Crisis Program and Rights of Passage - Emergency and Transitional Housing for Youth - Vancouver

Housing / Shelter, Mental Health - Child & Youth, and Services for Youth

Provided by Covenant House Vancouver

Helping youth ages 16 - 24 who have fled physical, emotional, and/or sexual abuse, those who have been forced from their homes, or those who have aged out of foster care.
Crisis Program:
The Crisis Program is a self-referral program that provides a bed and additional support for young people, between the ages of 16 and 24, who are in immediate crisis and in need of accommodation. Their first priority is to meet young people’s basic needs:
  • A safe place to sleep
  • Nutritious food
  • Clean clothing
  • Showers and laundry
Staff provide a safe and non-judgmental environment. There are 30 beds for female and gender diverse youth and 30 beds for male and gender diverse youth. The program delivers support for youth experiencing homelessness through an attachment-based and trauma-informed model of care. Youth and their care team work together to create a plan towards successful independence. A youth’s length of stay is determined based on a one-size-fits-one plan.

Staff work with youth to identify and set individual goals that may include a focus on their mental health, physical health, stabilizing their income, employment, or permanent housing. Youth have the autonomy to define their personal goals. Later they may decide to move into the supportive, transitional housing program, Rights of Passage, or to independent living.

Rights of Passage:
Rights of Passage (ROP) provides youth (age 16–24) with safe, transitional housing, along with guidance, structure, and support, to develop life skills, while they prepare to eventually move to the community. Every youth in the program can create a unique plan to help them build the skills needed for the next step of their journey.

Individual support includes:
  • Goal setting and action plans with a social worker.
  • Life skills support, such as time management, budgeting, and cooking.
  • Support to help maintain employment and/or to develop an education plan.
  • Housing transition planning.
Youth are asked to commit to at least one year in residence, while advancing their personal goals. If you are a young person interested in the Rights of Passage program, please contact penderchvreferrals@covenanthousebc.org, for more information and how to apply.

604-685-7474

Toll Free: 1-877-685-7474

Public email: info@covenanthousebc.org

Website: https://www.covenanthousebc.org...

Covenant House Vancouver, Crisis Program - 1280 Seymour Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 3N9

Covenant House Vancouver, Rights of Passage - 326 West Pender Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 1T1

Cost: No cost

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Service area: Vancouver + show cities

Service area cities: Vancouver

Service Types Provided
Housing / Shelter
Mental Health - Child & Youth
Services for Youth
Ways to Access
  • Provided at multiple locations
  • Provided in a group in-person

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