B.C. expands Foundry mental health, substance use services
Posted June 15, 2020 1:39 pm.
VICTORIA (NEWS 1130) — The B.C. government is expanding its Foundry program to offer youth and families mental health and substance use services in eight more communities.
Mental Health and Addictions Minister Judy Darcy said Monday the additional centres mean 19 locations throughout the province with have access to the Foundry program.
“I am overjoyed that urban and rural and Indigenous youth will now be served in so many regions across our province,” she said. “Foundry supports thousands of youth, age 12 to 24, by providing the health care, mental health, and substance use services they need and deserve.”
Among the eight communities where new Foundry centres will open: Burns Lake, Comox Valley, Cranbrook, Langley, Squamish, Surrey, Port Hardy, and Williams Lake.
Darcy said each centre will offer walk-in access to counsellors, mental health and substance use services, family supports, social services, and primary care, all at the same location.
The ministry says 9,770 youth used Foundry services last year and the centres recorded more than 35,000 visits.
