Five provinces participated. Youth Action Coalition to improve the quality and number of opportunities available for street-involved youth to develop healthy coping, socialization, and other life skills. Vancouver Police and Native Liaison Society to act as a liaison between Aboriginal women living in the DTES and the Vancouver Police Department. Several organizations receiving AIDS Community Action Program funding have also carried out some work in this area. Development of a Seroconverter Database and Update to BC Enhanced HIV Surveillance Program to monitor HIV seroconversions in the BC HIV database in order to more closely monitor HIV incidence for the purpose of providing information for targeting prevention, treatment, care and support and to provide data for the national seroconverter database.
Regional priorities are injury prevention, support to young parents and crisis intervention.
In the DTES majority of the resources are targeted to Aboriginal people. All three projects have strong support from off-reserve Aboriginal communities. The project operates four inner city neighbourhood family support centres for pre-school aged children and their families. A wide variety of resources for parents is available providing educational, life skills, crisis intervention, support counselling, referral, social recreational and cultural activities. Projects will include the promotion of culture and language, education, health, nutrition counselling, and improved social supports.