Investing in Calgary’s Mental Health and Addiction Investment Framework
Calgary’s Mental Health and Addiction Investment Framework
In March 2021, City Council approved Calgary’s Mental Health and Addiction Strategy, as well as the supporting Investment Framework. Calgary’s Mental Health and Addiction Investment Framework will be implemented through three streams, each with its own eligibility criteria:
- Connect the Dots! is intended to enhance support for existing evidence-based community programs and services that respond to the mental health and addictions related issues affecting Calgarians.
- Change Can’t Wait! supports innovative ideas that bring change at the individual, family, community and policy or system levels. Funding is provided for 6-month fast pilot projects.
- Targeted investments for evidence-informed projects and initiatives that advance the actions of the Strategy at the policy, systems or community level.
The goal of the funds is to support actions that create hope and strengthen support for everyone through three themes as identified in Calgary’s Mental Health and Addiction Strategy:
- Being well: Wellness at home, at school, at work and in the community
- Getting help: What you need, when, where and how you need it
- Staying safe: Security at all times, especially in a crisis
Connect the Dots! Project and Funding – 2022
| Organization | Project name and description | Funding amount |
|---|---|---|
| Alberta Caregivers Association |
Living Loss and Grief - A Journey to Awareness and Acceptance: To support caregivers to cope with loneliness, isolation, and burnout. |
$117,000 |
|
Alexandra Community Health Centre |
Youth Mental Health and Addiction Integration: To provide individual and group mental health therapy within an Integrated Youth Service model to highly vulnerable youth aged 16-24. |
$342,000 |
|
Antyx Community Arts Society |
Natural Support Through Youth Community Art: To provide natural support programing through art/ hip hop projects that inspires youth to identify mental health supports in their community. |
$94,000 |
| Autism Calgary |
Telling Their Stories: Pandemic Mental Health recovery and Prevention for individuals and families living with ASD: To bridge the gap between peer support & professional counselling by providing supportive "Talk Support" and "Peer Mentorship" sessions to facilitate mental health for adults with Autism. |
$80,002 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Society of Calgary and Area |
Mental Health and Mentoring - Serving our Diverse Community: To build the capacity of staff, mentors and families in mental health resiliency to support children and youth from diverse communities, specifically racialized, Indigenous and sexually and gender diverse. |
$93,897 |
|
Calgary Catholic Immigration Society |
Centre for Refugee Resilience - Family Focused Therapy: To provide culturally sensitive therapeutic counseling, support services and holistic referrals to newcomer children, youth, and adults who have experienced trauma. |
$299,435 |
| Calgary Immigrant Women's Association |
Supports for Immigrants and Refugees with Mental Health and Addictions Issues: To strengthen supports for immigrants dealing with mental health and addictions issues through increased customized culturally sensitive counselling and mental health awareness campaigns. |
$124,940 |
|
Canadian Mental Health Association - Calgary Region |
Increasing Social Connections: To utilize Peer Support as an engagement and support mechanism for the delivery of Recovery-oriented mental health education (‘Recovery College’) to individuals and families in need. |
$250,000 |
|
Centre for Sexuality Society |
2S/LGBTQ+ Counselling and Support: To support 2S/LGBTQ+ mental health and wellbeing and enhance individual and community inclusion and resiliency. |
$85,000 |
|
Enviros Wilderness School Association |
Respite Care Connection: To provide wellness and relief for parents caring for children with mental health and social challenges, while at the same time building social skills and friendships for the children. |
$150,000 |
|
Hull Services |
Bridging The Gap: to provide support, education, and systems navigation to 16-24 year-olds who struggle with mental health concerns (self-identified or diagnosed). |
$211,975 |
|
McMann Youth, Family and Community Services Association |
Journey's - Addiction Support for Women: to provide services aimed at reducing risk factors and facilitating successful transitions through recovery by delivering intentional pre/post treatment and wraparound supports. |
$285,218 |
|
Punjabi Community Health Services Calgary Society |
Mental Health and Addiction Prevention Outreach Program: To provide community awareness, education and information to the South Asian community surrounding mental health, addiction and counselling services. |
$102,000 |
|
Sagesse Domestic Violence Prevention Society |
Peer Support Group & Individual Support Program: To provide group and individual support to vulnerable Calgarians impacted by domestic violence. |
