Network of Inner City Community Services Society

NICCSS is a consortium of community based organizations, resident groups and consumer groups who work together in the coordination and delivery of services to children and families and individuals. These programs are all focused Vancouver's Inner City population, addressing gaps in existing social services for residents in these neighbourhoods. The range of services that we provide includes early childhood development, youth and family support, seniors' support and social enterprise projects. Our programs frequently involve a number of community organizations working collaboratively together to address issues affecting our community on many levels.

NICCSS provides a number of programs using a collaborative community building model. The programs are designed and carried out with the involvement of residents of the inner city and NICCSS is proud to use financial support received to employ residents in some of the programs offered.

NICCSS embraces diversity in all of our programs and accordingly has arranged to provide services in several languages, including Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Hindi, Urdu, Spanish, French and English.

NICCSS provides a number of programs using a collaborative community building model including:

• Home Support and Supervised Access Services
• Capacity Links Seniors Program
• Roving Leaders Children and Youth Program
• HUB Family Support Program
• iRENT Bank
• Bright Family Futures (BFF)

We are partners in a number of strategic community initiatives:

• Inner City Childhood Response Team:
• RICHER Initiative
• SOS Immigrant Health Outreach
• Moresports Children & Youth Program
• Vancouver Inner City Community Foundation

We are also part of social enterprise initiatives in our community:

• “Everything But the Kitchen Sink Emporium” – VANOC Asset Disposal