A Needs Assessment for Planning Mental Health and Justice Housing – 2019-11-04
For people with justice involvement and mental health or addictions issues, supportive housing can foster stable lives, better health, and reduced service use. But who sets priorities when needs are complex and multiple service systems are involved? CMHA Toronto and
Applying and Qualifying for Ontario Works/Ontario Disability Support Program for Homeless or Precariously Housed Clients – Webinar – 2024-05-23
A Virtual Lunch and Learn Session Learning Objectives: • Learn about the qualifications and application process for both Ontario Works and ODSP• Learn how a client’s housing status may effective their eligibility and programs available to assist homeless clients with
Building Trust and Partnership Through Peer Support: A Community Partner’s Perspective [2023-11-15]
Through data and storytelling, this presentation will showcase the results of a research project that reviewed the Hamilton Peer Support Team. Serving working-age and emerging adults living with mental illness and/or substance misuse who may be experiencing housing insecurity or
Communication Intermediaries: Access to Justice for those with Communication Disabilities – Webinar [2025-01-23]
Learning Objective: 1) What is a Communication Intermediary and what is their role in the Canadian justice and policing system?2) Increase your awareness of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the resulting processes that have been put
Community Crisis Response Teams – Webinar – 2023-06-13
The purpose of community-led crisis teams is to provide an alternative to police led response and shift crisis care to a community-based, client-centered, trauma-informed response centered on the mental health and well-being of the affected individual, their family, and their
Community-Based Collaboration to Improve Health Outcomes in Vulnerable Communities [2023-11-15]
The High Priority Community Strategy provides innovative, culturally relevant, community-based healthcare delivery in the communities of Peel Region that were most disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. Employing a peer-led model of Community Health Ambassadors for education, awareness, health promotion, and community
Court Outcomes Data Project – Webinar – 2015-02-26
2015-02-26 Presented by Micheal Dunn, Sarah Gauthier, and Helene Philbin-Wilkinson Court Outcomes Data Project – 2015-02-26
Creating a Collaborative Approach to Seniors Issues in Rural Communities – 2015-11-18
Many communities are seeing an increase in senior related calls for service. This is true for police, hospitals, community health care providers and families. The issues surrounding seniors are multifaceted. In Durham region, we have recognized that a community partnership approach is
Crisis Response Teams in Ontario – Environmental Scan – Webinar – 2024-12-04
Building off the release of the 2023 Mobile Crisis Response Teams Framework and Toolkit, this webinar shares results from CMHA Ontario’s updated, point in time scan of crisis response teams completed in early 2024. The webinar features results from both
Housing and Homelessness Help Hub (H4) Windsor-Essex – Webinar – 2025-01-15
This webinar is the first in a three part series hosted by the Provincial HSJCC which highlights innovative approaches to housing for justice-involved people. Part One highlights the Housing and Homelessness Help Hub (H4) in Windsor-Essex. Individuals experiencing homelessness, mental
Mental Health Adult Pre-charge Diversion
When a person with mental health issues has committed a minor crime in Durham Region, the Adult Mental Health Pre-charge Diversion Program helps move them away from the justice system and into the healthcare system. This webinar will explain how
Mental Health and Substance Use services for people released from incarceration during the COVID-19 Pandemic – Poster [2023-11]
The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent public health response severely disrupted the delivery of mental health and substance use services. This had a significant impact on the lives of people being released from incarceration. Our poster presentation will consist of three
Mental Health Engagement and Response Team(MHEART) – Why Crisis Response should be Multi-Sectoral and Flexible – 2019-11-04
After years of program reorganization, and re-deployment of resources to meet the needs of individuals in mental health crisis; and coinciding with the creation of the Northumberland County Situation Table, the MHEART program was created. This workshop will share the
Mobile Crisis Intervention Team – Poster [2023-11]
Partnership program where mental health staff work with the local police departments in the area to attend to calls for service where a mental health concern is identified to attempt to prevent charges, or emergency room access and connect individuals
Mobile Crisis Response Teams Framework and Toolkit Webinar – 03-08-2023
As emergency responders, police officers are often the first to arrive on the scene and interact with an individual who may be experiencing a mental health and/or substance use crisis. Over the past 20 years in Ontario, police services and
Optimizing Collaboration between Hamilton Detention Centre & Mental Health Services Through the Use of CTO’s – 2015-11-17
In this session, we will discuss our experiences with community treatment orders (CTO’s), including the value and limitations of CTOs and barriers and challenges to using CTOs for mentally ill offenders. We will describe innovative justice-healthcare collaborations and the essential components that
Reintegration Centre Inception and Development – Mobilizing the Community – 2015-11-17
The Reintegration Centre locates various service providers under one roof to address the reintegration needs of releases. In this pioneering model, it is expected that enhanced service continuity for men immediately upon discharge will increase community safety, reduce likelihood of recidivism and
Strategies for Community Service Providers for Engaging in Communication with Correctional Facilities in Ontario
Strategies for Community Service Providers for Engaging in Communication with Correctional Facilities in Ontario 2013-01-22 Presented by Katie Almond, George Kurzawa, Uppala Chandrasekera, and Leslie Wight. Click here to watch the webinar HSJCC Info Guide – Strategies for Community Service
Suicide Intervention in Indigenous Communities and Life Promotion [2023-11-16]
A discussion of the core concepts of life promotion and how it is taught in Feather Carriers trainings. “Life promotion” is an approach to suicidal ideation in contrast to “suicide prevention,” emphasizing developing personal meaning and connection to life. “Life
System Navigation in a Complex World – SURPRISE it’s NOT Broken! 2019-11-05
System Navigation/Service Resolution regularly assembles service providers and organizational management representing a range of sectors (e.g., mental health, addictions, housing, police, family services, and other community services) to strategize on ways to meet the needs of individuals who are having
The Art of Restorative Practices: The Advantages of Integrating Creative Practices in Restorative Justice [2023-11-15]
Restorative justice and restorative practices are seeing an ever-increasing popularity by practitioners working in the criminal justice field. While restorative practices exist on a continuum from informal to formal practices, the vast majority of practices employed in the criminal justice
The Grey Bruce Supportive Outreach Services (SOS): Mitigating and Aiding Vulnerable Populations [2023-11-15]
Grey Bruce Health Services and the Supportive Outreach Services (SOS) team provide quality, accessible care to specialized populations with complex needs, including the Indigenous, unhoused, and LGBTQ+ communities, as well as those with substance use or mental health needs. SOS
The Impact of Building an Anti-Racist Anti-Oppressive Organizational Culture – Webinar – 2025-01-30
Impact on the Organization – we will focus on processes that are inclusive to build anti-oppressivepracticesEg: prevention of violence client policy, psychological health and safety policy building using “ForYou, By You” principles.Impact on Individuals – we will focus on how
Wellness & Recovery College: Highlights and Outcomes – Poster [2023-11]
In 2022 CMHA-WECB identified the need for peer support and a recovery college to supplement our community-based mental health programs. The College works to provide support during wait times for service, as a step down for individuals discharged from service,
What Does It Mean to be BRAVE: An Introduction to Sunnybrook’s Hospital-based Violence Intervention Program – Webinar – 2024-11-21
This webinar will focus on the Sunnybrook Health Science Centre’s Breaking the Cycle of Violence with Empathy (BRAVE) program. BRAVE is a hospital response to address the increased cases of violent injury to young people in Toronto. The program aims