$46,205 |
| Societe de la petite enfance et de la famille du sud de l'Alberta |
Supporting Mental Health: to provide programs and workshops designed to provide a holistic approach to support Francophone families with their mental health and well-being. |
$52,000 |
|
The Canlearn Society for Persons with Learning Difficulties |
Multi-Level Social-Emotional Supporty: To provide a multi- tiered support program that improves clients' ability to cope with stress and connects them to natural supports and resources within their community. |
$190,000 |
|
The Colour Factor Ltd. |
Wellness Workshops for Cultural Communities: To facilitate a range of recovery-oriented wellness workshops on racial trauma/stress for Black, Indigenous and Racialized people and service providers working with the community. |
$47,444 |
|
The Immigrant Education Society (TIES) |
Healthy Minds: Multi-Cultural Mental Health & Wellness Support: To provide multi-cultural mental health intervention that meets the psychological needs of newcomers and other vulnerable Calgarians through strategies that address service gaps and barriers. |
$200,000 |
| Wood's Homes |
Inglewood Opportunity Hub Addictions Specialist (Formerly Exit Youth Hub and Outreach Addictions Specialist): to provide one to one harm reduction support to individuals experiencing addictions concerns between the ages of 15-29. The specialist also facilitates psycho-social groups. |
$189,960 |
| Organization | Project name and description | Funding amount |
|---|---|---|
|
Calgary Drop-In & Rehab Centre Society |
Mental Health & Addictions Systems Navigation Support Program: To improve access to substance use disorder and mental health treatments for clients of the of Health Service program. |
$110,066 |
|
Calgary Public Library Foundation |
Wellness Desk: To deliver mental health support via onsite social workers and service providers for vulnerable Calgarians confronting mental health and addictions challenges. |
$130,000 |
|
Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter Association |
Strengthening Existing Crisis Support: To increase capacity of the Community Services Counselling Program to provide gender inclusive, response based and client-centered safety planning, case planning, wrap-around support, counselling, and navigation of community resources. |
$144,625 |
|
CUPS Calgary Society |
Mental Health Support Groups: To provide grief & loss and Opioid Agonist Treatment-themed support groups for low- income and unstably housed Calgarians |
$50,600 |
|
Jewish Family Service (Calgary) |
Coordinated Older Adult Mental Health Response: To provide targeted wrap around support to address mental health, addictions, social impacts and physical health of older adults. |
$200,000 |
|
Miskanawah Community Services Association |
Miskanawah Healing Lodge: To provide comprehensive mental health supports and services through a holistic, Indigenous lens for Indigenous peoples living in the city of Calgary. |
$300,000 |
|
Northeast Addiction and Mental Health Centre for Holistic Recovery |
Intensive Family Support Program: To implement a virtual Intensive Family Support Program (IFSP) to improve health outcomes for both mental health and addiction patients and their families. |
$90,200 |
|
Pregnancy, Infant & Child Loss Support Centre |
Journey through Grief: To provide mental health and grief recovery support to individuals experiencing long term trauma caused by miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant death. |
$150,000 |
|
RESET Society of Calgary |
EXploitation Intervention & Transition (EXIT) Program: To provide immediate rapid-exit programming including housing, intensive case management, and comprehensive wrap-around support to women and girls 16+ exiting sexual exploitation. |
$131,290 |
|
Skipping Stone |
Mental Health and Peer Support: To deliver mental health and peer support programs that support trans and gender diverse individuals and their families. |
$200,000 |
|
The Catholic Family Service of Calgary |
Community Connect YYC Phase 3: To make access to affordable, timely mental health supports easier than ever at CommunityConnectYYC.ca, where clients can book a variety of counselling services 24/7 for diverse needs. |
$204,132 |
|
Trellis Society for Community Impact |
Youth and Family Therapist: To provide therapeutic supports for families to increase mental wellness and adaptive skills and create environments for optimal individual and family development. |
$122,000 |
|
Vecova Centre for Disability Services and Research |
Vecova's Pan-Disability Mental Health Supports: To increase help for persons with disabilities in Calgary experiencing worsening mental health and difficulty accessing the services they need. |
$87,500 |
Change Can’t Wait! Projects and Funding – 2021
| Organization | Project name and description | 2021 Round 3 funding amount |
|---|---|---|
| Calgary Korean Women's Association |
