Persons with serious mental illness (SMI) are more likely than those without SMI to be charged with a criminal offense. They are often incarcerated for minor offenses such as crimes of poverty, offenses related to substance use or minor offenses against judicial orders. These repeated brief incarcerations disrupt access to community services such as housing, income support or access to psychiatric care. A portion of this group also experience rapid and frequent incarcerations, leading to a disproportionate amount of overall service use and cost.
Publicly funded Canadian post-secondary institutions that are taking action to begin the research and planning that will assist with the implementation of the Standard are eligible for Kickoff Grants.
We recently invited members of the Gambling, Gaming and Technology Use Virtual Forum to join the Gambling, Gaming & Technology Use Community of Interest (COI).
In case you are one of those folks who recently joined EENet Connect, we want to make sure you find yourself in the right place!
17 year old doesn't like school, doesn't know where he wants to go in life, unmotivated. A service on the West side of Mississauga preferred, as he will likely need to continue after the pandemic and might prefer in-person or group therapy then. Affordable service preferred. Any suggestions? Please email.
A report by Ontario’s leading experts on housing, justice, and mental health and addictions outlines how existing supportive housing could more effectively meet the needs of justice-involved individuals and reduce strain on the health and justice systems.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Fourth International Housing First conference has been postponed and will now take place virtually in 2021. As we plan for this virtual conference, we would like to know your preferred topics, formats, and dates. Results will be used by the planning committee to tailor the virtual conference for an international housing first audience.
Take 45 minutes to pause and think about our systems of care with the talk’s sharp focus on the intervention itself. The discussion got me thinking of: the recovery model; our categories of who fits into what program of care; mental health care’s forms of intervention; and what ever happened to the Mental Health Commission’s Recommendations and its whole system, whole country recommendations guide?
We recently invited members of the Gambling Issues International Yahoo Group to join the Gambling, Gaming & Technology Use Community of Interest (COI).
In case you are one of those folks who recently joined EENet Connect as part of this migration, we want to make sure you find yourself in the right place!
