New funding for 24/7 crisis support line in Peel Dufferin Region
Credit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 20:54:21 +0000
Anyone in Canada can call or text 9-8-8 to access 24/7/365, bilingual, trauma-informed, and culturally appropriate suicide prevention and emotional distress support.
Crisis lines play an important role in a public health approach to suicide prevention to help reduce an individual’s crisis state, emotional distress, and suicide risk. Crisis centres are an integral part of Canada’s public health approach to suicide prevention. They provide immediate support and resources when people need them the most.
This is why Sonia Sidhu, Member of Parliament for Brampton South announced, on behalf of the Honourable Ya’ara Saks, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, an investment of $447, 618 from the Distress Line Equity Fund to support Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Peel Dufferin, Roots Community Services and South Asian Canadians Health & Social Services distress lines and centres offering crisis services to help address gaps in equity, diversity, and inclusion within the distress line sector.
“We’re pleased to announce this funding for our community.” said Sidhu. “The dedication of an organization to providing culturally diverse and responsive programming is an asset in meeting the needs of the demographic in Peel Region and Dufferin County.”
The new funding will provide the 24/7 Crisis Support Service in Peel Dufferin with a $250,000 grant to provide essential support to the local Black, African, and Caribbean community within the Region of Peel and Dufferin County. Additionally, it serves as a network provider for the national 988 suicide crisis helpline, extending services to all of Ontario.
The announcement also includes $197,618 in funding for South Asian Canadians Health & Social Services to provide members of the South Asian community with a service they can access that will provide support, counselling, and access to community and/or mental health resources by providing services in common South Asian languages, in addition to English and French, training of staff to ensure the use of a culturally sensitive lens within service delivery, and providing culturally sensitive educational materials to the community to increase mental health awareness and help destigmatize mental healthcare.
This initiative to enhance equity, diversity and inclusion in our distress line sector is an important complement to the 9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline. Anyone in Canada can call or text 9-8-8 to access 24/7/365, bilingual, trauma-informed, and culturally appropriate suicide prevention and emotional distress support.
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