Support for Displaced Ukrainians

Employment, Immigrant Integration, News, Youth

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship recently announced that Canada is offering temporary federal support to help Ukrainians settle in their new communities. Settlement Program services, which are typically only available to permanent residents, will soon be extended...

Responding to the BC Floods

Family & Children, Flood, Food Security, Foundry, Immigrant Integration, Indigenous, Legal Advocacy & Information, News, Seniors, Supportive Housing and Homelessness Prevention, Youth

Thank you to everyone who donated food, money and time to help out those affected by the floods. We are also grateful for the leadership of our city, local First Nations, police and departments as well as search and rescue and during this province-wide emergency. So...

Providing Youth Mental Health Services in Challenging Times – Youth Resource Centre (YRC)

Stories, Youth

When the pandemic first began, Sam was laid off and her schooling went virtual. Living on her own became a whole lot lonelier than before. Without a routine and limited social interaction, Sam struggled more and more to even make it out of bed. Check-in calls and...

Providing Youth Mental Health Services in Challenging Times – Foundry

Foundry, Stories, Youth

The afternoon hours were always full of motion at the Foundry Abbotsford Centre – youth, their caregivers and staff all coming and going to access a variety of services.  But when COVID-19 began, the clinic grew strangely quiet as services moved online. Foundry began...

Providing Youth Mental Health Services in Challenging Times – Basic Life Skills Training (BLT)

Stories, Youth

The first time youth enter the colourful space that houses the Basic Life Skills Training (BLT) program, they can immediately sense that it’s going to be different from other mental health services they’ve experienced. From the graffiti-style artwork...

How Community Partnerships are Helping Local Youth Thrive

Donors, Stories, Supportive Housing and Homelessness Prevention, Youth

Youth facing issues such as mental health, sexual exploitation, lack of educational support, or aging out of foster care can find wraparound services at the Archway Youth Resource Centre (YRC).   In addition to their core services, YRC staff is able to offer extra...