News and Statements
Increased investment in child and youth mental health comes at critical time
Today’s investment by the Government of Ontario of $31 million towards child and youth mental health services is welcome news for Children’s Mental Health Ontario and the families that their nearly 100 child and youth mental health centres across Ontario serve. “We...
Children’s Health Coalition Statement – April 17
TORONTO, April 17, 2021 – Now is the time to pull out all the stops to drive down the spread of coronavirus. As we do so, we must not forget about kids. Children's learning, development and mental health is enormously at risk – and marginalized, racialized and...
Joint response to Premier Ford’s request for advice on school openings
On May 27, Premier Ford requested advice from the health and education sectors on the question of whether to re-open Ontario schools. The Science Advisory table co-signed this response with a wide range of Ontario health system partners, including Children's Mental...
Updated Statement – May 5
CMHO has looked further into yesterday’s announcement from the Ministry of Education, and it is our understanding that the announcement will not mean any new or additional funding for school mental health workers. The funding which supports yesterday's announcement...
Child and Youth Mental Health is in Crisis
May 3-9 is Children’s Mental Health Week May 3, 2021– Children’s Mental Health Week is happening May 3-9. With Ontario in a State of Emergency and schools closed, children and youth mental health has never been more important. The ongoing pandemic means that many...
Children’s Health Coalition Statement – April 27
TORONTO, April 27, 2021 – Although the death of children from COVID-19 is rare, the cumulative and compounding impact of the pandemic on children is of extreme concern. Our deepest condolences are with the family and loved ones of 13-year-old Brampton child Emily...
Don’t give up on these kids
The Ontario government is closing a specialized mental health treatment program for primarily Black, Indigenous and racialized kids just at the same time mental health issues are sharply rising in the province. The immediate impact of closing this program is an...
Schools are Essential
As advocates for children’s mental health, we join the Children’s Health Coalition in its calls for communities across the province to do everything possible to urgently reduce the spread of Covid-19 so that schools can remain open, or re-open as soon as possible. For...
Children’s Health Coalition Statement
Toronto, ON, April 6, 2021: Schools are closing and more may shut down in-person learning because we haven’t been able to contain community transmission of coronavirus in Ontario. Collectively, we have failed our children. We are calling on the government to recognize...
Everything Is Not OK: Sector leaders call for mental health and addiction wait times strategy to be in upcoming Ontario Budget
Province's mental health leaders are calling on government to ensure that a mental health and addiction plan is part of the government's COVID-19 recovery plan Toronto, ON, March 22, 2021: Seven of Ontario's leading organizations in the mental health and addiction...