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Supporting and Connecting Youth (SACY) Substance Use Prevention Initiative

Related topics: Child and youth mental health and substance use Children and youth health Education Mental health and substance use Public education services School health Substance use Vancouver mental health and substance use services

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Need help immediately?

If there is a life-threatening safety concern, please call 9-1-1 or go to the Emergency Department at your nearest hospital.

Suicide prevention hotline: 1-800-784-2433

BC Crisis Line: 604-310-6789

Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868

Indigenous Crisis and Support Line - KUU-US Crisis Support Line: 1-800-588-8717

Harm reduction: Toward the Heart 

Supporting and Connecting Youth (SACY) - Substance Use Health Promotion Initiative engages Vancouver parents, teachers, students, administrators and the greater community in a process to strengthen school-based alcohol and drug prevention and early-intervention programs and policies.

If you are a student in crisis, contact the crisis center at: 

What to expect

Supporting and Connecting Youth (SACY) - Substance Use Health Prevention Initiative engages Vancouver parents, teachers, students, administrators and the greater community in a process to strengthen school-based alcohol and drug prevention and early-intervention programs and policies.

SACY on the Vancouver School Board (VSB) Website

SACY's goal is to prevent and delay substance use and reduce substance use-related problems.

SACY has four interrelated activity streams:

  1. Youth Prevention and Engagement,
  2. Parent Engagement,
  3. Curriculum and Teacher Training.

SACY partners

SACY is a partnership of the Vancouver School Board and Vancouver Coastal Health. Other collaborating partners include University of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, the Vancouver Police Department and the Centre for Addictions Research of British Columbia.