Wellness Webinar Series - Promoting A Healthy Community: To promote health and wellness as well as support the Korean community through a webinar series. |
$25,000 |
| The Immigrant Education Society |
Linking All Cultures Equitably (LACE) to Address Mental Health Needs of Newcomers: To collaboratively address gaps in services and target unique barriers experienced by newcomers and ethno-cultural Calgarians in accessing services for mental health and addictions. |
$129,800 |
| University of Calgary |
University of Calgary Recovery Community: To promote recovery from addiction, building community, and combatting addiction stigma on campus. |
$32,345 |
| Inn From the Cold Society |
Vicarious Trauma Support Pilot Project: To implement a Vicarious Trauma Support Program for front-line workers. |
$6,150 |
| Hull Services |
Helping Parents Navigate Children and Youth Mental Health and Addiction Supports: To help parents of children and youth struggling with mental health and addiction effectively navigate available resources and supports within our community. |
$56,155 |
| Siksika Family Services |
A Culturally Based Recovery Program for Urban Siksika Nation Members facing Mental Health and Addiction: To support Siksika Nation members residing in Calgary and dealing with mental health and addiction issues. |
$120,000 |
| ECSSEN Career School |
Calgary Chinese Mental Health Outreach Campaign: To promote mental health awareness and de-stigmatize mental health topics through an outreach campaign for the Calgary Chinese Community. |
$34,173 |
| The Healing Centred Cooperative |
Mental Health Needs from long COVID: To create a music-based mental health and wellbeing program to immigrants presenting at a COVID-19 followup clinic with outreach into communities dealing with unmet mental health needs. |
$96,000 |
| MPC Foundation |
From Night to Light: To implement a self-care program for seniors and older adults to acquire transformative mental health strategies to mitigate Covid19 trauma. |
$25,800 |
| Calgary Immigrant Women's Association |
Neighbourhood Walk and Talk for Immigrant Moms and Tots: To increase physical and mental wellbeing of immigrant mothers with young children through outdoor activities that foster social inlcusion. |
$10,000 |
| The Calgary Between Friends Club |
G.L.O.W. (Group Learning Opportunities and Workshops): To provide inclusive personal development and wellness workshops for people with disabilities centered around Social and Emotional Development, Health and Wellness Strategies, and Community Engagement. |
$10,396 |
| Calgary Reads (An Early Literacy Initiative) Society |
Promoting Family Mental Health through Little Red Reading House Visits: To incorporate mental health and wellness awareness component to family visits to Little Red Reading House. |
$9,375 |
|
The Colour Factor Ltd. |
Community Care Circle: To provide an accessible virtual space for peer connection, healing and sharing mental health and wellness tools and resources specific to the unique needs of Black, Indigenous and Racialized communities. |
$30,773 |
| Calgary Towhid Centre |
Culturally-Informed Community Helpers Program - A Change from Inside: To train and support existing “natural” helpers within the community, that help reduce mental health service disparity and bridge the informal and formal support for Farsi-speaking communities in Calgary. |
$69,000 |
| Muslims Community Foundation of Calgary |
Wellness program: To provide culturally relevant and responsive mental health and wellness services and early intervention of those experiencing mental health issues. |
$101,400 |
| Umoja Community Mosaic |
The Mental Game: To integrate mental health skills and knowledge building into a community based soccer drop-in program. |
$32,900 |
| Immigrant Outreach Society |
Culturally Appropriate Mental Health Intervention (CAMHI): To provide culturally appropriate clinical mental health interventions for immigrants of East African Origin. |
$87,228 |
| Buds in Bloom/Bourgeons en Éclat |
The Buds in Bloom Digital Storytelling Project: To increase wellness and community belonging of parents of children with disabilities through digital storytelling. |
$28,005 |
| ETHIOCARE |
Ethiocare Youth Mental Health Worker: To provide mental health and addiction outreach services for youth and families across the East African communites in Calgary. |
$45,500 |
|
Total 2021 Change Can't Wait! Allocations |
$950,000 |
Investment in staying safe
The Community Safety Investment Framework supports Calgary’s Mental Health and Addiction Strategy theme of STAYING SAFE. It is a collaborative effort between The City of Calgary, the Calgary Police Service and community partners to connect and identify ways to improve support for Calgarians in crisis due to mental health concerns and addictions by addressing gaps in:
- Crisis services for individuals, their families and support networks;
- Outreach services;
- The emergency response system in Calgary including any gaps in racially and culturally appropriate services.
