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Children’s Mental Health Ontario CEO Tatum Wilson Issued the Following Statement About Canada’s new Youth Mental Health Fund
April 9, 2024, Toronto, ON — “We are pleased to see the federal government’s commitment to invest $500 million towards creating a new Youth Mental Health Fund to help community health organizations provide mental health services to youth. Children and youth are facing increased mental health issues like never before. Despite recent new investments in Ontario, decades of chronic underfunding in...
Statement from Children’s Mental Health Ontario in Response to Ontario Budget 2024
Toronto, ON, March 26, 2024: Children’s Mental Health Ontario welcomes new funding in the 2024 Ontario Budget announced today for five new youth wellness hubs and investments in supportive housing, but it does not meet the need for urgent and sustained funding to address the health human resource crisis and the long wait times for services within the community child and youth mental health...
Children’s Health Coalition: Letter to Premier Ford and Deputy Premier Jones
February 8, 2024 Dear Premier Ford and Deputy Premier Jones, Thank you for your ongoing recognition of the importance of children’s physical, developmental and mental health, and the historic investments in children’s healthcare your government made this past July. It is in this context that we are writing today, to express our appreciation for your commitment to respect the rights of patients...
Children’s Mental Health Ontario Welcomes Investment by Ontario Government in Community-Based Child and Youth Mental Health
January 24, 2024 (Burlington, ON) – Children’s Mental Health Ontario thanks the Ontario government for the $44.6 million investment in community-based child and youth mental health, which will help kids and families get the mental health care they need sooner and closer to home. This new funding is a leap forward to address longstanding and urgent gaps in treatment for children, youth, and...
Ontario Mental Health and Addictions Organizations Sound the Alarm on Alcohol Announcement
Toronto, December 14, 2023 – Community mental health and addictions organizations are expressing concern over the alcohol retail sales expansion, noting that the announcement will contribute to an increase in public health harms. The concerns come as the Ontario government has announced increased access to alcohol by allowing sales in corner stores, gas stations, and grocery stores, as well as...
CMHO Stands in Solidarity with Gender Diverse, Trans, and Queer Children and Youth – There is No Space for Hate
September 19, 2023 Children’s Mental Health Ontario (CMHO) and our member child and youth mental health centres across the province add our voice to show support for the human rights and well-being of gender diverse, trans, and queer children and youth. This week, many child and youth mental health centres will be joining Ontarians across the province to stand together in counter protest and...
Tatum Wilson, CEO, Children’s Mental Health Ontario, issued the following statement in response to Ontario Government announcement of $330 million annual boost in pediatric health services investments
July 19, 2023 – Children’s Mental Health Ontario thanks the Ontario Government for its continued investments to address the backlog to access pediatric health services, including child and youth mental health and addiction care. The mental health of children and youth significantly deteriorated during the pandemic, especially for kids with pre-existing serious and complex mental health...
Pediatric Health Leaders Applaud Historic Expansion of Children’s Health Care
July 19, 2023 (OTTAWA, Ontario) – Today, the Ontario Government Made Kids Count with a historic investment of $330 million to expand children’s health care across the province. This investment will allow children’s hospitals and community-based providers across the province to expand services and reduce wait times for essential children’s health care services, including surgeries, procedures,...
Children’s Mental Health Week 2023
The first week of May (May 1 – 7) is a time for communities, families and friends to come together to mark Children’s Mental Health Week. Children’s Mental Health Ontario (CMHO) and our members are encouraging Ontarians to take some time this week to recognize the importance of mental health and that many children and their families are struggling. This year’s theme, as lead by the Canadian...
New resource to enhance service providers’ understanding of postvention work
The impact of suicide can extend beyond friends and family to classmates, colleagues, and the community at large. While each situation is unique, it is estimated that for each loss by suicide approximately 15 to 30 people are deeply impacted. For children and youth, this may be the first loss that they have experienced, making it particularly shocking and impactful. A Canadian study found that...