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The BC Network of Child and Youth Advocacy Centres strives to work in a way that honours Indigenous ways of knowing, promotes meaningful reconciliation, and decolonizes services in response to the abuse of children. We gratefully acknowledge that this Society and our member Centres provide service on the ancestral, unceded and stolen lands of Indigenous peoples across the province.

BC Network of Child and Youth Advocacy Centres

BCCYAC provides provincial leadership and coordination to support a consistent, highquality, and traumainformed response for children and youth who have experienced abuse and violence.

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In Canada, one in three children will experience some type of abuse by the time they are fifteen years old.

Unresolved childhood trauma has a profound lifelong impact on children, families, and communities. With early identification and service adapted to their unique needs, children have remarkable capacity to heal from the abuse they experienced.

BCCYAC brings together child and youth advocacy centres across the province to advocate with one voice for improvements to the way the systems respond to abuse and to ensure coordinated and comprehensive services are readily available and accessible to the children and families who need them.

We all have a role to play in keeping children in our province safe. BCCYAC works to ensure that children who have experienced abuse and violence go on to lead healthy, fulfilling, and violence-free lives.

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Vision

Every child in British Columbia has access to a collaborative response after they experience abuse or violence.

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Mission

To lead and strengthen a coordinated, childcentred response to abuse and violence across British Columbia, ensuring children’s rights, voices, and wellbeing are at the centre of every response.

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Values

  • Truth, Reconciliation & Decolonization
  • Leadership and Advocacy
  • Collaboration and Partnership
  • Inclusivity, Equity, and Accessibility
  • Excellence in Practice

As citizens of British Columbia, we all have a role to play in keeping kids safe.

  • For immediate help call 911 or find your local police detachment here
  • If you are a child or youth and need help call 310-1234 – Ministry of Children and Family Development Helpline for Children
  • If you have a concern about a child or youth’s safety call 1-800-663-9122 – Ministry of Children and Family Development
  • For support find your local Child and Youth Advocacy Centre on this list or call VictimLinkBC at 1-800-563-0808 or email [email protected] to receive information and be connected to the nearest victim services program.