Langley Community Services Society began serving the community in November 1971 under the name Langley Family Life Services. Twenty-five volunteers and eight board members worked out of an office at 20458 Fraser Highway, in the heart of Langley City. In 1977 the name was changed to Langley Family Services, and new funding enabled the Society to hire an addictions counsellor to serve adults and youth in Langley. By 1981, staff and services were being added and the Society moved operations to the present location at 5339 207th Street. In this new location, the staff and volunteers provided services for immigrants, as well as establishing the Community Gardens program.
The Society continued to grow and by 1988 the Outpatient Substance Use program was added as well as new Family programs, including Parent Education and Family Place. By 1990 the Child Care Resource and Referral (CCRR) and the Immigrant Settlement programs were launched. The Society continued to seek community partners and the Roots of Empathy program was offered in partnership with the Langley School District in 2003. Now that the Society was running as a professional agency, they sought and received accreditation under CARF, a non-profit accreditor of health and human services.
On April 1, 2007, to better reflect the programs and services being provided, Langley Family Life Services became Langley Community Services Society, commonly known as LCSS. To ensure all programs and services offered would have the opportunity to become fully accredited programs, LCSS made the switch to Council On Accreditation (COA) and received full accreditation under COA in 2011.
In August 2017 LCSS introduced The Intensive Case Management Program, followed by the Family Success program in September of 2018 and the Poverty Law Program in April 2019.
LCSS is proud of its history and how it has grown from a small, volunteer run Society to a professional, accredited agency. Today LCSS has more than 70 employees and offers 16 unique programs and services. Along with our community partners, we continue to enrich the Lives of Children, Youth, Adults and Families in the Township and City of Langley.
