CBFRS is committed to providing support and assistance to families in the Elk Valley and South Country as well as providing person centered programs and services that encourage safe and healthy families.
Here are some important items of note and some program highlights over the last year:
- 2025 was a Strategic Planning year for the Columbia Basin Family Resource Society! We are excited about the goals for the next three years and look forward to the future of the organization. The Strategic Planning goals for 2026-2027 are:
- Goal One: Improve HR Capacity
- Goal Two: Strengthen Programs & Services
- Goal Three: Diversify Funding
- Goal Four: Strengthen Governance & Leadership
- Under our three Ministry of Child and Family Development Contracts we provided 8444 hours of service to clients. These services delivered include family counselling, family support, child and youth care, work and independent skills (W.I.S.P) and children and youth with support needs (CYSN).
- The Family Counselling program welcomed a new Family Counsellor to the team and was able to increase the programs hours, allowing us to significantly reduce and at time clear the waitlist. This year, the program assisted and closed 28 families.
- We continue to maintain a wait list for Voluntary (self-referral) services and aim to prioritize reducing this wait list in our 2025-2028 Strategic Plan.
- This year we welcomed a new counsellor to our Sexual Abuse Intervention Program (SAIP) position, who has been working hard to develop key connections with services like MCFD and RCMP Victim Services as well as Interior Health programs and partnerships in Sparwood and Elkford. This year, the SAIP program provided 728 hours of service to 15 clients.
- CBFRS provided 9518 hours of service to Community Living BC clients. This includes to Lifeskills program, which has seen an uptick in younger participants. They have been excitedly adding many new team activities including: scavenger hunts, group baking, Dungeons & Dragons campaigns, art programs, and a racquetball team. The Lifeskills program is an incredible way for our CLBC clients to stay connected with their community, make new friends, and engage in new experiences.
- The Children and Youth with Support Needs (CYSN) program provided 1966 hours to clients.
- Through the Interior Health Mental Health Clubhouse (also known as Three Sisters Clubhouse) contract, CBFRS provided 532 hours of service to clients. We continue to work closely with the Elk Valley Adult Mental Health Team to increase the number of attendees.
- The Fellaship men’s mental health group is in their 7th year of operations, and continues to see attendance increase with each passing year. Meeting attendance ranges from 5 to 15 participants each session. They continue to see new members as well as a core group of regulars who help bring a level of vulnerability and create a sense of safety at each meeting. Thanks to this core group of people, they have been able to introduce a voluntary support list that creates a network of connections for the fellas between meetings.
- In October of 2025, CBFRS underwent an accreditation survey with the Commission of Accredited Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). Thanks to the hard work of our small admin team, we were successful in obtaining another 3 year certification.
Source: CRA T3010 Registered Charity Information Return, 2025-03-31