South Okanagan

Services

Middle Years Youth

FBT provides intensive outreach counselling and psychoeducational services....

FBT provides intensive outreach counselling and psychoeducational services.

Goals:
Improve emotional stability, build parenting capacity and increase natural and community support systems.

Eligibility

  • Families with children and youth 7-18
  • Having trouble with their child or youth’s mental health

Access

  • Must be referred by the Ministry of Children and Family Development – Child & Youth Mental Health team in the South Okanagan.
Youth

PSI provides individualized outreach support services for adults....

PSI provides individualized outreach support services for adults.

Goals:
Increase quality of life in the areas of shared living, community inclusion, employment skills and life skills development.

Eligibility

  • Adults with significant limitations in adaptive functioning and/or
  • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder diagnosis and/or
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis Or
  • Intellectual Disability Diagnosis

Access

  • Contact Community Living British Columbia (CLBC) in Penticton
  • Call - 250-487-4436
Youth

L.I.F.E. provides individualized support learning Inclusion, Friendships and Employment....

L.I.F.E. provides individualized support learning Inclusion, Friendships and Employment.

Goals:
Increase independence and autonomy with an emphasis on increasing vocational skills.

Eligibility

  • Adults with significant limitations in adaptive functioning 
  • Are employment-focused
  • Have Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and/or
  • Developmental Disability

Access

  • Contact CLBC in Penticton
  • Call - 250-487-4436
Youth

SOAR-Wrap provides a comprehensive outreach service to minimize placement disruption by enhancing healthy relationship between caregivers and their children....

SOAR-Wrap provides a comprehensive outreach service to minimize placement disruption by enhancing healthy relationship between caregivers and their children.

Goals:
Increase the resiliency and capacity of caregivers to meet the child or youth’s needs, while decreasing factors that may undermine placement stability.

Eligibility

  • Families with children and youth 0-18
  • In care, or in an out-of-care arrangement with the Ministry of Children & family Development (MCFD)

Access

  • Must be referred by the South Okanagan MCFD office. 
Middle Years Early Years Youth

Supervised Access provides supervision and oversight of mandated supervised visits as part of a child’s care plan....

Supervised Access provides supervision and oversight of mandated supervised visits as part of a child’s care plan.

Goals:
Reduce the effects of trauma on the child by facilitating healthy connections between family members during supervised visits.

Eligibility

  • Families and caregivers of children and youth in care, including out-of-care arrangements with the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD)
  • With an active protection order in place

Access

  • Must be referred by the South Okanagan MCFD office. 
Middle Years Early Years Youth

Supported Connections provides practical parenting support and education...

Supported Connections provides practical parenting support and education

Goals:
Address barriers to reunification and to maintain significant relationships in the child’s life.

Eligibility

  • Children and youth 0-18 in care, including out-of-care arrangements with MCFD.

Access

  • Must be referred by the South Okanagan MCFD office. 
Youth

PenRAP provides flexible, individualized counselling, case management services and probation order monitoring in collaboration with the Youth Probation team....

PenRAP provides flexible, individualized counselling, case management services and probation order monitoring in collaboration with the Youth Probation team.

Goals:
Increase healthy social functioning and to reduce or eliminate future involvement in the criminal justice system. 

Eligibility

  • Youth 12-18
  • On a youth probation order

Access

  • Must be referred by the Ministry of Children and Family Development Youth Probation Team.
Youth

ISSP provides an intensified level of community supervision and support through flexible, individualized counselling, case management services and probation order monitoring in collaboration with the Youth Probation Team ...

ISSP provides an intensified level of community supervision and support through flexible, individualized counselling, case management services and probation order monitoring in collaboration with the Youth Probation Team

Goals:
Increase healthy social functioning and to reduce or eliminate future involvement in the criminal justice system. 

Eligibility

  • Youth 12-18
  • On a youth probation order

Access

  • Must be referred by the Ministry of Children and Family Development Youth Probation Team.
Middle Years Youth

FBT provides intensive outreach counselling and psychoeducation services....

FBT provides intensive outreach counselling and psychoeducation services.

Goals:
Improve emotional stability, build parenting capacity and increase natural and community support systems.

Eligibility

  • Families with children and youth 6-18
  • Having trouble with their child or youth’s mental health

Access

  • Must be referred by Ministry of Children and Family Development – Child & Youth Mental Health Teams in the South Okanagan.
Middle Years Early Years Youth

BASS provides a range of support, training and intensive behaviour consultation ...

BASS provides a range of support, training and intensive behaviour consultation

Goals:
Build skills to replace challenging behaviours and improve functioning across a variety of social contexts.

Eligibility

  • Children and youth 0-18
  • With support needs 

Access

  • Must be referred by the South Okanagan Ministry of Children and Family Development – Children and Youth with Support Needs Team.

Community Living Services

The Personal Supports Initiative (PSI) and Developmental Disability (DD) Community Living Services programs provide services that focus on shared living, outreach support, community inclusion, employment skills and life skills development.

SOAR-Wrap Program

The SOAR-Wrap Program is designed to provide a comprehensive outreach service to minimize placement disruption and enhance healthy attachment for children and youth in care.

Supervised Access & Supported Connections

The programs provide two program streams in collaboration with Ministry for Children and Family Development (MCFD) social workers, families and caregivers to reduce the effects of trauma on the child by facilitating healthy connections between family members and helping to maintain significant relationships in the child’s life.

Community Inclusion and Transition Support Services (CITSS)

CITSS offers services for children and youth ages 0-18 with diverse abilities and support needs to increase their community inclusion by fostering opportunities to teach socialization, communication, transition adjustment and activities of daily living in their communities.

Penrap/Intensive Support and Supervision program (ISSP) Youth Justice Programs

The youth justice programs provide a two-stream alternative-to-custody sentencing option for youth in conflict with the law, as well as a young offender community intervention service. Service options vary by geographic area.

Child and Youth Mental Health (CYMH) Family Treatment Program

The CYMH Family Treatment program provides intensive home and community-based counselling, psychoeducation and individualized support services for children and youth ages 6-18 and their families who are experiencing difficulties associated with the child or youth’s mental health.