Community Investment Table and Change Can't Wait! 2020
The City of Calgary earmarked $1 million for testing new initiatives through a fast pilot process called Change Can’t Wait! Community organizations participated in the funding by adding a combined $275,000.00. These organizations, together with The City, form the Calgary’s Mental Health and Addiction “Community Investment Table”. They are:
- Calgary Foundation
- Calgary Health Foundation
- Hunter Family Foundation
- United Way of Calgary and Area
- Viewpoint Foundation
Two calls for ideas for Change Can’t Wait! fast pilot projects went out in 2020. The first round focused on ideas to improve system access and navigation for mental health and addiction care systems. The second round focused on reducing stigma and building community resiliency. Ideas funded through Change Can’t Wait! are outlined below.
Funding for community-based projects 2019-2021
Prior to the approval of Calgary’s Mental Health and Addiction Investment Framework, Council approved $3 million for allocation in 2019, 2020 and 2021 for projects designed to prevent mental health and addiction issues, aimed at promotion, early intervention and/or targeted intervention. A list of the organizations, projects, and funding allocation can be found below.
Change Can’t Wait! Lessons learned
Organizations were given the opportunity to reflect on lessons learned from their Change Can’t Wait pilot projects. Each organization learned valuable lessons specific to their funded project activities, but there were also some important themes that were highlighted by several projects:
- The importance of culturally relevant mental health care and services:
- The importance of addressing structural barriers for newcomers and the BIPoC community
- The importance of acknowledging the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health
- The importance of communication, collaboration, and unity within the system
- The importance of finding staff and covering administrative costs
- The importance of digital literacy and understanding the role of technology
Change Can’t Wait! Success Stories
Improving access with ‘The Right Service at the Right Time: An Online Connection Tool and Booking Solution (aka Community Connect YYC)’ (The Catholic Family Service of Calgary):
“The site is designed to be straightforward and simple, empowering clients to take action by booking right into any one of the services at any time of day. While each partner can add eligibility criteria to access their services, all partners committed to minimize their entrance criteria to reduce as many barriers as possible. The Rapid Access Counselling offering continues to provide service with the no eligibility restriction whatsoever: there is an option on the site for literally everyone.”
Improving navigation with ‘South Asian Youth Mental Health (SAYMH) Outreach Ambassadors: Training and Outreach Events’ (Punjabi Community Health Services Calgary Society):
“Through the training and outreach ambassadors will do, we can help people navigate the mental health system more easily and be more likely to get help. Additionally, we were able to develop a website, saymhyyc.ca with compiled resources and a self-serve questionnaire that people can use to direct themselves to appropriate resources.”
Reducing stigma with ‘The Community Wellness Desk at the Calgary Public Library’ (Calgary Public Library):
“Awareness and understanding of appropriate services for mental health and wellness can be challenging for both an individual and their support network (spouses, partners, family member and/or friends), the Wellness Desk pilot has provided an opportunity to aid and strengthen caregivers and other support persons in learning how best to direct their loved ones to the right services. We believe this pilot has reduced stigma and offered a welcoming, safe, and discrete opportunity for all our communities to seek assistance with mental health concerns or issues.”
