Pacific Community Resources Society

What Pacific Community Resources Society does

Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS) is a British Columbia non-profit social services organization founded in 1984 (originally as Nisha Children's Society, renamed PCRS in 2002) that delivers education, employment, housing, substance use and mental health, and youth and family support services across the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley. The organization operates 52 programs serving vulnerable youth aged 13-24 and their families, including four alternative schools (East Van Education Center, Honour Secondary School, Pathways to Education, and TREES), four WorkBC Employment Service Centres, multiple transitional housing programs (Annis Residence, Kwayatsut, Thompson Court, The 1.1.2., Shared Independent Living), a 20-bed youth substance use treatment centre (Traverse), and 5 youth hubs (Broadway Youth Resource Centre, City Centre Youth Hub, Delta Youth Hub, Foundry Surrey Central, Newton Youth Hub) providing integrated drop-in services. PCRS employs 400+ staff across offices in Vancouver, Surrey, Chilliwack, Burnaby, New Westminster, and Delta, and is led by CEO Steve Atkinson, CPA.

PCRS does not sell a technology product; its core platform is human-delivered, trauma-informed service delivery supported by standard non-profit management and case management infrastructure. Its integrated hub model is its primary operational differentiator, co-locating social, health, education, housing, and employment services to lower access barriers for at-risk youth. PCRS's revenue model is grant-funded rather than commercial: the majority of revenue flows from BC Housing, the Ministry of Children and Family Development, and Fraser Health Authority, supplemented by federal funding (CMHC, IRCC, Reaching Home), modest program fees (e.g., Annis Residence at $500/month), and charitable donations through CanadaHelps.org. Services are free to participants across most programs, and the organization partners with Vancouver School Board, Surrey School District #36, City of Surrey, Foundry BC, First Nations Health Authority, VACFSS, and other community agencies to deliver and refer participants.

Name

Pacific Community Resources Society

Legal name

Pacific Community Resources Society

Website

https://pcrs.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Pacific Community Resources Society is a BC non-profit founded in 1984 that delivers education, employment, housing, substance use, and youth and family support services through 52 programs and 5 youth hubs, serving vulnerable youth aged 13-24 and families across the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social and Community Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Child and Youth Services (62411)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Domestic Violence & Abuse Support Services (BPAGAEAD)

Keywords

• Social services nonprofit
• Youth support programs
• Alternative education services
• Employment training services
• Transitional housing programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: PCRS receives core funding from provincial government sources including BC Housing, Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD), and Fraser Health Authority to deliver social services programs across British Columbia.
2. Donations and Charitable Contributions: PCRS accepts charitable donations through CanadaHelps.org to support programs and services for vulnerable youth and families.
3. Program Fees: Some housing programs charge modest fees. For example, Annis Residence charges $500 per month rent. Most programs are free to participants.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

PCRS is a not-for-profit social services organization that delivers education, employment, housing, substance use and mental health, and youth and family support programs to vulnerable populations across British Columbia's Lower Mainland. Services are provided through 52 programs and 5 integrated youth hubs, including alternative schools, WorkBC employment centres, transitional housing residences, substance use treatment (e.g., Traverse), and outreach services. Programs are primarily funded by provincial and municipal government contracts and charitable donations, with most services free to participants.

Product overview

Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS) operates as a not-for-profit social services organization providing a comprehensive portfolio of community-based programs across British Columbia. The organization offers education services (East Van Education Center, Honour Secondary School, Pathways to Education, and TREES alternative school programs), employment services (Baristas Program, Build Your Future, and WorkBC Employment Service Centres), housing services (Annis Residence, Housing Hub, Kwayatsut, Thompson Court, Rental Assistance Program, and multiple youth housing programs), substance use and mental health services (ASTRA, CAPS, DEWY, TRAVERSE, Harm Reduction and Prevention, Indigenous Wellness), and youth and family support programs (FASD Key Worker, REACH, SEY, Youth Transitions, and others). PCRS also operates five youth hubs across Vancouver and Surrey (BYRC, CCYH, DYH, Foundry Surrey Central, NYH) providing integrated drop-in services. The organization serves communities from Vancouver to Chilliwack with over 52 programs focused on vulnerable populations including youth, families, and those experiencing homelessness.

