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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

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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

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CMHA Ontario 2019 pre-budget submission addresses hallway medicine

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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

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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

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CMHA Ontario 2016 Pre-Budget Submission

Through Open Minds, Healthy Minds: Ontario’s Comprehensive Mental Health and Addictions Strategy, the provincial government has made mental health a priority. The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Ontario commends the provincial government for its ongoing investments and continued leadership in the implementation of this strategy, which includes a 10-year commitment to meeting the mental health […]Continue readingCMHA Ontario 2016 Pre-Budget Submission

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Response to the Final Proposed Revisions for the Customer Service Standard of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA)

Submission to the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Employment, December 2015 In January 2008, the Customer Service Standard became the first accessibility standard to be made into a regulation under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA). The purpose of this standard is to require eligible organizations that provide goods or […]Continue readingResponse to the Final Proposed Revisions for the Customer Service Standard of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA)

CMHA Ontario 2015 Pre-Budget Submission

The pre-budget submission from Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario asks the provincial government for appropriate investment in three key areas: Affordable Housing Income Security, Access to Education And Employment Supports Increasing Access to a Core Basket of Services Investments in these key areas align with the strategic pillars of the second phase of Open Minds, […]Continue readingCMHA Ontario 2015 Pre-Budget Submission

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