About this resource
Mara House
Mara House is a family-oriented, specialized home facility for challenging/vulnerable children age 6 to 16. Parents and caregivers meet with a multi-disciplinary team, including a Clinical Family Specialist, and community specialists. Staff at Mara House provide:
- a nurtured home life and environment
- safety and security for all residents
- positive goal-oriented individual plans
Mara House is in operation 24 hours a day, 365 days a year in accordance with the Interior Health Community Care Facility Act. Access to Mara House is done through the Resource Team at the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD).
For more information on Mara House, please contact the Director of Operations and Services at (250) 545-3572.
Sage House
Sage House is a three bedroom resource which provides Respite Care for families caring for children and youth with varying complex needs.
Through Respite Care the staff at Sage House support the improvement of family functioning and enhance overall well-being by providing a break for caregivers, while at the same time seamlessly maintaining a child’s and youth’s important routines and supports, such as continuing to attend and receive their community therapies or connections/routines with extended family.
Sage House is in operation 24 hours a day, 365 days a year in accordance with the Interior Health Community Care Facility Act. Access to Sage House is done through the Resource Team at the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD).
For more information on Sage House and how to access Respite Care, please contact the Director of Operations and Services at (250) 545-3572.
Cedar House
Cedar House is a two bedroom Emergency Placement resource that provides a safe, supportive short-term (approximately 30 days) placement for children and youth who cannot live safely with their family, for whom no other care arrangement is readily available, and who are in the care of the Director.
Children and youth may be considered for placement in Emergency Care if they:
- Have come into care on an urgent basis as the result of a sudden breakdown in their family or out-of-care arrangement;
- Are in care and have experienced a sudden breakdown in their placement; and
- Where extended family, a community member or a family care home is unavailable
Access to Cedar House is through the Resource Team at the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD).
For more information on Cedar House and how to access Emergency Placement Care, please contact the Director of Operations and Services at (250) 545-3572.