Federal money gives youth safe house new life

Shelter for troubled teens reopens after being shut more than a year
Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver Sun
Published: Saturday, January 12, 2008

The North Shore Youth Safe House has been given a rebirth.

The shelter, which provides a temporary refuge for troubled teens, officially reopened with government funding Friday, more than a year after it was shut down in 2006 because of a lack of government support.

Operated by the Hollyburn Family Services Society, the new safe house will provide a four-bed emergency shelter and a two-bed transitional housing unit for youths as well as 24-hour, seven-day-a-week support to youths, including life skills development, personal counselling, addiction counselling and employment coaching.

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