Secwepemc Child & Family Services

Secwépemc Child and Family Services (SCFS) is a brand new 30,000 sf facility built next door to its former home on Kootenay Way on the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc reserve, and designed to serve the 7 First Nations communities. This modern 2-storey modular facility includes gender-neutral bathrooms, an outdoor playground, an Indigenous pit house setting in the middle of the lobby, an industrial-sized kitchen, a conference centre, and plenty of office spaces. The facility was designed as a Part 3 building of the Building Code and Step Code 3 under the new Energy Standards Guidelines with accessibility requirements.