About Reach – Child Development Centers

Since 1959, REACH Child and Youth Development Society has served children with support needs and their families in Delta, Surrey, White Rock, and Langley, B.C. REACH is dedicated to building inclusive, accessible, supportive societies where all individuals flourish.

We offer a variety of programs and services designed to meet the needs of children birth through 25, to ensure their optimum growth and development. Whenever possible, children and youth are included in the goal-setting process. This approach empowers them and their families to make informed decisions that shape their futures, while highlighting strengths, honoring diversity and individuality, and enhancing their quality of life. By actively engaging in their own services, children and families build agency, fostering lifelong self-determination.

Visit our Programs Visual for an overview of access, age and area associated with each program. Core funding for many of these programs is received from the Ministry of Children and Family Development, BC Gaming Commission and the City of Delta. 

REACH understands the complex intersectionalities of race, gender, health, and disability. We are dedicated to supporting families and individuals who encounter disproportionate obstacles. Through our strategic plan, REACH works on dismantling systemic barriers, challenges cultural stigmas surrounding disabilities, and advocates for inclusive policies to promote societal change. REACH recognizes that justice for one group is intrinsically linked to the liberation of all, and that our world is a kinder and richer place when everyone belongs.

 

Reach Child & Youth Development Society

Mission

To provide timely, accessible person and family-centered community programs and services for the optimal development of children, youth, and adults,  where all individuals flourish and reach their potential.

Vision

Communities where all individuals and their families are welcomed, included, and leading lives of well-being based on their own individual strengths, interests, and values.

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Believing in potential

Each year over 1000 children benefit from programs and services at Reach Child and Youth Development Society. Our person and family-centered, individualized, and responsive approach means that families experience success and each child is given the opportunity to reach their potential.

 

 

Family Centered Child & Youth Development Programs

Person and Family Centered

Our person and family-centered philosophy recognizes that the family is the major decision maker and constant in the child’s life and as such, we believe families should be in control and informed. We believe that the primary aim of good service planning is to enable and empower families. 

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Responsive

We believe that it is essential that services be flexible to meet the changing needs of children and families, and to respond to input from the community regarding those needs.

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Experts in child development

Experts in our field

We have brought together professionals with expertise and knowledge in a variety of areas including Early Childhood Educators, Speech Language Pathologists, Behavioural Consultants, Supported Child Development Consultants, Occupational Therapists, Infant Development Consultants, and others with extensive experience supporting families and children.

 

Individualized Child & Youth Development Programs

Individualized

We recognize and respect the diversity and uniqueness of families and children and provide individualized approaches to goal identification and service planning.

Our Philosophy – Reach – Child Development Centers

Two major premises form the basis upon which Reach delivers its programs and services. The first is that Reach will operate in a family-centered manner and the second is that Reach will be responsive to the needs of the children and families in the community. Reach recognizes: that the family is the major decision maker in a child’s life and the constant in the child’s life while service systems and personnel fluctuate; that families are diverse and that cultural, racial and economic diversity requires acceptance and respect; that families and children are unique and each has its own structure, roles, beliefs, and coping style which requires flexible and individualized approaches to goal identification and service planning; that families should be in control and that the primary aim of good service planning is to enable and empower families; that families should be informed and receive unbiased and complete information about their child’s care and development. Reach also holds that it is essential to have the design and delivery of services be flexible to meet the changing needs of children and families and to respond to input from the community regarding those needs.

REACH Vision, Mission, Principles and Values

REACH Grievance Form

Family Rights and Responsibilities

REACH Statement on Diversity and Inclusion

REACH Truth and Reconciliation Statement

REACH ABA Statement

Reach is a CARF Accredited Agency

Reach Child and Youth Development Society has received a three year accreditation from CARF, an international organization that sets standards of quality of service. We have received the accreditation for our Child and Youth Services Programs and our Respite Program. This means that we have been recognized as providing responsive, high quality programs and services that meet the needs of the children and families in our community. Please visit 2021 Family Survey Results to learn more. Consistent with CARF standards, Reach develops annual outcome goals that are based on the input we receive from the community and families we serve. Our current outcome goals are the following:

Funding and Fundraising: Reach will never be constrained because of lack of funds and will obtain funding adequate to meet the priorities in its three year plan.

Well Designed & Expanded Programs and Services: Ensure Reach’s range and capacity of services offered meet identified needs of children and families in the community to increase quality of life and support their children to meet their full potential.

Staff Capacity: Maintain high quality staff and increase the number of well-qualified staff to deliver current and new programs and services.

Community Awareness/Access: Ensure families in the South Fraser Region are aware of Reach programs and services and are not restricted to access by any barriers.

Advocacy re Government Policies: Ensure Reach advocates on behalf of children and families in the development of government policy and priorities.

CARF 2017 Survey Report

CARF 2021 Survey Report

CARF 2024 Survey Report

We welcome your comments and input on our outcome goals, as well as your ideas for how we can better meet the needs of our community. To offer your input please give us a call at 604-946-6622, or email us at [email protected]

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