Ontario Expanding Access to Mental Health Services

• In recognition of Mental Illness Awareness Week, our government is partnering with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) to expand access to the provincial Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI) program.
• The Early Psychosis Intervention program provides support and services to individuals experiencing some of their first mental health challenge, ensuring they have the treatment they need to minimize or avoid episodes of distress later in life while supporting recovery.
• Ontario is leading the country through our Roadmap to Wellness to support the mental health and wellbeing of all Ontarians by investing $3.8 billion over 10 years to fill gaps in mental health and addictions care, create new services and expand programs.
• Through our historic Budget 2024, our government is investing an additional $396 million over three years to improve access and expand existing mental health and addictions services and programs.
• Through our investments, we have created 500 additional addiction recovery beds, with over half being located in Northern Ontario.
• Ontario is investing up to $378 million for up to 19 Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hubs across the province to prioritize community safety and focus on giving people their lives back through treatment and recovery.
• Our government is creating 10 new Youth Wellness Hubs, adding to the network of 22 hubs we have already opened since 2020, bringing the total number of Youth Wellness Hubs to 32 across the province.