Youth Pregnancy & Parenting Program (YPPP)

The Youth Pregnancy and Parenting Program services include: 

• nutrition counselling with a Dietitian during pregnancy;
• one-to-one support with housing, finances and other social challenges with a Support Worker;
• weekly prenatal education group with a Public Health Nurse and Youth Support Worker;
• youth-focused parent-infant drop-in groups until the baby is 18 months old;
• free hot lunches provided at groups;
• food skills cooking classes and demonstrations;
• counseling with a Youth Counselor; and
• clothing and food donations.

Low-income clients may also receive: 

• grocery gift cards,
• free dental hygiene visits,
• transit tickets,
• free prenatal vitamins, and
• vitamin D drops for babies.

Youth with multiple barriers may apply to access the YPPP maternity clinic, which offers:

• A youth-friendly medical team including Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Physicians and others, that follow youth and their baby; and
• Family doctors that deliver at BC Women’s Hospital.