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From YouTube: FEBRUARY 24 2022 Statements Grace Lore
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
3rd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
victoria
beacon
hill.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
I
am
so
pleased
to
rise
today
to
talk
about
two
incredible
organizations
that
provide
specialized
and
essential
mental
health
care
and
support
here
in
victoria.
We
know
the
pandemic
has
had
devastating
impacts
on
mental
health
and
wellness
across
the
province.
A
We
also
know
that
these
impacts
are
even
more
significant
for
those
who
have
faced
violence
who
are
navigating
poverty
and
marginalization
or
who
are
without
their
traditional
community
connections.
Vicar.
The
vancouver
island
counseling
center
for
immigrants
and
refugees
provides
counseling
with
the
support
of
specially
trained
interpreters,
removing
linguistic
and
economic
barriers
to
care.
A
Counseling
is
available
in
mandarin
korean
farsi,
arabic,
punjabi,
vietnamese
and
more
cultural
interpretation
helps
families
situate
their
experience
in
their
own
cultural
context
and
helps
counselors
understand
the
needs
of
their
clients
and
specialized
mental
health.
Care
is
also
available
at
peers
where
current
and
former
sex
workers
can
access
counseling
supports
that
are
safe.
Empowering
and
non-judgmental.
A
Client-Centered
care
is
foundational
to
the
services
available
at
both
organizations
at
vicker,
kids
can
access
art
therapy
a
more
gentle
way
for
children
to
process,
trauma
and
emotion,
and
it
appears
by
ensuring
people
with
lived
experience
and
sex
work
are
on
their
board
and
as
part
of
their
staff,
they
provide
services
that
best
reflect
the
needs
of
those
they
serve
mental
health
care,
mr
speaker,
must
meet
people
where
they
are
at.
They
must
be
at
the
center
of
the
services
that
they
are
accessing.
This
is
what
these
organizations
are
doing.
A
I'm
incredibly
proud,
mr
speaker,
that
our
government
continues
to
fund
and
support
the
work
at
these
organizations
to
ensure
culturally
appropriate
low
barrier
and
specialized
counseling,
and
all
my
gratitude,
mr
speaker,
to
these
organizations,
their
staff,
their
volunteers
and
all
who
provide
the
services
and
care
in
my
community
and
across
the
region.
Thank
you.