Young people in the West Shore and Sooke will soon have a new one-stop shop for health and wellness.
The provincial government is putting up $1.5 million for a new integrated youth health centre in the area seeking to better support young peopleB次元官网网址檚 wellness by combining various types of health care and social services.
The centre is part of a provincewide initiative called Foundry that aims to offer non-judgemental, all-around care, and avoid the challenges people have when they must continually re-tell their stories to new providers who donB次元官网网址檛 necessarily know their case history.
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The centres care for people ages 12 to 24 and their families, offering a range of services that include mental health and addiction counselling, physical and sexual health care, peer support, and social services.
The new West Shore-Sooke centre is part of a $75 million provincewide expansion of Foundry, with 10 more centres to be added to the 16 already in operation.
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