Ashcroft – Clearwater – Lillooet – Lytton – Merritt

Foundry represents: community agencies, government, donors, youth and young adults, and families coming together to improve the wellness of BC’s young people. Foundry centres believe young people should have a voice in their own care and that finding the right support shouldn’t be difficult. Foundry offers mental health and substance use services, physical and sexual health care, youth and family peer support, and social services in welcoming, youth-friendly spaces. Our network of centres—led by a network of different back-bone agencies and co-created with and for young people—can be found in multiple BC communities (including Terrace and Williams Lake), with many more in development (including Burns Lake, Vanderhoof, Fort St John, and Quesnel) https://foundrybc.ca/.

Access to services begins with the young person attending the centre and completing on-boarding paperwork so a chart can be created. Providers are encouraged to talk to the service user about Foundry Prince George as a voluntary service, that has the capacity to provide wrap-around care that is youth-led, non-judgemental, and grounded in two-eyed Seeing.

Services Include:

Gender affirming physician-led primary care: accessed through self-referral and does not require a MRP's referral.

Supports for parents and caregivers:a full time Family Support Liaison with lived experience is available for one-to-one support, single instance counselling, and training through workshops including Circle of Security and Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT emotion coaching). This resource is available for support to parents and caregivers including group home staff, adoptive and foster parents.

Counsellors: offers walk-in solution focused brief therapy, and in limited capacity scheduled brief therapy, with the capacity to support a wide range of counselling needs including anxiety/depression, identity, trauma, mood and concurrent disorders.

Group supports: offers range from social to specialized (including bereavement support for traumatic loss, DBT, Smart Recovery family & friends, coping skills and recovery). A DBT group for parents/caregivers is currently in development and should be ready for delivery by the end of 2024. For more information about all groups and what they offer, please refer to the website.

Peer Supporters: offers care ranging from social connection to skills development to systems navigation and each come from a place of unique lived experience.

Foundry Prince George offers in-person, phone, and video care, based on the preference and needs of the service user. It operates as a walk-in clinic and offers same-day, single-instance health care, peer support, counselling, and social services.

Walk-in primary care with a physician is in high demand and currently consists of 3 afternoons per week (Monday, Tuesday and Thursday). MRPs referring youth to Foundry PG for MHSU primary care should fax a referral document and any pertinent charting info to 236-423-3881.

An RN prescriber for STI and Contraception Management, and experience in GAC (garments, social transitioning, training, and more), education, and wholistic wellness is available during regular business hours.