Change Can't Wait! Projects and Funding - Round One
2020 funded projects |
Allocated amount |
Organizations |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 funded projects: Shelter Diversion: Supporting individuals entering the shelter system for the first time to navigate their mental health and addiction needs and connect them with the appropriate resources. |
Allocated amount: $60,000 |
Organizations: Calgary Alpha House Society |
| 2020 funded projects: Language Link to Mainstream Mental Health: Providing language support for newcomers to access mainstream mental health services. |
Allocated amount: $70,000 |
Organizations: Calgary Catholic Immigration Society |
| 2020 funded projects: Mobile Street Health Team: Connecting vulnerable Calgarians accessing Emergency Medical Services to social supports and community connections through health navigators. |
Allocated amount: $55,000
|
Organizations: Alberta Health Services - EMS Mobile Community Response Teams City Centre and Street CCRED (Community Capacity in: Education and Development)
|
| 2020 funded projects: Recovery Coaches: Providing peer support for individuals with substance use disorder to navigate community resources and receive tailored care.
|
Allocated amount: $101,900 |
Organizations: Alberta Health Services and Canadian Mental Health Association – Calgary |
| 2020 funded projects: Service Navigation for Vulnerable Calgarians: Bridging and connecting Calgarians to the best resources for their specific needs across different agencies. |
Allocated amount: $27,579 |
Organizations: Calgary Counselling Centre and Canadian Mental Health Association - Calgary |
| 2020 funded projects: Anxiety Workshops for all Calgarians: Training to deliver Cognitive Behavioral Therapy programs for anxiety. |
Allocated amount: $17,850 |
Organizations: Calgary Foothills Primary Care Network |
| 2020 funded projects: Older Adult Men's Wellness Workshop and Peer Support: Delivering wellness workshops for older adult men to build knowledge, develop skills and connect with regular, ongoing peer support meetings. |
Allocated amount: $10,754 |
Organizations: Carya Society of Calgary |
| 2020 funded projects: Accredited Wilderness Addiction Treatment Program: delivering a 30-day indigenous land-based-teaching treatment program for Indigenous youth. |
Allocated amount: $120,541 |
Organizations: Enviros Wilderness School Association |
| 2020 funded projects: Seniors Mental Health and Addictions Outreach Team: Providing short term, in home care to seniors to increase protective factors, identify risk, navigate resources, reduce isolation and create safety action plans. |
Allocated amount: $36,375 |
Organizations: Jewish Family Services |
| 2020 funded projects: Automated Self-Service Health Website: Connecting Calgarians to available mental health and addiction services, including community care options. |
Allocated amount: $56,000 |
Organizations: Peer to Peer Labs Ltd. |
| 2020 funded projects: Online Connection Tool and Booking Solution: Connecting Calgarians to counselling services and appointment bookings with multiple organizations in one online tool. |
Allocated amount: $30,000 |
Organizations: The Catholic Family Service of Calgary, YWCA, CUPS, Centre for Sexuality,Canadian Mental Health Association – Calgary, Distress Centre and Collabo Systems |
| 2020 funded projects: Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST): Integrating ASIST training into the Faculty of Nursing curriculum. |
Allocated amount: $55,200 |
Organizations: University of Calgary - Faculty of Nursing and Centre for Suicide Prevention |
| 2020 funded projects: South Asian Youth Mental Health (SAYMH) Outreach Ambassador: Training South Asian youth to become mental health ambassadors for the South Asian community. |
Allocated amount: $15,570 |
Organizations: University of Calgary and Punjabi Community Health Services |
Change Can’t Wait! Projects and Funding – Round Two
Strategic Framework focus area: Resilient people and communities
2020 funded projects |
Allocated amount |
Organizations |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 funded projects: Ambassador Pilot Program - 9 Block and Stephen Avenue: Ambassadors will walk around City Hall and Stephen Avenue, interacting with people to strengthen a sense of belonging and inclusiveness and provide support as needed. |
Allocated amount: $45,000 |
Organizations: Calgary Downtown Association |
| 2020 funded projects: Creative Kits for Youth: Mental health focused resiliency tool kits and programming for youth. |
Allocated amount: $37,500
|
Organizations: Families Matter Society of Calgary
|
