Health Minister Josie Osborne announced on Monday the opening of 26 publicly funded addictions treatment and recovery beds in sa国际传媒, including six in Nanaimo.
The previously announced public beds that have now opened — six beds opened in Nanaimo in August, while 12 beds opened in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside just last week — are intended to provide access to addictions care for under-served populations.
Expanded services are now available at:
• Island Crisis Care in Nanaimo, with six beds for women who have completed treatment to get longer-term support with their recovery and rebuilding a healthy life in a homelike setting.
• Harbour Light Centre in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, with 12 beds for women offering a range of mental-health and addictions services, and connection to community supports.
• Karis Support Society service in Kelowna, with six beds providing support for pregnant women and women with children to help reach their recovery goals.
• 333 Recovery program in Prince Rupert, with two beds offering recovery supports for men, including Indigenous cultural-focused programs.
The beds are part of the government’s ongoing expansion of treatment and recovery services in partnership with the sa国际传媒 division of the Canadian Mental Health Association.
Since 2017, the province says, it has added 682 publicly funded adult and youth substance-use treatment beds around sa国际传媒, including 248 administered through CMHA-BC, with more to open in the spring.
The province set aside more than $1 billion over three years in the 2023 provincial budget to strengthen mental-health and addictions care in sa国际传媒 The next budget is set for March 4.
