By focusing on taking action and centering community voices, we are creating a Waterloo Region where everyone knows they are welcome and valued. Three cohorts have received funding to date.
A model of care that enables low barrier, immediate access to Mental Health and Addictions crisis services, and supports police and paramedic service to transport to a community based Mental Health and Addictions clinic rather than an emergency room. The Integrated Crisis Centre (ICC) in Kitchener is the first clinic to open in Waterloo Region.
A new priority neighbourhood-based model with integrated health care teams wrapping around residents most frequently accessing emergency services.
Mental Health Nurses identifying calls for mental health support, reducing the need for a police response.
This project supports community partners to improve safety and wellbeing through investing in culturally appropriate mental health and addiction prevention activities, and working with community to co-design a MHA crisis response model for First Nations, Metis, Inuit, African, Caribbean, and Black youth.
A collaborative initiative between the Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) and the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA). The program pairs specially trained police officers with mental health nurses to respond to mental health crises in the community.
With the announcement from the Provincial Government about closing the Kitchener CTS site, community partners have been working to bring forward an application for a HART Hub in Waterloo Region.
