Focus: Mental Health
To provide supported subsidized housing for individuals who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless and who have a mental illness. The program works with private market landlords in the community acting in a liaison capacity to assist with providing access to safe, affordable and stable housing for individuals who are receiving community support services.
This program provides:
- Safe affordable access to housing
- Community based private market housing
- Search for affordable housing
- Landlord/tenant resolution and tenancy support
- Supports to maintain housing in the community
Focus: Mental Health
The Therapy Program provides one to one counselling and treatment to individuals experiencing moderate to severe mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, trauma and complex grief. The program provides support with symptom reduction, improved coping and wellness.
Focus: Mental Health
Mental Health Promotion offers mental health education and wellness workshops on various topics as well as training programs for professionals, employers, educational institutions and the general public. Trainers work with groups to organize convenient dates/times to provide training in: Mental Health Works, safeTALK, ASIST training, suicide2Hope and other workshops/trainings listed on the website.
Focus: Mental Health
Community Treatment Order (CTO) program assists individuals by providing treatment, care and supervision in the community instead of a longer stay in hospital or as an alternative to being hospitalized. The CTO plan includes intensive case management supports and identifies what the individual and their supports (e.g. family, friends, and health care professionals) must do to help them stay well and out of hospital.
Focus: Mental Health
Court Support workers provide support to individuals with serious mental illness during their involvement in the court system, linking them to other mental health services and treatment. Court Support workers liaise with individuals, defense lawyers, Crown Attorneys and assist individuals in navigating the criminal court system.
Focus: Mental Health
Early Intervention for Psychosis Program supports individuals who are experiencing their first episode of psychosis and strives to minimize the impact of psychosis through early diagnosis, treatment and support. Services include a comprehensive assessment, referral to appropriate community resources, and ongoing case management support. Education and guidance is provided to the individual as well as to their identified family members.
Focus: Mental Health
Focused Recovery Program supports individuals with a serious mental illness through the coordination of relevant services and the provision of ongoing support as needed.
A broad range of services are provided and tailored to the individual's needs, including but not limited to:
- Assessment
- Information and education
- Support and connections to community resources
- Goal planning
- Supportive counselling
- Crisis-planning, crisis intervention and crisis prevention
- Assistance with symptom and behavior management
- Medication support
- Skill-development
- Family support and education
- Advocacy
Focus: Mental Health, Substance Abuse
Focus: Mental Health, Substance Abuse
The Concurrent Disorder Program provides ongoing support to individuals who are experiencing addiction and mental health issues. The program currently offers both individual and group counselling and support.
Focus: Mental Health
Justice Program supports individuals who have had recent or long-term involvement in the criminal justice system, and provides coordination of appropriate services and the provision of ongoing support as needed. A broad range of services are provided and tailored to the individual’s needs, including but not limited to:
- Assertive outreach
- Assessment
- Information and education
- Support, coordinate services and links to resources that an individual may need
- Goal Plan based on individual needs
- Supportive counseling
- Crisis-planning, crisis intervention and crisis prevention
- Assistance with symptom and behavior management
- Medication support
- Skill-development
- Family support and education
- Advocacy
Focus: Mental Health
Release from Custody workers provide support to individuals with serious mental illnesses during the period of their incarceration with an emphasis on discharge planning for the individual’s successful return into the community upon release from custody.
Focus: Mental Health
The Dual Diagnosis program provides case management support to individuals who have a pre-existing developmental disability and mental illness.
Focus: Mental Health
Health Promotion provides health education programs to individuals and family members of the CMHA Health Centre, as well as to individuals living in the community who may or may not receive services from CMHA. Ongoing needs assessments are completed to identify areas of concern and gaps in services. These assessments are used during program development to address the needs of individuals and the community.
Program activities and topic areas include education, promotion and prevention topics such as: smoking cessation; health fairs; education; chronic pain & low back pain groups; anxiety group; diabetes wellness; yoga.
Focus: Mental Health
Griefworks is a community-based program designed to address loss experienced by children and adolescents. Services include:
- Activity-based therapy for children and youth.
- Structured therapy for individuals experiencing traumatic and/or complicated grief.
- Therapeutic groups for similarly aged children who have experienced the death of a loved one.
- Caregiver support and education.
- Community consultation with professionals involved in supporting the child.
Focus: Mental Health
The program provides therapy to individuals who have experienced the death of a loved one and are at risk of complex grief/trauma. Support groups, based on the type of death or the type of relationship to the deceased person, offer support and education regarding the grieving process, and provide information for healthy coping strategies.