Supporting and Connecting Youth (SACY) Substance Use Prevention Initiative
Need help immediately?
If there is an urgent safety concern, please call 9-1-1 or go to emergency at your nearest hospital.
Suicide hotline: 1-800-784-2433
Call BC Crisis Line: 604-310-6789
Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868
KUU-US Crisis Support Line (BC Wide Indigenous Toll Free Crisis and Support Line): 1-800-588-8717
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:
- BC 1-800-SUICIDE: 1 (800) 784-2433
- Mental Health Support Line: (604) 310-6789
- Vancouver Coastal Regional Distress Line: (604) 872-3311
- Online Chat Service for Youth: www.YouthInBC.com (Noon to 1 a.m.)
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:
- Youth Prevention and Engagement,
- Parent Engagement,
- Curriculum and Teacher Training, and
- STEP - a three-day off-site program.
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.