B.C.’s 14 Foundry centres offer health and wellness services for people age 12 to 24 years and their caregivers
A $16.2-million provincial-federal grant will create 76 new youth peer-support positions at Foundry centres in B.C., Social Development and Poverty Reduction Minister Sheila Malcolmson said Monday.
There are already about 20 peer-support workers in B.C.’s network of 14 Foundry centres — nine of which are still under development — including ones in Victoria, the Comox Valley, Campbell River and Port Hardy when it opens. The three-year grant, through the 2022-23 Canada-British Columbia Labour Market Development Agreement, represents “an enormous unprecedented expansion of support for youth peer workers,” Malcolmson said at a news conference Monday at a Foundry centre in North Vancouver.
The funding will also be used to evaluate the effectiveness of youth peer support in primary health-care settings for young people.
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