Pioneer Community Living Association (PCLA) is a non-profit mental health and substance use organization. Over the past 30 years, PCLA has grown to seven programs providing a unique range of housing and rehabilitation options including educational and training opportunities. Our program is recovery–oriented care in a trauma-informed environment. The services provided cover a range of rehabilitation and housing options for persons diagnosed with a serious and persistent mental illness or those with a serious and persistent mental illness and substance use issue. We work at the client and system levels to ensure trauma-informed awareness and to build strengths and skills on the treatment of trauma. Our mission and vision are the foundation of a journey towards independence for our clients. PCLA began as a pillar in the mental health services landscape in New Westminster and expanded into Burnaby over the past 30 years. In 1982, PCLA opened its first program, Pioneer House, a thirty-bed community residential facility.