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Earlier this week, we shared with you that our Drop-In Centre had to close to protect the health and safety of our youth, staff, and greater community. We also shared that youth would still be able to receive the services ... Read more

To protect the health and safety of our youth, staff, and greater community we must close our Drop-In Centre (our non-residential program) until further notice. Our youth will still be able to receive the services they normally would in our ... Read more

We are so grateful to our community for supporting Covenant House Vancouver so our doors can be open for youth experiencing homelessness. But, for the time being, our policy is that only frontline staff, youth, and essential workers enter our ... Read more

Zachary Weinberg is an eleven year old and in the sixth grade at Collingwood School. He is an active member of the WE Organization’s Youth Advisory Committee (“YAC”).  Zac had a big idea with a big goal. He set out ... Read more

At Covenant House Vancouver (CHV), our role and responsibility during this time, like anytime, is the health and well-being of young people experiencing homelessness. There are specific challenges and unique risks related to COVID-19 for young people experiencing homelessness: Young ... Read more

Covenant House Vancouver would like to thank Patrick Robinson and Hockey Helps the Homeless for supporting youth in our Rights of Passage and our Female Crisis Programs through their generous donation of $50,000. Hockey Helps the Homeless leverages Canada’s affinity ... Read more

In the spring of 2019, our Housing Support Workers Linda and Marc became RentSmart educators.  They attended a three-day course and learned how to teach the RentSmart Program.  RentSmart is a course to teach people life skills on how to ... Read more

Today is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and the 2019 theme is Acting Together to Empower Children, their Families and Communities to End Poverty. Poverty is not solely an economic issue, but rather a multidimensional phenomenon that ... Read more

Many thanks to our Kitchen Team who worked on Thanksgiving to ensure our youth had a delicious Thanksgiving meal and a warm, safe place to enjoy it.Big thanks to Riza (decor designer), Dave, Edward and Joanita. And also to the ... Read more