Helpful Information on Child Protection in BC - Revision history

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	\| width="40%" \|		\| width="40%" \| The Native Courtworkers and Counselling Association of British Columbia provides culturally appropriate services to aboriginal people and communities consistent with their needs. It includes advocacy for aboriginal families and youth, community outreach, training and workshops.
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			Toll-Free: 1.877.811.1190<br/>
			nccabc@nccabc.net<br/>
			[http://www.nccabc.ca www.nccabc.ca]

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| width="20%" | Comprehensive Child Support Service
| width="40%" | If you live in the Kelowna, Nanaimo, Vancouver or Surrey areas and need to find out more about child support, and obtaining or changing a child support order or agreement, the new Child Support Officer can help. Child Support Officers help you understand the child support guidelines and calculate what you are entitled to receive or must pay under those guidelines.
| width="40%" | Kelowna: 250.712.3636 
Vancouver: 604.660.2084 
Nanaimo: 250.741.5447 
Surrey: 604.501.3100 
Toll-free: 1.888.227.7734

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| width="20%" | Family Justice Counsellors
| width="40%" | Family Justice Counsellors can mediate issues involving parenting arrangements, contact, child support and spousal support. Family Justice Counsellors don’t provide legal advice. They will refer you to legal services if you need them. Family Justice Counsellors can also make referrals to other sources of help.
| width="40%" | Call Enquiry BC to find the nearest Family Justice Centre. 
Greater Vancouver: 604.660.2421 
Greater Victoria: 250.387.6121 
Elsewhere in BC: 1.800.663.7867

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| width="20%" | Family Maintenance Enforcement Program (FMEP)
| width="40%" | FMEP is a government service that enforces orders and agreements for child support and spousal support. If necessary, staff will take action to try to ensure that the payor makes the required payments. To register with FMEP, you need an enrolment package. You can get the enrolment package at any Provincial Courthouse, Service BC Centres, Ministry of Social Development offices or FMEP at the central Enrolment Office.
| width="40%" | Enrolment Office: 
Box 5100 
Victoria, BC V8R 6N3 
250.220.4040 
Toll-free: 1.800.663.3455 
[http://www.fmep.gov.bc.ca www.fmep.gov.bc.ca]

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| width="20%" |Mediate BC
| width="40%" | Mediators are impartial and have no decision-making powers. The mediator’s roles include: 
* helping the parties to define the issues in dispute
*providing a neutral and appropriate location for the mediation
*screening cases to ensure safety
*managing the mediation process and keeping the discussion on track
*helping the parties to communicate their interests clearly
*helping parties reach an agreement
| width="40%" | Mediate BC Society 
Family Mediation Services 
Lower Mainland: 
604.684.1300 
local 23 
Toll-Free: 1.877.656.1300 
fms@mediatebc.com 
[http://www.mediatebc.com www.mediatebc.com]

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| width="20%" | Ministry of Children and Families Development of BC
| width="40%" | The Ministry provides programs and services to ensure that healthy children and responsible families are living in safe, caring and inclusive communities.
| width="40%" | Victoria: 
250.387.7027 
Toll-Free: 1.877.387.7027 
[http://www.gov.bc.ca/mcf www.gov.bc.ca/mcf] 
MCF.CorrCorrespondenceManagement@gov.bc.ca

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| width="20%" | Parenting After Separation Program
| width="40%" | The Parenting After Separation Program is a free, three-hour information session that parents (and other family members, such as grandparents) may attend in person. You do not have to attend the same program session as the other parent. The Parenting After Separation Program is also available online.
| width="40%" | [http://www.familieschange.ca www.familieschange.ca],br/>
To find out more about Parenting After Separation, talk to a Family Justice Counsellor.

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| width="20%" | Parent Support Services
Society of BC
| width="40%" | The Parent Support Services Society runs parent support circles around the province for parents who want to fi nd ways to have better relationships with their children.
| width="40%" | Lower Mainland: 
604.669.1616 
Victoria: 
250.384.8042 
Toll-Free: 1.877.345.9777 (9PSS) 
office@parentsupportbc.ca 
[http://www.parentsupportbc.ca www.parentsupportbc.ca]

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| width="20%" | PovNet
| width="40%" | Check the PovNet website if you need to find an advocate who has experience with child protection cases. An advocate can provide support, help make sure you are listened to, give you information about your choices and your rights, and explain how the Ministry works.
| width="40%" | [http://www.povnet.org www.povnet.org]

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| width="20%" |VictimLink BC
| width="40%" | VictimLink BC is a toll-free, confidential, multilingual telephone service available across BC and Yukon 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It provides information and referral services to all victims of crime and immediate crisis support to victims of family and sexual violence. VictimLink BC provides service in more than 110 languages, including 17 North American aboriginal languages.
| width="40%" | Toll-Free: 1.800.563.0808 
TTY: 604.875.0885 
VictimLinkBC@bc211.ca 
[http://www.victimlinkbc.ca ww.victimlinkbc.ca]

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