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Problem solved

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Products and services

• East Van Education Center (EVEC) An alternate school offering high school graduation (grades 8-12) for Vancouver youth aged 13-18, integrating academic, recreational, and counselling activities with a high staff-to-student ratio.
• Honour Secondary School (HSS) An independent school in Surrey providing full academic programming for grades 10-12 youth with small class environments and individualized instruction, accommodating 30 students annually with 15 seats reserved for youth justice programs.
• Pathways to Education A program providing academic and comprehensive supports for high school students in Vancouver and Surrey, offering tutoring, mentorship, bus passes, grocery cards, scholarships, and transition support to post-secondary education.
• Teen Recreation and Educational Services (TREES) An alternate school in Surrey for youth aged 13-18 providing academic programming, life skills development, and support for youth experiencing or at risk of homelessness with wrap-around support from partner agencies.
• Baristas Program A six-week employment skills training program for youth aged 16-30 focusing on customer service and food industry work, providing workshops on life and employability skills along with Foodsafe, Serving It Right, and SuperHost certifications.
• Build Your Future A three-week employment program for youth aged 16-30 preparing participants for full-time employment as trades helpers or labourers through interactive workshops and safety certifications.
• WorkBC Employment Service Centres Service centres providing employment services including job search resources, skills assessment, training, work experience placement, and online services at multiple locations across Vancouver, Surrey, Burnaby, and New Westminster.
• Annis Residence A transition housing program with 22 individual units in Chilliwack for adults 19+ facing homelessness, offering private suites with kitchenettes and bathroom, communal evening kitchen, and on-site substance use counselling and Indigenous peer support. Program fee: $500 per month.
• Community Outreach Coordination & Integration (CICP) An integrated response to individuals experiencing homelessness, substance use and mental health in Chilliwack, providing frontline case management, community integration support, and service coordination.
• Extreme Weather Shelter (EWR) An emergency shelter providing safe dry space during extreme weather alerts for youth aged 13-24 in Surrey, offering mats, food, water, shower and laundry facilities from November through March.
• Housing Hub A transition housing program in Chilliwack providing scattered-site housing using market rental units with weekly home visits to help participants stabilize housing and develop life skills.
• Kwayatsut A two-year transitional housing program for youth aged 16-24 at risk of homelessness in Vancouver, maintaining 30 units of housing with youth housing workers assisting in life skills, employment, education, and transition planning. Canada's first LGBTQ-specific youth housing.
• Rental Assistance Program (RAP) A portable housing subsidy program for youth aged 16-24 at risk of homelessness in Vancouver, providing rental assistance for up to 24 months with staff support to find sustainable housing.
• The 1.1.2. Housing Program A transitional housing program in Surrey providing 30 fully furnished units for young adults aged 19-24, offered in partnership with City of Surrey, CMHC, and BC Housing through the Rapid Housing Initiative.
• Thompson Court A two-year transitional housing program for youth aged 19-24 at risk of homelessness in Vancouver, providing safe housing while supporting life skills, employment, education, and transition planning.
• Vancouver Shared Independent Living Program A two-year transitional housing program providing private rooms with shared spaces for youth aged 19-24 at risk of homelessness, with youth housing worker support for life skills and transition planning.
• ASTRA Outreach substance use counselling for youth aged 13-19 across multiple Fraser Valley communities, providing one-to-one relational counselling based on bio-psycho-social-spiritual perspective.
• Chilliwack Substance Use and Prevention Services (CAPS) Fraser Health outpatient clinic in Chilliwack providing substance use counselling, groups, relapse prevention, support groups, and referrals to detox and treatment for youth and adults ages 13-99.
• DEWY (Day, Evening, Weekend for Youth) A community substance use treatment program for youth aged 13-19 in the Lower Mainland, combining therapeutic group process, intentional recreation activities, and individual counselling based on mindfulness, relapse management, and values-based living.
• Foundry Surrey Central A welcoming, inclusive youth hub providing free health and wellness supports for young people ages 12-24 and their families without referral, offering drop-in activities, peer support, counselling, and connections to community resources.
