Moving Ahead - DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society

Moving Ahead - DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society

British Columbia Vulnerable
Immigrant Populations Program
Moving Ahead
LangleyLangley
Surrey Surrey
New New
Westminster
Westminster
Richmond
Richmond
Delta Delta
Ladner Ladner
White Rock
White Rock
Abbotsford
Abbotsford
Coquitlam
Coquitlam
Pitt
Pitt
VancouverBurnabyBurnaby
ncouver
Meadows
Meadows
Maple Maple
Ridge Ridge
MissionMission
est West
Vancouver North
ouver
North
Vancouver
Vancouver
MOVING AHEAD ALLIANCE
MEMBER AGENCIES
Printed: 11/13
© Moving Ahead Alliance October 2013
Central Central
SaanichSaanich
Sidney Sidney
North North
SaanichSaanich
This project is made possible through funding from the
Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia.
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Royal Royal
Langford
Langford
Colwood
Colwood
Oak BayOak
Sooke Sooke
VictoriaVicto
Esquimalt
Esquimalt
Metchosin
Metchosin
Highlands
Highlands
MalahatMalahat
Enhanced service supports
for refugees and immigrants
MOVING AHEAD PROGRAM
Moving Ahead is a collaborative, case-managed
service model for the delivery of comprehensive,
holistic and client-centred programming. The
program chiefly utilizes outreach and in-home
consultation and support as a foundation for
service delivery to the most vulnerable refugees
and immigrants in British Columbia.
Moving Ahead provides eligible refugee and
immigrant clients with the following services:
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intake and assessment;
case management of individual client files;
social and emotional support;
settlement information and counselling;
life skills, literacy and essential skills
development;
• practical assistance; and
• supported access to services.
Eligibility includes refugees and
immigrants who:
• need to learn about Canadian systems;
• experience complex life situations; or
• have defined hardships and difficulties.
Moving Ahead provides service in more
than 40 languages including S’gaw and P’wo
(Karen languages), Nuer and Nuba, Somali, Arabic,
Assyrian, Kirundi and Kinyarwanda, Chin, Farsi,
Dari, Pashto, Nepali, French, Vietnamese, Burmese,
Swahili, Oromo, Amharic and Tigrinya.
THE BC VIPP ALLIANCE
Moving Ahead was established in 2012 by the
BC Vulnerable Immigrant Populations Program
(VIPP Alliance). The VIPP Alliance is comprised of
seven leading refugee- and immigrant-serving
organizations:
• Abbotsford Community Services
• DIVERSEcity Community Resources
Society
• Immigrant Services Society of BC
• MOSAIC
• North Shore Multicultural Society
• S.U.C.C.E.S.S.
• Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre
Society
The BC VIPP Alliance is committed to ensuring a
better future for B.C.’s vulnerable newcomers.
Together we are committed to implementing
a cross-regional approach that will ensure
vulnerable refugee and immigrant populations
receive consistent levels of service regardless of
their geographic location. The BC VIPP Alliance
works collaboratively in the following ways:
• establishing cross-regional and cross-sectoral
referral protocols to facilitate more effective
service delivery;
• standardizing assessment and monitoring
forms and processes; and
• sharing cross-regional information, as well as
the development of key competencies.
CONTACT INFORMATION
(October 1, 2012 - March 31, 2014)
Abbotsford Community Services
Abbotsford
phone: 604-859-7544 ext 227
[email protected]
www.abbotsfordcommunityservices.com
DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society
Surrey, Langley, North Delta
phone: 604-954-4015
[email protected]
www.dcrs.ca
Immigrant Services Society of BC (ISS of BC)
Tri-Cities, Maple Ridge
phone: 778-383-1438
[email protected]
www.issbc.org
MOSAIC
Burnaby, New Westminster
phone: 604-636-4712
[email protected]
www.mosaicbc.com
North Shore Multicultural Society (NSMS)
North Vancouver
phone: Farah Yekanifard at 604-988-2931
[email protected]
www.nsms.ca
S.U.C.C.E.S.S.
Vancouver, Richmond, South Delta
phone: 604-760-5090
[email protected]
www.successbc.ca
Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society
(VIRCS)
Victoria
phone: 250-361-9433 ext. 244
[email protected]
www.vircs.ca