Photo Credit: Carrier Sekani Family Service

By Sam Bennison

Addictions Support

Carrier Sekani Family Service opens new sobering centre

Oct 5, 2023 | 3:43 PM

PRINCE GEORGE—Prince George has access to a new sobering centre operated by Carrier Sekani Family Services in partnership with the Province and Northern Health.

The centre is a 10-bed facility that provides a safe space for people 18 and older who are intoxicated and unable to care for themselves. People can refer themselves or they can be referred by a someone else such as a family member, health-care providers, and emergency services.

Travis Holyk, executive director of health with Carrier Sekani Family Services, says they are happy to help provide this service and sees it a required part of care for vulnerable community members.

The centre is located at 1133 Second Ave and is open to clients overnight, from Thursday to Sunday. Various support services will be added gradually until the centre is able to support clients seven days a week, 24 hours a day. Those supports will include laundry facilities, referral to community resources, snacks and a safe place to sleep.

The sobering centre is an important addition to the continuum of services in the North where people with substance-use challenges can access care and connection to additional supports and services. We appreciate the Province’s investment in mental-health and substance-use services and the collaboration with Carrier Sekani Family Services that have brought the sobering and assessment centre to fruition.

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The Province is providing $1.8 million in funding for the facility over the next three years as part of it’s investments in substance-use and treatment services. The new Prince George Sobering Centre adds ten more beds to the over 3000 publicly funded adult and youth community substance-use beds across the province, and is critical in providing access to mental health and addictions care.