Nuslhiixwta, formerly Healthy Beginnings, is a non-profit Pregnancy Outreach/Early Childhood Development service with many programs to help Bella Coola Valley families with their pregnancy and raising their babies

• Phone: (250) 799-5914

• Brochure

As of June 2021, this centre is still in development but will include many of the mental health services identified in the Nuxalk Healing Plan and delivered in a number of settings including a wilderness base camp & wilderness out camps, all to be located throughout Nuxalk Ancestral Territory.

• Healthy Beginnings Box 860 Bella Coola BC V0T 1C0
• healthybeginnings@belco.bc.ca
• Phone: (250) 799-5809 / Fax: 250 799 5640

Children and youth can access free and voluntary community-based mental health supports and services in BC.

• 636 Cliff Street, Bella Coola, V0T 1C0
• Phone: 236-719-2027
• Call for up to date intake hours

• Brochure

This program is for: women or girls who have experienced violence or abuse and need help accessing the services they need, women who have recently left an abusive relationship and/or women who have just finished a stay in a transition house

• Mailing Address: BCCSS PO Box 22 Bella Coola, BC, V0T1C0
• Phone: 250-799-5588

• Referral

Addictions counselling for children, youth, adults, and families who have concerns about their own or someone else’s use of substances/chemicals, or behaviors. The service is voluntary, free of charge for client, and confidential.

• Mailing Address: BCCSS PO Box 22 Bella Coola, BC, V0T1C0
• Phone: (250) 799-5588

• Referral

AA meetings take place in the Adult Day Program room at the Bella Coola General Hospital at 1025 Elcho Street.

• 1025 Elcho Street.
• Phone: (250) 639-4130
• Please look online for current meeting information

Telehealth uses live, interactive videoconferencing to connect patients with health care providers. Telehealth allows First Nations individuals living in remote or rural areas to receive some health services without leaving their communities.

• Virtual/Telephone
• fnvsups@fnha.ca
• Phone: 1-855-344-3800​
• Addictions Medicine: Mon to Fri 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Psychiatry: Mon to Fri 10 a.m. to 3 p.m

• Brochure
• Referral

Vancouver Coastal Health: Mental Health Worker

Part of an interdisciplinary team that provides access to counseling and other resources. Counseling is available with local service providers, or Telehealth/Zoom clinicians from the Stepping Stones Substance Use Service in North Vancouver. Initial psychiatry appointments are accessed with a physician referral; for other services, people can refer themselves or be referred by others. This role works together with other hospital and community services to provide the most comprehensive services we can.

• carole.clark@vch.ca
• Phone: 250 799 5311 ext 231 / Fax: 250 799 5635
• Monday to Friday, 9:30am – 5:30pm

The only 24/7 health care facility in the Bella Coola valley. It houses the only pharmacy in the valley, diagnostic services, the medical clinic, Public Health, Physiotherapy, Mental Health , Medical Social Work, and has 10 acute care beds and 5 long term care beds, there is no psychiatric unit or secure room. It offers voluntary MHSU services; people who have been certified under the mental health act must be transferred to a designated facility, as soon as possible.

• 1025 Elcho Street Bella Coola, V0T 1C0
• Phone: (250) 799-5311 / Fax: (250) 799-5635
• 24/7 for emergency care, 8:30 – 4:30 for clinic care

• Brochure

Free & confidential legal advocacy for: Housing, Income/Social Assistance, Police Accountability, Human Rights, Disability, Aboriginal legal issues, Elder issues, Child Protection, Family, Criminal, Legal Aid, Wills/Estates, EI, Employment, Pensions, etc.

• 2515 Saloompt Rd, Bella Coola, BC, V0T 1C0
• Phone: (250) 982-2110

WorkBC Centres help find employment; able to access job search resources, employment planning, skills assessment, training, work experience opportunities and more.

