Keep up to date with the Community Action Initiative news & updates below.
The Community Action Initiative provides grant and training opportunities for community-based organizations across BC to develop and deliver innovative projects that respond to the needs of individuals and families experiencing mental health and/or substance use challenges.
After nearly a decade since the toxic drug crisis was declared a public health emergency in BC, youth across the province have been profoundly impacted by deaths within their families[...]
We are excited to share that CAI is expanding an existing network of elected officials engaged in community overdose response to include new members! These webinar network sessions have been[...]
August 31st is International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD), a global event held each year to raise awareness and end overdose, remember without stigma those who have died, and acknowledge the grief[...]
We are pleased to announce that, effective July 22, 2024, Community Action Initiative Society of BC (“CAI”) – which previously worked with Canadian Mental Health Association, B.C. Division (“CMHA BC”)[...]
By: Dakota Fayant-McLeod – Communications Coordinator Recognizing the critical role local governments play in community-level conversations and community health, Local Leadership United (LLU) aims to support local governments (particularly elected[...]
By: Noah Chalifoux – Project Manager – Community Development/Local Leadership United The CAI Local Leadership United (LLU) team is pleased to share the LLU interim report titled “We cannot do[...]
As I listened to B.C’s finance minister deliver her Budget 2024 speech I was thinking about the 225,000 people in BC who use unregulated substances, and how they will be[...]
August 31st is International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD), a global event held each year to raise awareness and end overdose, remember without stigma those who have died, and acknowledge the grief[...]
By Noah Chalifoux Over the past year, Local Leadership United (LLU) has engaged over 50 local governments in conversations about the Unregulated Drug Poisoning Crisis, harm reduction and community health.[...]