| 2020 funded projects: Immigrant Family-based Interpreters Emotional Wellness Supports: To introduce information to better support children and youth who are providing interpretation and translation for family members into Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada. |
Allocated amount: $72,655 |
Organizations: The Immigrant Education Society (TIES) |
| 2020 funded projects: Piloting the Comfort Collection Mental Health Bundle: Client families will receive resources that will provide strategies to promote children’s mental wellbeing through reading. |
Allocated amount: $25,000 |
Organizations: Calgary Reads |
| 2020 funded projects: Treaty 7 Elders Sharing Circles Calgary and Beyond: Program to virtually connect Elders through online sharing circles to share stories of survival and resiliency as well as discuss the impact of COVID-19 on their communities. |
Allocated amount: $5,000 |
Organizations: Alberta Recreation and Parks Association |
Strategic Framework focus area: Reduced stigma
2020 funded projects |
Allocated amount |
Organizations |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 funded projects: Autism Spectrum Disorder Screening and Education Program: Education and research to reduce stigma and better support people with Autism accessing services in the homeless sector. |
Allocated amount: $18,200 |
Organizations: CUPS Calgary Society |
| 2020 funded projects: East Meets West Mental Health Campaign and Forum: The campaign will focus on the mental health of the South Asian community and the forum will focus on improved service delivery for the South Asian ethnic group. |
Allocated amount: $20,000 |
Organizations: Punjabi Community Health Service |
| 2020 funded projects: Pedagogy-based Emotional and Mental Wellness Intervention Pilot for Newcomers: To infuse strengths-based, emotional wellness pedagogy into the teaching, classroom management and lesson planning at settlement agencies. |
Allocated amount: $74,495 |
Organizations: The Immigrant Education Society (TIIES) |
| 2020 funded projects: Speak Up, Speak Out: Open Up about Mental Health: Trained peer outreach to workers to carry out a stigma reduction campaign, provide workshops and presentations to South Asian and Filipino community. |
Allocated amount: $10,000 |
Organizations: Calgary Immigrant Women's Association |
Strategic Framework focus area: Resilient people and communites and reduced stigma
2020 funded projects |
Allocated amount |
Organizations |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 funded projects:Cultural Healing Tools for the BIPOC Community: Three cultural healing events that will draw on, and share the rich wellness practices within African, Indigenous and South Asian cultures. | Allocated amount: $22,834 |
Organizations: The Colour Factor |
| 2020 funded projects: Learn Together, Recover Together, Resilient Together: South Calgary: A collaborative community development art project will build community and reduce stigma among people living with, or at risk of contracting, HIV. |
Allocated amount: $25,000 |
Organizations: The SHARP Foundation & Habitus Consulting Collective |
| 2020 funded projects: Mental Wellness Through an Indigenous Lens: This initiative will connect participants with Elders from surrounding First Nations and provide land-based teachings to facilitate mental wellness. |
Allocated amount: $89,000 |
Organizations: Stoney Nakoda Tsuut'ina Tribal Council |
| 2020 funded projects: Nurture Your Narrative: A Mental Health Storytelling Workshop: Digital storytelling about people's lived experience with mental health, the importance of removing stigma, and how to improve the system of care. |
Allocated amount: $29,975 |
Organizations: The Colour Factor |
| 2020 funded projects: Recovery Employment Cooperative: A social enterprise cooperative which will improve recovery and employment outcomes for people transitioning from addiction treatment to the workplace. |
Allocated amount: $58,400 |
Organizations: RecoveryWorx |
| 2020 funded projects: Specialized Caregiver Coach for Caregiver Capacity: Coaches will deliver a supportive four-week workshop called 'COMPASS for the Caregiver’ and provide support to caregivers. |
Allocated amount: $33,400 |
Organizations: Alberta Caregivers Association (Caregivers Alberta) |
| 2020 funded projects: The Community Wellness Desk at the Calgary Public Library: Delivering mental health support at the Central Public Library via onsite social workers and service providers for vulnerable Calgarians confronting mental health and addictions challenges. |
Allocated amount: $22,800 |
Organizations: Calgary Public Library Foundation |
