Kamloops Family Services Contact Information
PREGNANT? NEW FAMILY? CARING FOR YOU AND YOUR BABY
- Interior Community Services: 250-554-3134
- Baby's Head Start - First Steps - Families First - PAID -
www.interiorcommunityservices.bc.ca - Interior Health – Healthy from the Start Prenatal Registry
Ask questions / get support: 1-855-868-7710
www.interiorhealth.ca/HealthyFromTheStart - Kamloops Aboriginal Friendship Society: 250-376-1296
www.kafs.ca - Kamloops YMCA-YWCA Early Years Centre / Child Care Resource and Referral: 250-376-4771
www.kamloopsy.org - La Leche League (info on local resources): 1-800-665-4324
www.lllc.ca - Lii Michif Otipemisiwak Family and Community Services: 250-554-9486
- Mothers for Recovery: 250-377-6890
www.kfrs.ca - Public Health Maternity Care Program: 250-851-7362
- Pre/Post Natal Mental Health Services: 250-851-7450
- Public Health: 250-851-7300
- Breastfeeding Centre
- Child Care Licensing
- Immunization
- Lift the Lip (dental clinic)
LOOKING FOR SPECIALIZED INFORMATION AND SUPPORT?
- Child & Youth Mental Health (North Shore): 250-554-5800
www.kamloops.cmha.bc.ca - Child & Youth Mental Health (South Shore): 250-371-3648
www.kamloops.cmha.bc.ca - Children's Therapy & Family Resource Ctr: 250-371-4100
www.kamloopschildrenstherapy.org - Occupational & Physiotherapy, Speech & Language,
- Autism Diagnostic Clinic, Family Resources,
- Supported Child Development, Kamloops
- Kamloops Autism Program
- Insight Support Services: 250-554-0085
- Autism Supports
- Behaviour Consultation
- Family Support Services
- FASD Key Worker
- Referrals and assessments
- Kamloops Infant Development Program: 250-371-4140
www.kamloopsinfantdevelopment.ca - Lii Michif Otipemisiwak Family and Community Services: 250-554-9486
- Public Health (Speech, Audiology, Nutrition, Dental, Nursing): 250-851-7300
www.interiorhealth.ca - Secwepemc Child & Family Services: 250-314-9669
www.secwepemcfamilies.org
LOOKING FOR FAMILY EDUCATION & SUPPORT?
- Boys and Girls Club - Family Development Programs: 250-554-5437
www.bgckamloops.com - Children's Therapy & Family Resource Centre: 250-371-4100
www.kamloopschildrenstherapy.org - Family Tree Family Centre: 250-377-6890
www.kfrs.ca - Insight Support Services: 250-554-0085
- Interior Community Services: 250-554-3134
www.interiorcommunityservices.bc.ca - Early Connections - Healthy Beginnings - Families First - PAID -
- Kamloops Aboriginal Friendship Society: 250-376-1296
www.kafs.ca - Kamloops Infant Development Program: 250-371-4140
- Kamloops YMCA-YWCA Child Care Resources & Referral /EarlyYears Centre: 250-376-4771
- Child Care Resources & Referral - Early Learning Cente - Nobody's Perfect Parent Program
www.kamloopsy.org - Lii Michif Otipemisiwak Family and Community Services : 250-554-9486
- Secwepemc Child & Family Services: 250-314-9669
www.secwepemcfamilies.org
LOOKING FOR PLAY, EARLY LITERACY AND PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES?
- Boys & Girls Club - Bright Red Book Bus (July & August, various locations and parks). Call for schedule: 250-554-5437
www.bcgkamloops.com - City of Kamloops Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services: 250-828-3500
www.kamloops.ca - Family Tree Drop-In Program (downtown): 250-377-6890
www.kfrs.ca - Kamloops Early Language & Literacy Initiative (KELLI): 250-376-4771
www.interiorcommunityservices.bc.ca - Parent-Child Mother Goose Programs
- Kamloops YMCA-YWCA Child Care Resource & Referral Early Years Centre: 250-376-4771
www.kamloopsy.org - Baby Rhyme Time
- Toy & Resource Lending Library
- Interactive Early Learning Drop-in Centre
- Locomotion Time
- Kamlooops Early Language & Literacy Initiative
- Lii Michif Otipemisiwak Family and Community Services: 250-554-9486
- StrongStart Programs (Drop In)
- A.E. Perry Elementary: 250-376-6224
- Arthur Hatton Elementary: 250-376-7231
- Marion Shilling Elementary: 250-372-7795
- Beattie Elementary:250-374-0608
- Haldane Elementary (Chase): 250-679-3269
- Raft River Elementary (Clearwater): 250-674-2218
- Barriere Elementary: 250-672-9916
- Thompson-Nicola Regional Library
www.tnrl.ca - Kamloops Main Branch: 250-372-5145
- North Kamloops Branch: 250-554-1124
DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SAFETY?
- BCAA Car Seat Information: 1-877-247-5551
- Kamloops RCMP: 250-828-3000
ABORIGINAL SERVICES
- Kamloops Aboriginal Friendship Society: 250-376-1296
www.kafs.ca - Lii Michif Otipemisiwak Family and Community Services: 250-554-9486
www.lmofcs.ca - Qwemtsin Health Society: 250-314-6732
www.qwemtsin.org - Secwepemc Child & Family Service: 250-314-9669
www.secwepemcfamilies.org
OTHER IMORTANT PHONE NUMBERS & HELP LINES:
- Emergency Help: 911
- 24 hour Crisis Call Line: 1-888-353-2273
- BC 211
- www.bc211.ca
- BC Kids Help Line: 250-310-1234
- Child & Youth Mental Health (North Shore): 250-554-5800
- Child & Youth Mental Health (South Shore): 250-371-3648
- Health Link BC: 811
- Registered nurse, pharmacist, dietician
- Ministry of Children & Family Development: 1-800-663-9122
- Poison Control: 1-800-567-8911
- Public Health (General questions & support) : 250-851-7300
- RCMP Victims Services: 250-828-3223
- Royal Inland Hospital: 250-374-5111
- Victims Information Line: 1-800-563-0808
- Y Women's Emergency Shelter: 250-374-6162