Policy Papers

CMHA Ontario champions community-based care in 2020 pre-budget submission

Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario Division has prioritized the advancement of community-based mental health and addictions care across the province in its 2020 pre-budget submission to the Ontario government. CMHA Ontario has proposed four recommendations for mental health and addictions spending, emphasizing the importance of community-based programs and services as a way to relieve pressures […]Continue readingCMHA Ontario champions community-based care in 2020 pre-budget submission

Download

New report aims to improve mental health court diversion for racialized populations

(Toronto, May 31, 2019) – There’s a greater need to collect race-based data in the justice system and use it to help racialized individuals access mental heath court diversion and other support services, according to a new report led by Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario Division. Racialized Populations and Mental Health Court Diversion was developed […]Continue readingNew report aims to improve mental health court diversion for racialized populations

Download

CMHA Ontario cautions province against alcohol sales expansion, recommends public health approach

In its latest submission to the Ontario government, the Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario Division cautions against further alcohol sales expansion and recommends a public health approach to reduce alcohol-related health and social harms. CMHA Ontario partnered with Children’s Mental Health Ontario and Addictions and Mental Health Ontario to present its perspectives and recommendations in […]Continue readingCMHA Ontario cautions province against alcohol sales expansion, recommends public health approach

Download the Full Submission

CMHA Ontario 2019 pre-budget submission addresses hallway medicine

Community-based mental health and addictions agencies like the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) are integral components to ending hallway medicine and relieving the pressures on hospital emergency departments and criminal justice and social services systems. CMHAs across Ontario offer holistic approaches to care, where clients receive appropriate clinical services as well as supports in areas […]Continue readingCMHA Ontario 2019 pre-budget submission addresses hallway medicine

Download PDF

CMHA Ontario recommends public health approach to cannabis

As the Government of Ontario moves towards legalizing and regulating cannabis, CMHA Ontario and our local branches strongly advise an approach that considers public health as the primary objective. That’s the message CMHA Ontario sent to the Standing Committee on Social Policy, which met Oct. 11 and 12 at Queens Park to hear deputations about […]Continue readingCMHA Ontario recommends public health approach to cannabis

Download the full submission

Statement from 30 CMHA branches about overdose prevention sites/supervised consumption sites

CMHA’s network of 30 branches in Ontario have released a statement voicing their support for the continued operation of Overdose Prevention Sites and Supervised Consumption Sites.Continue readingStatement from 30 CMHA branches about overdose prevention sites/supervised consumption sites

Download the full statement

Reducing Harms: Recognizing and Responding to Opioid Overdoses in Your Organization

Opioid overdoses and life-saving naloxone are frightening and serious subjects. That’s why CMHA Ontario has developed an easy-to-understand resource to help organizations and the average person identify the signs of an opioid-overdose and how to deliver potentially life-saving naloxone. Reducing Harms: Recognizing and Responding to Opioid Overdoses in Your Organization provides: An overview of the current […]Continue readingReducing Harms: Recognizing and Responding to Opioid Overdoses in Your Organization

Download the toolkit now

CMHA Ontario Pre-Budget Submission 2017

Summary of Recommendations Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Ontario welcomes the opportunity to provide this submission to the Ontario government on behalf of our 30 community branches across the province. For the 2017 Ontario budget, we offer the following recommendations: Increase Overall Funding to Manage Demand and Reduce Wait Times in the Mental Health and […]Continue readingCMHA Ontario Pre-Budget Submission 2017

Download the full submission

CMHA branches endorse Mental Health and Addictions Leadership Advisory Council’s Supportive Housing Strategy

The Executive Directors and Chief Executive Officers of the 30 Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) branches in Ontario wish to commend the Mental Health and Addictions Leadership Advisory Council (the Council) for its well-researched Annual Report. Collectively, CMHAs provide more than 25 percent of all community mental health-funded housing units in the province. It’s with […]Continue readingCMHA branches endorse Mental Health and Addictions Leadership Advisory Council’s Supportive Housing Strategy

Download and read the full submission.