#KidsCantWait for Psychological Well being Care; Ontario 2022 Funds Doesn’t Make Children Depend

TORONTO, April 28, 2022 – Whereas we're happy to see that the Ontario authorities continues to acknowledge the significance of psychological well being care as a part of its dedication to the 10-year Roadmap to Wellness, together with some funding devoted to children, we're dissatisfied that youngsters haven't been prioritized on this funding.

Children can’t wait any longer.

Children have borne the load of this pandemic. They proceed to attend on lists for care that have been already too lengthy pre-pandemic—some ready so long as two and a half years in elements of Ontario. The longer children look forward to care, the more serious their outcomes are—rising the chance of a psychological well being disaster or having to go to an emergency room for care.

We are able to do higher.

That’s why we're asking the federal government and all events to take the pledge to make Ontario the #1 jurisdiction in Canada for entry to youngsters and youth psychological well being providers by:

1. Investing $300M over the subsequent 5 years into youngster and youth psychological well being helps and providers
2. Chopping wait occasions for psychological well being providers to 30 days
3. Constructing extra capability in the neighborhood so children don’t find yourself in emergency rooms
4. Growing a extremely certified and sustainable workforce of kids’s psychological well being professionals

Be taught extra at cmho.org/kidscantwait.