling 8-1-1, you can speak to a health services representative, who can help you find health information and services; or connect you directly with a registered nurse, a registered dietitian or a pharmacist. Any one of these healthcare professionals will help you get the information you need to manage your health concerns, or those of your family.
8-1-1 is a free-of-charge provincial health information and advice phone line available in British Columbia.
Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre
Phone: 604-875-2084
Toll-free from anywhere in BC: 1-800-665-1822
Visit in person at: BC Children’s Hospital, Mental Health Building, 4500 Oak Street Street, Vancouver, BC, Room P3-302 (3rd Floor). They are open Monday to Friday 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. They are also available other times by appointment. Please contact them to book an appointment.
Email: keltycentre@cw.bc.ca
Website: http://keltymentalhealth.ca/
Services: The Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre is a provincial resource centre that provides mental health and substance use information, resources, and peer support to children, youth and their families from across BC. The centre also provides peer support to people of all ages with eating disorders. All services are free of charge, and you can reach them over the phone, in person, or through email.
A provincial resource centre that provides mental health and substance use information, resources, and peer support.
Canadian Mental Health Association
Phone: 604-688-3234
Toll-free phone (BC only): 1-800-555-8222
Website: www.cmha.bc.ca
Services: The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), BC Division exists to promote the mental health of British Columbians and support the resilience and recovery of people experiencing mental illness and their families through the provision of a wide range of innovative services. The association does this through advocacy, education, community-based research, and services, well as the support provided to the 14 CMHA branches throughout BC.
Promotes the mental health of British Columbians and support the resilience and recovery of people experiencing mental illness and their families through the provision of a wide range of innovative services.
Alcohol and Drug Information and Referral Service
Phone: 604-660-9382
Toll-free: 1-800-663-1441
Services: Find resources and support including referral to treatment services across the province. Available to anyone needing help with any kind of substance abuse issues, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Provides information and referral to education, prevention and treatment services, and regulatory agencies.
Provides information and referral to education, prevention and treatment services, and regulatory agencies.
Family Doctor, Call PAM!
(Patient Attachment Mechanism)
Website: Register here!
Services: A family doctor is an effective resource to discuss and seek support for symptoms of stress, depression, worry, and substance misuse. If you are looking for a family doctor, Call PAM! (Patient Attachment Initiative). This is the one point of contact to find a family doctor through your local Chilliwack Division of Family Practice.
Self register online to be added to the waitlist and you will be contacted when there is capacity. This service is only available for current residents of Chilliwack, Agassiz, and Hope, who do not already have a family doctor. Residents without internet access can call 604-795-0034 for registration assistance.
Mindcheck
Website: www.mindcheck.ca
Services: A BC website focused on prevention and early intervention of mental health challenges in youth. Contains information, quizzes and resources.
A BC website focused on prevention and early intervention of mental health challenges in youth. Contains information, quizzes and resources.
Youth-Adult Partnership Videos
A series of 5 short videos focused on a variety of topics centered on “Making Resilience Happen Thru Youth-Adult Partnership”. Watch them here.
A series of 5 short videos focused on a variety of topics centered on “Making Resilience Happen Thru Youth-Adult Partnership”. Watch them here.
Free, Peer-led Support Groups for Transgender & Gender Non-Conforming People of All Ages & Their Families who wish to network with and support each other.
Transrights BC: Know Your Rights
Website: www.transrightsbc.ca
Service: This project aims to disseminate human rights information that is accurate, accessible, and relevant to the safety and well-being of trans and gender-diverse individuals and their supportive allies across British Columbia.
This project aims to disseminate human rights information that is accurate, accessible, and relevant to the safety and well-being of trans and gender-diverse individuals and their supportive allies across British Columbia.
QMUNITY, BC’s Queer Resource Centre
Website: www.qmunity.ca
Service: Referrals to lawyers, shelters, and other resources; free counselling, social and support groups, and LGBTQ-inclusion workshops. They have youth workers that are available for support by phone or email.
Contact: 604-684-5307 (ext 112)
Referrals to lawyers, shelters, and other resources; free counselling, social and support groups, and LGBTQ-inclusion workshops.
Trans Lifeline
Website: www.translifeline.org
Service: Non-profit dedicated to the well-being of transgender people, offering a hotline for transgender people staffed by transgender people. Volunteers respond to community members’ support needs.
Contact: 1-877-330-63366
Non-profit dedicated to the well-being of transgender people, offering a hotline for transgender people staffed by transgender people. Volunteers respond to community members’ support needs.
Trans Care BC
Website: www.phsa.ca/transcare
Service: For gender creative children, youth and adults looking for gender affirming services and peer and community supports.