Community Action on Mental Health and Addiction - Funding
| Organization | Project name and description | Funding amount |
|---|---|---|
| Calgary Alpha House Society | DOAP 2.0: Building relationships with downtown businesses on Stephen Avenue and in East Village, as well as coordinating access to medical, shelter, housing and addiction programs | $274,324 |
| Organization | Project name and description | 2021 funding amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aboriginal Friendship Centre of Calgary | First Contacts: Indigenous Outreach Program at the Iitaohkanitsini'kotsiio'p Hub: Providing assistance to Indigenous people experiencing opioid and substance abuse crises via Indigenous Hub at SORCe | $200,000 | |
| McMan Youth, Family and Community Services Association | Journeys - Addiction Supports for Women: Providing integrated supports to pregnant or parenting women with addictions to reduce risk factors | $308,926 | |
| RESET Society of Calgary | Exploitation Intervention & Transition (EXIT) Program: Facilitating and supporting safe exit from sexual exploitation and/or sex trafficking for women and their children | $131,290 | |
| Organization | Project name and description | 2021 funding amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Community Health Centre | Youth Mental Health and Addictions Integration: Providing an integrated support to youth aged 12 to 24 years to prevent serious mental health and addictions issues and concurrent problems in adulthood | $342,000 | |
| Autism Calgary Association | Telling Their Stories: Strengthening Mental Health for individuals and families living with Autism Spectrum Disorder through one-on-one Adult Talk Support and virtual social networks | $80,002 | |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Society of Calgary and Area | Mentoring for Mental Health: Increasing resilience of children and youth at risk of, or who are currently experiencing poor mental health | $88,095 | |
| Calgary Catholic Immigration Society | Centre for Refugee Resilience Family Therapy: Providing couselling and case management for refugee families through a client-centred and culturally -responsive approach | $170,975 | |
| Calgary Immigrant Women's Association | Supports for Immigrants and Refugees with Mental Health and Addiction Issues: Promoting help-seeking behaviour among immigrant women and their families, and connecting them to community resources | $114,289 | |
| Centre for Sexuality Society | LGBTQ Counselling and Support: Addressing the immediate and longer term challenges faced by LGBTQ community members through counselling and natural support development | $85,000 | |
| Canadian Mental Health Association - Calgary Region | Increasing Social Connections: Providing an integrated mental health and substance use supports that strengthen community-based mental health solutions and empower individuals and families | $250,000 | |
| Carya Society of Calgary | Act Out: Providing early intervention, skill-development program for grade 8 students and bridging them to Carya's continuum of support for youth and families | $49,722 | |
| Closer to Home Community Services Society | Community Connections - Mental Health and Well-being: Increasing knowledge of resources, social-emotional coping skills and social supports that mitigate mental health through the Teaching Family Model and parent support groups | $191,837 | |
| Distress Centre Calgary | Enhancing Online Crisis Support: Providing accessible, no-cost crisis intervention services that empower community members to make independent choices that enhance their quality of life | $121,000 | |
| Hull Services | Bridging the Gap: Providing services to young adults who are experiencing mental health concerns, issues with well-being, and barriers to service to help them access services, learn new skills and strengthen their support network | $211,975 | |
| Punjabi Community Health Services Calgary Society | Mental Health and Addiction Prevention Outreach for South Asian Community: Increasing awareness around mental health conditions, symptoms, coping strategies, and resources | $100,000 | |
| Society de la petite enfance et de la famille du sud de l'Alberta | Supporting Mental Health in French: Supporting Francophone families through workshops and activities to promote awareness of mental health issues | $46,200 | |
| Wood's Homes | Exit Youth Hub and Outreach Addictions Specialist: Providing immediate on-site intervention, community prevention and diversion addictions support to vulnerable and at risk youth | $103,606 |
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