Downtown Eastside Youth Outreach Team (YOT)

Provided by Vancouver Coastal Health

Provides outreach, clinical and support service to hard to reach youth.
The Downtown Eastside Youth Outreach Team (YOT) currently runs at the Downtown Community Health Centre. It is a multi-disciplinary team that provides outreach and temporary clinical and support services with the goal of engaging hard-to-reach youth, establishing rapport, trust and bridging youth to longer term services. The target population are vulnerable and hard-to-reach youth between the ages of 15 to 24 who are:

  • Homeless and/or unstably housed
  • Have complex mental health and/ or substance use and/or complex physical health needs
  • Are not accessing services elsewhere and/or who are not well connected to care


  • Services offered include:

  • Case Management
  • Access to primary care
  • Cultural & spiritual support
  • Street outreach in the DTES
  • Help connecting with services(including longer term community supports)
  • Harm reduction supplies & education

  • 604-675-3550

    Public email: dtesyouthoutreach@vch.ca

    Website: https://www.vch.ca/en/location...

    786 Powell Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6A 1H6

    Monday to Friday 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM

    Service is available in English.

    Cost: No cost

    Referral options:

    • Self-referral
    • Physician or nurse practitioner referral
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    Availability

    Service area: Vancouver

    Service Types Provided
    Housing / Shelter

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