For gender creative children, youth and adults looking for gender affirming services and peer and community supports.
PFLAG: Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (Vancouver)
Website: www.pflagvancouver.com
Service: Drop-in support for families struggling to come to terms with LGBT issues
Contact: 604-626-5667
Drop-in support for families struggling to come to terms with LGBT issues
TransFamily Services – BC
TransFamily Services (BC) provides information, resources & supports for parents & loved ones of anyone exploring their gender identity, through facilitated groups & private sessions.
Email: lukas.walther@telus.net
Call or text: 604-996-8169
TransFamily Services (BC) provides information, resources & supports for parents & loved ones of anyone exploring their gender identity, through facilitated groups & private sessions.
Resources for Adults
Riverstone Daytox Program
Phone: 604-703-6986
Toll Free: 1-866-795-0600
Address: 45600 Menholm Rd, Chilliwack (Chilliwack General Hospital)
Eligibility: Daytox is a six-week outpatient program for individuals in early recovery, who require intensive relapse prevention support. The program aims to provide support to clients and supportive others who reside in the Mission-Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Agassiz-Boston Bar corridor. Daytox is suited for individuals with a relatively stable lifestyle and a support network which fosters healthy lifestyle choices.
Services: Riverstone Daytox is a structured educational program that encourages healthy lifestyle choices. They offer intake and assessment, psychosocial educational groups, case management, collaborative treatment, relapse prevention support and referrals.
Offering intake and assessment, psychosocial educational groups, case management, collaborative treatment, relapse prevention support and referrals.
Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI)
Phone: 1-866-870-7847.
Monday to Friday from 8:30am – 4:30pm
Website: www.earlypsychosis.ca
Eligibility: 13- 30 years of age. Must be a resident of the Fraser Region. This includes Surrey, Delta, Langley, White Rock, Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Mission, Agassiz, Hope, Burnaby, Tri Cities, Maple Ridge, New Westminster.
Services: Individuals who have concerns about themselves or on behalf of someone else can call their EPI program directly. You do not need a referral from a professional.
Individuals who have concerns about themselves or on behalf of someone else can call their EPI program directly.
Riverstone Home/Mobile Detox Program
Phone: 604-703-6986
Toll-free: 1-866-795-0600
Address: 45600 Menholm Rd, Chilliwack (Chilliwack General Hospital)
Eligibility: This program is a withdrawal management program for individuals whose substance use does not require admission to an in-patient withdrawal management program. Referral process: by phone, self-referral, doctor or mental health team. Serves the Fraser East Health region (Abbotsford, Agassiz, Boston Bar, Chilliwack, Maple Ridge, Mission, Pitt Meadows, and Yale).
Services: The aim is to provide short term support to clients and their families through the provision of home/mobile outpatient detox services. The program provides withdrawal management services in clients’ homes, including assessment, medical and nursing care, counselling, and preparation for treatment programs.
The program provides withdrawal management services in clients’ homes, including assessment, medical and nursing care, counselling, and preparation for treatment programs.
BC Association of Clinical Counsellors
Phone: 1-800-909-6303
Website: www.bc-counsellors.org
Services: Dedicated to providing the highest standard of professional counselling, consulting, assessment, testing and training services. Fee for service therapy.
Dedicated to providing the highest standard of professional counselling, consulting, assessment, testing and training services. Fee for service therapy.
Centre for Addictions and Mental Health
Call Access CAMH: (416) 535-8501 and select option 2.
Phone lines are typically answered live Monday through Friday, from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. They are closed on weekends and statutory holidays.
Website: www.camh.ca/en/
Eligibility: For most addictions services, patients can self-refer by calling the number above. Family members and friends may also contact this number if they are concerned about a loved one’s mental health or substance use. Many CAMH services require a referral from a physician or nurse practitioner. Please visit www.camh.ca/referralform for the CAMH referral form and instructions. Please submit referrals to Access CAMH via fax number: (416) 979-6815.
Services: Canada’s largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital, as well as one of the world’s leading research centres in its field, the centre provides resources and information to help individuals with lived experience and their families. CAMH combines clinical care, research, education, policy development and health promotion to help transform the lives of people affected by mental health and addiction issues.
CAMH combines clinical care, research, education, policy development and health promotion to help transform the lives of people affected by mental health and addiction issues.
BC Psychological Association
Phone: 604-730-0501
Website: www.psychologists.ca
Service: Website allows you to search for private psychologist based on gender, location, language, area of expertise. Fee for service therapy.
Website allows you to search for private psychologist based on gender, location, language, area of expertise.