• 750 Bentick Avenue Bella Coola, BC, V0T 1C0
• info-bellacoola@workbc.ca
• Phone: (250) 799-5743 / Fax: (250) 799-5818
• Mon: 10am - 6pm; Tues: 10am - 4pm; Wed: 10am - 4pm; Thurs: 10am - 4pm (Closed 1pm - 1:30pm each day)

The Bella Coola Valley Food Bank began as an informal service operating out of the homes of a few local people who were concerned about hunger and malnutrition in Bella Coola.

• Mailing Address: BCCSS PO Box 22 Bella Coola, BC, V0T1C0
• Phone: (250) 799-5588

Emergency shelter; domestic violence help

• Mailing Address: P.O. Box 65, Bella Coola, BC V0T 1C0
• snxlhh@belco.bc.ca
• Phone: 250 799 0070

Nuslhiixwta, formerly Healthy Beginnings, is a non-profit Pregnancy Outreach/Early Childhood Development service with many programs to help Bella Coola Valley families with their pregnancy and raising their babies

• Phone: (250) 799-5914

• Brochure

As of June 2021, this centre is still in development but will include many of the mental health services identified in the Nuxalk Healing Plan and delivered in a number of settings including a wilderness base camp & wilderness out camps, all to be located throughout Nuxalk Ancestral Territory.

• Healthy Beginnings Box 860 Bella Coola BC V0T 1C0
• healthybeginnings@belco.bc.ca
• Phone: (250) 799-5809 / Fax: 250 799 5640

The Indian Residential Schools Resolution Health Support Program provides mental health & emotional supports to eligible former Indian Residential School students and their families. Bella Coola Contacts: Carole [1-604-813-1513] & Lyle [1-604-880-2794].

• FNHA Indian Residential Schools information line: 1-877-477-0775
• Phone: Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419
• 24hr

• Brochure

Victim Assistance Program provides: support, information, transportation, referrals, and long-term counselling.

• Mailing Address: BCCSS PO Box 22 Bella Coola, BC, V0T1C0
• Phone: (250) 799-5588

• Referral

This program is for : Women who have experienced sexual assault, Women who have experienced violence in their relationships (this could be physical, emotional, or psychological abuse) and Women who have experienced abuse as a child

• Mailing Address: BCCSS PO Box 22 Bella Coola, BC, V0T1C0
• Phone: 250-799-5588

• Referral

This program is for: women or girls who have experienced violence or abuse and need help accessing the services they need, women who have recently left an abusive relationship and/or women who have just finished a stay in a transition house

• Mailing Address: BCCSS PO Box 22 Bella Coola, BC, V0T1C0
• Phone: 250-799-5588

• Referral

Addictions counselling for children, youth, adults, and families who have concerns about their own or someone else’s use of substances/chemicals, or behaviors. The service is voluntary, free of charge for client, and confidential.

• Mailing Address: BCCSS PO Box 22 Bella Coola, BC, V0T1C0
• Phone: (250) 799-5588

• Referral

Provides easy and quick access to evidence-based treatments for adults over the age of 19 who are struggling with problematic substance use or concurrent mental health and substance use issues.

• Virtual
• Phone: (604) 982-5616 / Fax: (604) 982-5611
• Monday to Friday, 0830-1630

AA meetings take place in the Adult Day Program room at the Bella Coola General Hospital at 1025 Elcho Street.

• 1025 Elcho Street.
• Phone: (250) 639-4130
• Please look online for current meeting information

Grounded in Aboriginal culture and tradition, this 40-day intensive residential program is available to First Nations people. Holistic in nature, the program is for those who are ready to put substance abuse behind them.

• PO Box 370 699 Capilano Road Lantzville, British Columbia V0R 2H0
• info@tsowtunlelum.org
• Phone: (250) 390-3123 / Fax: (250) 390-3119

• Brochure
• Referral

Telehealth uses live, interactive videoconferencing to connect patients with health care providers. Telehealth allows First Nations individuals living in remote or rural areas to receive some health services without leaving their communities.

