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Supporting youth mental health: a resource for summer camps and anyone caring for kids
Posted on Monday, June 28, 2021 09:00 AM
June 28, 2021
The Kids Come First Health Team has created a super-useful, one-page info sheet to help camps and their counsellors recognize and support children and youth with mental health concerns. “Supporting Youth Mental Health” provides:
- what to watch for,
- helpful coping strategies,
- ideas about who to turn to for support,
- how to start conversations about mental health and
- ways to connect with care options.
Many camp counsellors are youth, themselves. This handout will provide them a way to...
Kids Come First Health Team helps youth 12+ to get the COVID-19 vaccine in the Ottawa region
Posted on Monday, June 07, 2021 09:00 AM
June 7, 2021
Children from 12 to 17 years old in the Ottawa region are eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine through the provincial booking portal. Members of the Kids Come First Health Team, including Ottawa Public Health (OPH), CHEO, community pediatricians, Roger Neilson House, parent and youth partners, and family physicians are working together to bring pediatric expertise to wherever it’s needed most to support this age group.
“We want every child 12 and older and their caregivers who want a...
Kids Come First COVID Vaccination Clinic at CHEO
Posted on Thursday, June 03, 2021 09:00 AM
June 03, 2021
The Kids Come First Health Team’s Vaccination Clinic at CHEO provides COVID-19 vaccinations exclusively for youth ages 12 years old and up who are unable to be vaccinated in the community for medical reasons, along with their caregivers. See if your child or youth qualifies.
Kids Come First Health Team vaccine update CHEO, Roger Neilson House and community pediatricians and family physicians are working together to bring pediatric expertise to vaccine clinics across Ottawa,...Donation a 'game-changer' for Ottawa child and youth mental health
Posted on Wednesday, October 07, 2020 04:19 AM
(Ottawa Citizen article, originally posted on Tuesday, October 06, 2020)
A $1.5-million donation from the RBC Foundation is being called a game-changer in creating an innovative system that will make it easier for children and youth in the Ottawa region to get access to the right mental health and addictions services.
RBC donates $1.5 M to help youth who need mental health and addiction services
Posted on Tuesday, October 06, 2020 12:00 AM
RBC donates $1.5 M to help youth who need mental health and addiction services
Originally posted on Tuesday, October 06, 2020
Ottawa, ON — Today, the RBC Foundation presented $1.5 million to CHEO for the Kids Come First Health Team to improve access to youth mental health care in our community. This donation will support 1Call1Click.ca, a new initiative that will help Kids Come First create a single point of entry to Eastern Ontario’s system of care for mental health and addictions.