• Harm Reduction and Prevention Program A mobile harm reduction program covering Chilliwack to Boston Bar, providing harm reduction supplies and connections to housing, income assistance, counselling, and other community services.
• Indigenous Wellness and Peer Program An Indigenous-focused program providing culturally appropriate services including mental health support, substance use assistance, housing help, identification assistance, and reconciliation support across Chilliwack to Boston Bar and Abbotsford to Langley.
• Prevention & Health Promotion A substance use prevention and health promotion program for youth aged 10-19 in Chilliwack, Langley, Aldergrove, Surrey, Delta, Ladner and Tsawwassen, delivered through schools and communities with awareness presentations, group work, mentoring, and recreational activities.
• TRAVERSE A Fraser Region Youth Substance Use live-in treatment centre for youth aged 13-18, providing voluntary residential treatment for up to 6 months with integrated recreation programming.
• Caregivers Support Program (CSP) A program supporting foster parents and extended family members in Surrey, Langley, Ladner, Delta and White Rock to raise and nurture children with attachment and trauma issues through home consultation, counselling, and support groups.
• FASD Key Worker Program A program supporting families in Surrey (north of 48th Ave) with youth aged 12-18 who have FASD or complex developmental behavioural conditions, providing counselling, information, parenting strategies, advocacy, and education groups.
• Immediate Response Program (IRP) A program providing mediation in parent-teen conflict for families in Surrey experiencing crisis, offering communication education, resources, and support for up to 3 months with potential extensions.
• Indigenous Youth Victim Services A Vancouver-based service supporting Indigenous youth ages 13-24 who are victims of crime, providing cultural healing opportunities, outreach, counselling referrals, and assistance navigating legal matters regardless of police reporting.
• Inter Regional At-Risk Youth Link (IRAYL) An outreach program providing community support across the four SkyTrain lines in the Lower Mainland, offering assistance finding and accessing community resources and helping locate missing or hard-to-find youth.
• Learning to Lead Youth Resiliency A mentorship and community-based group program for youth ages 14-17 in Surrey providing one-on-one support and structured activities including resiliency groups, community service projects, and adventure-based recreation.
• REACH Program A recreation and engagement program supporting newcomer youth aged 15-25 in Surrey, Langley and Delta with settlement and integration through multicultural celebrations, homework clubs, volunteering, and employment training.
• Reconnect An outreach service in Surrey supporting youth aged 13-18 who are street-involved or at risk of street involvement and homelessness, offering referrals to education, substance use services, housing, counselling, and employment.
• Stop Exploiting Youth (SEY) An outreach and support program for at-risk youth aged 13-18 in Surrey and Delta who are in sexually exploitative situations or at risk, providing education, safety planning, and wrap-around service connections.
• Youth Engagement Program A program at BYRC supporting volunteer and leadership opportunities for Vancouver youth aged 13-24, including the Peer Navigator Program and Youth Advisory Committee for program development.
• Youth Outreach and Empowerment Support Services (YOESS) An intensive support program for MCFD youth aged 13-19 coping with multiple challenges, providing transition planning as youth age out of care with trauma-informed comprehensive planning.
• Youth to Adulthood Transitions Program A program supporting youth aged 16-19 in MCFD or VACFSS care to transition to independence through service planning, ID acquisition, employment, life skills, and housing search skills development.
• Broadway Youth Resource Centre (BYRC) A one-stop centre in Vancouver providing social, health, education, housing, substance use, employment, and life skills services for youth aged 13-24, offering meals, computers, counselling, and partnership services.
• City Centre Youth Hub (CCYH) A drop-in hub in Surrey providing youth aged 13-18 access to resources, computers, gaming, snacks, life skills programming, harm reduction supplies, counselling, and cultural seasonal activities.
• Delta Youth Hub (DYH) A drop-in hub in Delta providing youth aged 13-18 access to resources, computers, snacks, life skills programming, harm reduction supplies, counselling, and cultural seasonal activities.
• Newton Youth Hub (NYH) A drop-in hub in Surrey providing youth aged 13-18 access to resources, computers, gaming, snacks, life skills programming, harm reduction supplies, counselling, and cultural seasonal activities.

