Pathways | Community Health Centre (CHC) - Cool Aid Community Health Centre

Community Health Centre (CHC) - Cool Aid Community Health Centre

Addictions / Substance Use, Condition Specific Support, Healthcare Providers, Public Health, and Sexual Health

Provided by Victoria Cool Aid Society

Barrier-free health care, delivered through two health centres and two mobile health clinics, supports people experiencing or transitioning out of homelessness and/or poverty in reaching their full potential.

Home to a variety of health and social service providers in a single location to provide services to vulnerable populations. Cool Aid’s health team includes doctors and nurses, counsellors, a nutritionist, psychiatrist, acupuncturist, podiatrist; dentists and dental hygienists; a pharmacist and a pharmacy technician.

The Cool Aid Community Health Centre supports patients who are homeless, vulnerable due to mental illness or disabilities and living on very low incomes or who have addiction challenges.

Primary Health Care: The Cool Aid Community Health Centre operates two primary care centres that provide comprehensive care through a successful multidisciplinary, trauma-informed model. The healthcare team has expertise in hepatitis C, HIV, opioid agonist therapy, and complex mental health care. They are also recognized as world leaders in hep C and HIV research. The centres also prescribe PrEP and offer a weekly PrEP testing clinic every Wednesday from 5:00PM to 7:30PM on a first-come, first-served basis.
Please note: The Cool Aid Community Health Centre is currently not accepting new patients.
Mobile Health Clinics: Health outreach is a critical part of health services and an important way to reach the thousands of people who face barriers to primary health care in the region. Cool Aid’s two mobile health clinics, powered by TELUS Health, visit several locations across the capital region each week. Services include trauma-informed primary medical care, wound care, routine testing and contraception, harm reduction services, STI treatment, and mental health supports.
Dental Clinic: The Cool Aid dental clinic is the only one of its kind serving adults in the capital region. It offers a full range of compassionate, accessible dental care, including hygiene, fillings, extractions, and root canals. The clinic offers care to anyone who needs it, but primarily provides service to those considered low-income, those funded by government dental plans, refugees, and newcomers to Canada. For more information, please reach out to the clinic.