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April 1, 2007  

Community Assistance Program

  • The Community Assistance Program (CAP) provides multi-barriered income assistance clients with services to improve their quality of life and connections to services within their communities.
  • The annual budget for the CAP program is $7.5 million.
  • Services providers provide individualized services including personal planning, basic life skills training and counselling.
  • Service providers also provide one-on-one advocacy support that includes assisting clients to fill out applications for income supports and working on their behalf to connect them with other services they need in the community, such as mental health, housing, drug or alcohol treatment, legal aid, and child care and family services.
  • Pre-employment and employment components of the past CAP program have been moved to the new BC Employment Program launched in July, 2006.
  • The annual budget for the CAP program is $7.5 million.
  • The successful proponents for the new Community Assistance Program are:
Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance - Region 1 (Vancouver Island)
Community Service Provider
Victoria/Sidney/Gulf Islands Peninsula Community Services
Victoria Sprott Shaw Community College -
(for high risk youth clients)
Langford/Sooke/Port Renfrew Worklink Employment Society
Duncan/Cowichan Lake Vancouver Island Vocational and Rehabilitation Services Ltd.
Nanaimo/Ladysmith/Parksville Vancouver Island Vocational and Rehabilitation Services Ltd.
Nanaimo Nanaimo Youth Services Association -
(for clients with drug related barriers)
Courtenay Opportunities Career Services
(Coastal Employment Network)
Campbell River Opportunities Career Services
(Coastal Employment Network)
Powell River/Texada Island Opportunities Career Services
(Coastal Employment Network)
Port Alberni/Tofino/Ucluelet Opportunities Career Services
(Coastal Employment Network)
Port Hardy/Port McNeill/Port Alice/Sointula/Alert Bay Opportunities Career Services
(Coastal Employment Network)
Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance - Region 2 (Vancouver Coastal)
Community Service Provider
Vancouver Downtown East S.U.C.C.E.S.S.
Vancouver Downtown West Sprott Shaw Community College
Vancouver Midtown Pacific Community Resources Society
Vancouver Northeast Kiwassa Neighbourhood Services Association
Vancouver South and Richmond Pacific Community Resources Society
North Shore North Vancouver Continuing Education (School District #44), Employment Services Division
Sunshine Coast M. Magas & Associates Inc.
Vancouver Family Services of Greater Vancouver -
(for women at risk clients)
Vancouver Gordon House Youth S.E.A.R.C.H. -
(for youth hub in downtown Vancouver)
Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance - Region 3 (Fraser)
Community Service Provider
Burnaby Burnaby Family Life Institute
New Westminister Fraserside Community Services Society
Coquitlam Share Family & Community Services Society
Port Coquitlam Buxton Consulting Ltd.
Maple Ridge Buxton Consulting Ltd.
Abbotsford Buxton Consulting Ltd.
Mission Buxton Consulting Ltd.
Chilliwack Chilliwack Community Services
Surrey/Delta Pacific Community Resources Society
Hope Free Rein Associates Training
Langley Pacific Community Resources Society
Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance - Region 4 (Interior)
Community Service Provider
Penticton/Oliver/Princeton Partners in Employment
Cranbrook/Kimberley/Creston/Sparwood/Fernie Steele O'Neil and Associates Inc.
Kelowna/Westbank Partners in Employment
Nelson/Trail/Nakusp/Grand Forks/Castlegar Canadian Mental Health Association for the Kootenays
Vernon North Okanagan Employment Enhancement Society
Salmon Arm/Enderby Snowy Owl Counselling Inc.  
(Pathways Counselling)
Kamloops/Merrit/Clearwater Seasons Consulting Group Ltd.
(The Rehab Group)
Quesnel/Williams Lake/100 Mile House Horton Ventures Inc.
Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance - Region 5 (North)
Community Service Provider
Dawson Creek Chiron Publications
(Chiron Learning Centre)
Fort St. John Employment Connections
Terrace Northwest Training Ltd.
Vanderhoof AMS Consulting Ltd.
(Transitions)
Smithers AMS Consulting Ltd.
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Hazelton AMS Consulting Ltd.
(Transitions)
Prince George Kopar Administration Ltd.
Prince Rupert AMS Consulting Ltd.
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Kitimat Kitimat Community Services Society
Burns Lake AMS Consulting Ltd.
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For more information: The Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance Info Line at
1-866-866-0800