Monday, July 22, 2024 – One year after Premier Ford announced an historic $330 million investment in kids’ health and well-being, the children’s health system is expanding services and improving response times to better support the health and well-being of Ontario’s children and families. With approximately $265 million of this funding allocated and announced to date, kids and families are already seeing the benefits. Improvements include bolstered care for kids with disabilities and developmental needs; expansion of community-based child and youth mental health care; increased number of ..read more

(Toronto, May 13, 2024) – A coalition of organizations across public health, research and advocacy, and community mental health and addictions are calling on the province to develop a comprehensive provincial alcohol strategy to promote the health and safety of people in Ontario. In a letter released to the province today, the coalition points out that despite plans to introduce alcohol in an additional 8,500 stores across Ontario, including convenience stores, the province does not have a coordinated action plan for reducing harms from alcohol use. Alcohol-related harms cost Ontario more than ..read more

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 community mental health care and the current shortage of mental health professionals, combined with the toll of the pandemic and increasing mental health needs, have created a dire situation for the ment ..read more

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 sector. Without urgent stabilization funding in the 2024 Ontario Budget, children, youth, and families seeking mental health care will face growing wait times and increased barriers to accessing community-ba ..read more

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 and clinicians to make clinical decisions when it comes to gender-affirming care for transgender and gender-diverse children and youth. This is a principled and evidence-based position. Effective relatio ..read more

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 families with intensive and complex mental health needs.  Tatum Wilson, CEO of Children’s Mental Health Ontario, attended today’s announcement and said, “The Ontario government’s investment in comm ..read more

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 ending the restrictions on 12 and 24 case sales at the Beer Store. The sector recognizes that as part of the expansion plan, the government has committed $10 million over five years to social responsibil ..read more

Toronto, December 12, 2023 – Findings From Sector Compensation Survey Shows Widening Wage Gap Between Community Health Workers and Workers in Other Areas and Health Sectors  Ontario’s community health sector is facing a critical staffing crisis, stemming from a widening wage gap between community health care workers and health workers in other sectors. Action from the Ontario government is needed to close this gap and secure the stability of Ontario’s health care system. The community sector is more than $2 billion behind on wages, compared to their peers doing si ..read more

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