Quantifiable outcome

• First LGBTQ-specific youth housing in Canada developed at Kwayatsut/BYRC
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• BC HousingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBC Housing is a primary funder and partner for PCRS housing programs including Annis Residence, Kwayatsut, Thompson Court, Surrey Shared Independent Living, and The 1.1.2. (30-unit modular housing project). BC Housing provides capital funding and operational subsidies for youth housing initiatives.
• Fraser Health AuthoritycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFraser Health funds and partners on substance use and mental health programs including ASTRA, CAPS, DEWY, TRAVERSE (20-bed treatment centre), and the Chilliwack Health and Housing Centre. PCRS serves as an outpatient clinic for Fraser Health's substance use services.
• Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMCFD is a primary funder for education programs (EVEC, HSS, TREES), youth and family services, and referrals to housing programs. PCRS delivers MCFD-contracted services for at-risk youth across BC.
• Vancouver School BoardcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for East Van Education Center (EVEC), an alternate school serving Vancouver School District students in grades 8-12 who require modified coursework and higher staff-to-student ratios.
• Surrey School District #36coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Honour Secondary School and TREES alternative education programs serving Surrey youth in grades 10-12 and 13-18 respectively.
• City of SurreycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with City of Surrey on The 1.1.2. housing project (30 units) and Foundry Surrey Central youth hub. City provides land and support for youth housing and services.
• CMHC (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCMHC partnered with PCRS, City of Surrey, and BC Housing on The 1.1.2. modular housing project through the Rapid Housing Initiative to provide 30 affordable housing units for Surrey youth.
• Foundry BCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPCRS operates Foundry Surrey Central, part of the Foundry network of integrated youth health and social service hubs. Foundry BC provides the model and network support for integrated youth services.
• WorkBCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPCRS operates four WorkBC Employment Service Centres providing free employment services to job seekers and employers across Vancouver Midtown, Surrey Guildford, Burnaby-Edmonds, and New Westminster.
• ACCESS BladeRunnerssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerACCESS BladeRunners funds the Baristas Program and Build Your Future employment programs for youth ages 16-30, providing training allowances and job placement support.
• IRCC (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerIRCC funds the REACH Program supporting newcomer youth with settlement and integration services in Surrey, Langley, and Delta.
• Government of Canada - Reaching HomesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerReaching Home: Canada's Homelessness Strategy funds Surrey Youth Reaching Home program supporting homeless youth up to age 24 in Surrey and Delta.
• First Nations Health AuthoritysupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners on Indigenous Wellness and Peer Program providing culturally-appropriate healing and counselling for First Nations individuals in Chilliwack to Boston Bar and Abbotsford to Langley regions.
• Leave Out Violence Everywhere (LOVE BC)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerAward-winning youth-driven violence prevention program located at Broadway Youth Resource Centre, providing free media arts and leadership skills to youth.
• Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society (VACFSS)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerVACFSS social workers can directly refer to PCRS housing programs (Kwayatsut, Thompson Court) and Youth to Adulthood Transitions Program.
• Options Community ServicessupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner at Foundry Surrey Central providing prevention and early intervention resources for youth mental health.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles23 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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