The New Westminster Situation Table
Get ready for a game-changer! Thanks to funding from Public Safety Canada and additional funding from the Province of British Columbia, we’ve set up the New Westminster Situation Table. This table brings together multiple agencies like the New Westminster School District, the New Westminster Police Department and the Ministry of Child and Family Development to help vulnerable young people get the support they need using a risk-based, collaborative, rapid triage model.
The Situation Table:
- Improves communication and coordination of community resources working to serve at-risk youth
- Supports young people from becoming involved in gang-associated behaviours by providing wrap around supports and positive alternatives to gang life
- Offers intervention support tailored to meet individual and unique needs, grounded in culturally relevant and trauma informed services in an expedited way
The Situation Table meets weekly at New Westminster City Hall. The list of community partners, as well as active table participants includes:
- Aunt Leah’s Place
- BC Housing
- Boys and Girls Club - Odyssey I Program
- Canadian Mental Health Association
- Cameray Child and Family Services
- City of New Westminster
- Dan’s Legacy
- Federation of BC Youth in Care Networks
- Fraser Heath
- Fraserside Community Resources
- Last Door Recovery Society
- Massey Theatre Society
- Ministry of Children and Family Development
- Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General
- Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction
- MOSAIC - SWIS Program
- New Westminster Police Department
- New Westminster School District
- OCABC – CFSEU End Gang Life
- Pacific Community Resources Society – IRAYL Program
- Red Fox Healthy Living Society
- Spirit of the Children Society
- The Lower Mainland Purpose Society
- Transit Police
- Washington Kids Foundation
Read the Risk Tracking Data Analysis of Situation Tables for 2024 here.