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Pacific Community Resources

Pacific Community Resources is an award winning, accredited, not-for-profit society serving Lower Mainland communities since 1984.

The agency provides alternate education, employment, addiction counselling and prevention services, housing support, and cultural enrichment for children, youth, adults and families.

We partner with individuals, businesses, other agencies and governments to ensure access to effective, high-quality community resources for people who are often vulnerable or marginalized from society.

Pacific Community Resources is committed to community-based research, advocacy, and community development to identify service gaps and strategies to address social problems such as poverty, child abuse, mental health, substance abuse, violence and homelessness.

We currently deliver more than 40 programs serving thousands of individuals from Vancouver to Chilliwack.
 


PCRS' Vision
Our vision is one of healthy, civic, and productive people living in socially sustainable, safe, and caring communities.



                              
                                              





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PCRS in The News

  • March 2012 - Job Program for At-Risk Youth Gets the Axe - Jennifer Lang - Cloverdale Reporter. It’s an untimely wrap-up for an award-winning program that was held up as a model by B.C.’s business community and helped brew job success for hundreds of youth in Surrey, Cloverdale and Langley over the past decade.


  • December 2011 - The Immigrant Youth Outreach Program (IYOP) supports immigrant and refugee youth aged 15 to 25 living in Surrey, North Delta & Langley. - The Immigrant Youth Outreach Program (IYOP) supports immigrant and refugee youth aged 15 to 25 living in Surrey, North Delta and Langley. IYOP provides free English as a second language services, skills workshops, and one-on-one counseling to prepare them for success in education and the workplace. This program is unique among other similar initiatives due to its personalized approach to service, in which, in addition to participating in group activities, clients can work one-on-one with youth counselors, outreach workers, and certified ESL instructors to develop the language, workplace, and social skills necessary for a successful adjustment in Canada. IYOP helps its clients with their English, life skills, resume writing, job interviews, adapting to the Canadian cu


  • October 2011 - Pacific Community Resources announces incoming Executive Director. - Ingrid Kastens becomes executive director of Pacific Community Resources Society, January 1,2012