BCAPOP is grateful to have been selected as a recipient of the Community Prosperity Fund in August of 2024 and for the financial support of the Province of British Columbia to move forward on our “Next Steps Project”.
BCAPOP was awarded $100,000 and the funding will increase the capacity of BCAPOP over the next two years to operate a bed-based program in Kamloops for perinatal people who use/have used substances and their infants. Currently, no comparable program in Kamloops/surrounding areas exist; the closest program is in Kelowna. This program will ensure Kamloops participants remain in the community, strengthen the parent-baby attachment, and stabilize the dyad with proven evidence-based, best practice approaches. The outcomes will be reduced child removals that result from a lack of access to a safe and supervised bed-based programming, increased capacity of parents to safely care for their children while simultaneously addressing their substance use.
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Our Board of Directors and team could not be more grateful to the Community Prosperity Fund, BC Interior Community Foundation and the Province of British Columbia for investing in our organization, our community and most importantly, their investment in improving the outcomes for perinatal people and their infants.