• Virtual/Telephone
• fnvsups@fnha.ca
• Phone: 1-855-344-3800​
• Addictions Medicine: Mon to Fri 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Psychiatry: Mon to Fri 10 a.m. to 3 p.m

• Brochure
• Referral

Vancouver Coastal Health: Intensive Case Management

In development. Please call 250 799 5311 for more information.

• Bella Coola General Hospital
• Phone: 250 799 5311

• Brochure

Vancouver Coastal Health: Mental Health Worker

Part of an interdisciplinary team that provides access to counseling and other resources. Counseling is available with local service providers, or Telehealth/Zoom clinicians from the Stepping Stones Substance Use Service in North Vancouver. Initial psychiatry appointments are accessed with a physician referral; for other services, people can refer themselves or be referred by others. This role works together with other hospital and community services to provide the most comprehensive services we can.

• carole.clark@vch.ca
• Phone: 250 799 5311 ext 231 / Fax: 250 799 5635
• Monday to Friday, 9:30am – 5:30pm

Vancouver Coastal Health: Social Worker Case Manager

Provides case management supports, systems navigation, & psychotherapy/counselling. The Social Worker collaborates with other clinicians in a patient’s circle of care and community partners such as Nuxalk Health and Wellness, to best support persons in their health and wellness journeys. The Social Worker is a Designated Responder trained in ReAct Adult Protection - connect with them for any concerns or suspicions about abuse, neglect and self-neglect with vulnerable adults.

• KathrynNicole.Oliver@vch.ca
• Phone: 250 799 5342 ext 234 / Fax: 250 799 5991
• Monday to Friday, 9:30am – 5:30pm

The only 24/7 health care facility in the Bella Coola valley. It houses the only pharmacy in the valley, diagnostic services, the medical clinic, Public Health, Physiotherapy, Mental Health , Medical Social Work, and has 10 acute care beds and 5 long term care beds, there is no psychiatric unit or secure room. It offers voluntary MHSU services; people who have been certified under the mental health act must be transferred to a designated facility, as soon as possible.

• 1025 Elcho Street Bella Coola, V0T 1C0
• Phone: (250) 799-5311 / Fax: (250) 799-5635
• 24/7 for emergency care, 8:30 – 4:30 for clinic care

• Brochure

Aboriginal Patient Navigators are instrumental in supporting the delivery of culturally safe care and supporting improved patient experience for Indigenous clients and their families in the Bella Coola Valley. Currently, these positions are in development; please call 250 799 5311 for more information!

• Bella Coola General Hospital 1025 Elcho Street Bella Coola, BC V0T 1C0
• Phone: 250 799 5311

Free & confidential legal advocacy for: Housing, Income/Social Assistance, Police Accountability, Human Rights, Disability, Aboriginal legal issues, Elder issues, Child Protection, Family, Criminal, Legal Aid, Wills/Estates, EI, Employment, Pensions, etc.

• 2515 Saloompt Rd, Bella Coola, BC, V0T 1C0
• Phone: (250) 982-2110

WorkBC Centres help find employment; able to access job search resources, employment planning, skills assessment, training, work experience opportunities and more.

• 750 Bentick Avenue Bella Coola, BC, V0T 1C0
• info-bellacoola@workbc.ca
• Phone: (250) 799-5743 / Fax: (250) 799-5818
• Mon: 10am - 6pm; Tues: 10am - 4pm; Wed: 10am - 4pm; Thurs: 10am - 4pm (Closed 1pm - 1:30pm each day)

The Bella Coola Valley Food Bank began as an informal service operating out of the homes of a few local people who were concerned about hunger and malnutrition in Bella Coola.

• Mailing Address: BCCSS PO Box 22 Bella Coola, BC, V0T1C0
• Phone: (250) 799-5588

Emergency shelter; domestic violence help

• Mailing Address: P.O. Box 65, Bella Coola, BC V0T 1C0
• snxlhh@belco.bc.ca
• Phone: 250 799 0070