News and Statements
Statement on Anti-Black Racism in Child and Youth Mental Health
Toronto, ON, June 17, 2020: Anti-Black racism is prevalent and entrenched in our communities and organizations. Systemic racism and the police violence, trauma and injustice we have seen in recent news and events are not solely American issues. This is a Canadian...
Covid-19 Mental Health Impacts
Toronto, ON, May 6, 2020: Half of Ontario children and youth at risk of mental health and addiction issues Timed to Mental Health Week, Children’s Mental Health Ontario (CMHO) and Addictions and Mental Health Ontario (AMHO) are releasing the Ipsos Public Affairs...
28,000 Ontario Children and Youth Are Waiting for Community Mental Health Services
Toronto, ON, January 27, 2020: Children’s Mental Health Ontario (CMHO), representing Ontario’s community public providers of child and youth mental health supporting more than 130,000 children and youth, released new wait time data that shows 28,000 children and...
Ontarians Believe No Child Should Wait More Than 48 Hours for Mental Health Care
Toronto, ON, February 19, 2020: New poll by Ipsos and Children’s Mental Health Ontario reveals sharp contrast to the reality of 28,000 kids waiting up to 2.5 years A month after the release of the Kids Can’t Wait Children’s Mental Health Ontario (CMHO) Report which...
Ontario’s Roadmap to Wellness Needs a Comprehensive and Fully-Funded Plan to Reduce Wait Times
Toronto, ON, March 3, 2020: To be successful, Ontario's Roadmap to Wellness needs a comprehensive and fully-funded plan to reduce wait times: combined statement from Ontario’s mental health and addiction providers The province’s leading public providers of adult,...
Statement From Children’s Mental Health Ontario in Response to the Release of the Ontario Ministry of Health’s Roadmap to Wellness
Toronto, ON, March 3, 2020: The Ontario government’s new mental health and addictions strategy is a start towards making transformational changes to address the gaps in service and wait times for child and youth mental health and addictions care. “The Minister’s...
Ontario’s Community Mental Health and Addiction Agencies Estimate an Additional $100 Million Needed to Help Families Across the Province
Toronto, ON, March 25, 2020: Today’s preliminary annual increased investment by the Government of Ontario of $12 million towards mental health and addiction support for Ontario’s families, children and youth is welcome. Children’s Mental Health Ontario, Addictions...
CMHO Welcomes the Ontario Government Acknowledgment That Mental Health Needs Must Be Addressed as Part of COVID-19 Response
Toronto, ON, April 2, 2020: Today’s announcement by the Government of Ontario of a $12 million increase in funding towards mental health and addictions services to support Ontario families is welcome by Children’s Mental Health Ontario but it anticipates that an...