The Province of British Columbia has responded to the need for more supports for families with children and youth requiring support needs, announcing the creation of four pilot family connections centres in communities across Northwest BC.
Among the communities to see the program will be Prince Rupert, which will see one of the centres opening this Spring hosted by the North Coast Community Services Society, which is located on Fraser Street in the city.
They also will also provide service to the North Coast and Haida Gwaii.
In an information release Thursday, the scope of the program was outlined, providing a glimpse as to what parents/guradians and their children can expect from the options locally.
The pilot family connections centres will offer therapies, interventions, supports and services to children, youth and their families based on their unique needs, regardless of whether they have a diagnosis.
Families and their children will also have some input into how their care plan works.
Those elements could include behaviour supports, physiotherapy, speech and occupational therapy, inclusive child care supports, child and youth care workers, family support, and education, as well as other important supports.
As that program begins to roll out across the Northwest, the Province will engage in deeper consultation with parents and caregivers, Indigenous Peoples, communities, experts and practitioners, and other stakeholders with lived experience to understand how the system can be transformed and how to build a better system of supports, co-developed with Indigenous communities.
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