Background
In partnership with service providers, people with lived/living experience of substance use and recovery, community stakeholders, and policymakers, CAI is investing in initiatives to build and strengthen capacity of the supportive recovery sector in BC.
Supportive recovery services meet a critical need in our communities and are currently in high demand amidst the ongoing drug poisoning crisis. These bed-based or live-in substance use services provide a range of programs and a supportive environment for people who are working to reduce, abstain from, or reduce harms associated with substance use.
In 2013, CAI received a $5 million investment from the Province of British Columbia to support ongoing capacity building in the supportive recovery sector. The future vision for this sector includes: consistent service quality; a focus on multiple pathways to recovery; strengthened accountability and oversight; adequate funding; services that are informed by people with lived and living experience; and connection of supportive recovery services to the broader system of care.
Current Initiatives
Capacity Building Grant for First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and Urban Indigenous led Bed-based Treatment and Recovery Operators
Established in partnership with Community Action Initiative (CAI) and the Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions (MMHA), the Capacity Building Grant is a one-time funding opportunity up to $25,000 for First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and urban Indigenous led organizations currently providing bed-based treatment and recovery services to develop and/or implement capacity building strategies within their organization in alignment with the Provincial Standards for Registered Assisted Supportive Recovery Services, or the Community Care and Assisted Living Act Residential Care Regulation.
11 First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and urban Indigenous led organizations who provide bed-based treatment and recovery services in B.C. have been awarded grants:
- Carrier Sekani Family Services
- Gya’ Wa’ Tlaab Healing Centre Society
- Letwilc Ren Semec Centre
- Nenqayni Wellness Centre Society
- North Wind Wellness Centre Society
- Round Lake Alcohol and Drug Treatment Society
- Seabird Island Band
- Tsow-Tun Le Lum Society
- We Wai Kai Nation Healing Society
- Wilp Si’Satxw Community Healing Centre
- Witset First Nation
Click here to access the MMHA information bulletin about the grants.
CAI Contact
Sam Young, Community Grants Manager
[email protected]