PCMH - CAN Petition



	CAN Petition Right now, in Ontario, children and youth with mental health problems often DO NOT have access to adequate treatment and services appropriate to their age and disability. Close to 9,500 Ontarians signed on to our petition for change, indicating wide public support for the following improvements to Ontario's child and youth mental health system. An implementation and resource plan to accompany the Ministry of Children and Youth Services Policy Framework, A Shared Responsibility http://www.children.gov.on.ca/mcys/english/resources/publications/needs-shared.asp The involvement of other relevant ministries including Health and Long Term Care, Education, as well as Community and Social Services, and, The sustained funding of core services. Recently representatives of the various partners involved with the petition met with the Ontario Minister of Children and Youth Services, Deb Matthews, to hand over the petition signatures. Click To Enlarge Minister Matthews appears in the photo accepting the petition signatures from Anie Bélanger, Co-Chair of the Consumers and Advocates Network of the Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health at CHEO.	Kids Health Visit this site Focus Adolescent Services Visit this site Psychiatric Patient Advocate Office Visit this site Canadian Health Network Visit this site The Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health at CHEO Visit this site

	Parents for Children’s Mental Health provides advocacy, education, and peer support for parents with children who have mental health problems. It does not provide assessment, diagnosis or any form of clinical services.