Mental Health Program Partnerships 2019

Group Name Primary Purpose Type of Engagement Contact Name and Info Info Feedback Joint Participant Sharing Planning Control Addictions Foundation of To contribute to the health and well-being of Manitobans by Ben Fry CEO addressing the harm associated with addictions through 204-944-6200 education, prevention, rehabilitation and research. Collaborative X X X work focuses on co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders at a system level. Anxiety Disorders Association of Self-help organization committed to helping individuals who Mary Williams, Executive Director

Manitoba struggle with anxiety disorders. Offers cognitive behavioural X 204-925-0600 groups, support groups and information. Block-by-Block Thunderwing Project The Block-by-Block Thunderwing project will bring multiple Pauline Jackson government and non-government agencies together, partnering to 204-938-7342 solve social problems in a 21-block, high-crime area of the North [email protected] X X X X End. This program is supported by the police, and a broad range of community-based agencies, helping families and the community become more resilient. CODI Program/River East & Transcona To provide enhanced consultation services on co-occurring Gale Colquhoun – CODI My Health My Health Team disorders to fee-for-service physicians signed on with the River X X X X Team Clinician East/Transcona My Health Team. [email protected] Coordinated Intake, Assessment & A coalition of organizations who support individuals who Brian Bechtel, Director, Triage Advisory Committee experience episodic or chronic homelessness. One goal is to Poverty Reduction Council (Doorways Project) create a single point of contact to assist individuals and those X X X 204-924-4295 supporting them to navigate supports as part of the Task Force Plan to End Homelessness. EPPIS Family Support and Information To support family members of individuals who have experienced a Val Mondor, Team Leader EPPIS X X Group first episode of psychosis. 204-795-2403 Handle with Care To enhance the mental health of young children under 7 through Donna Wiltshire, Mental Health an evidence-based program delivered to parents and caregivers. Promotion Team, WRHA X X X X Master Trainer [email protected]

Mental Health Program Partnerships 2019

Group Name Primary Purpose Type of Engagement Contact Name and Info Info Feedback Joint Participant Sharing Planning Control Healthy Child MB To support the healthy development of children and families Lisa Murdock, Program and Policy across the province by jointly supporting programs and initiatives X X X Consultant HCMO 204-945-3495 – primarily through the Parent-Child Coalitions. Housing Supports and Service To apply a population focus to identify challenges to providing Sharon Kuropatwa, Director, Housing Integration Operation Committee housing and supports and resolve or develop recommendations Supports and Service Integration / for intergovernmental policy and service coordination adaptations Community Area Director X X X for individuals who are currently homeless or vulnerably housed Downtown/Point Douglas who frequently access emergency services to meet their basic [email protected] needs. Kikinaw Housing Kikinaw Housing Inc. rents affordable housing to persons on Kikinaw Housing Inc. modest incomes. Unit A-284 Langside St. Some units of accommodations available through Kikinaw Housing Winnipeg, MB R3C 1Z8 Inc. are subsidized by the Province of Manitoba. In those cases, 204-78-6427 X rent is calculated as follows: Fax: 204-421-9259 - Employment and Income Assistance recipients have rent and EIA shelter allowance rates; other person’s rents are calculated at 47% of total gross incomes. Manitoba Housing To work in collaboration to review, evaluate and respond to issues Titi Tijani, Director Tennant and Agency in Manitoba Housing sites for vulnerable tenants, to help X X X Services individuals get and keep housing. 204-945-1792 Manitoba Schizophrenia Society Self-help organization that advocates for people living with Chris Summerville, Executive Director Schizophrenia through education, support and working in X X 204-786-1616 partnership with families and service protection. Manitoba Association of Newcomer Initiated by MB Health/WRHA - Collaborated with members and Seid Oumer – Refugee Response Serving Organizations board of MANSO in response to the mental health and well-being Coordinator

needs of refugees. 204-272-0874 http://mansomanitoba.ca/ Mental Health Advisory Council An advisory group appointed by the WRHA Regional Adult Mental Heather Forrest X X Health Team. The council is comprised of individuals with lived Operations Lead, Community Mental

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Mental Health Program Partnerships 2019

Group Name Primary Purpose Type of Engagement Contact Name and Info Info Feedback Joint Participant Sharing Planning Control experience facing mental health issues along with family members, Health Program natural supports and concerned citizens who together provide one Winnipeg Regional Health Authority important mechanism for input into the planning, implementation [email protected] and evaluation of WRHA Regional Mental Health Adult Programs. Mental Health Court – Manitoba Justice The Winnipeg Mental Health Court (MHC) is a weekly sitting of the Provincial Court of Manitoba, available only in Winnipeg at the present time. The MHC offers pre-sentence intensive services and support to persons whose criminal involvement is a direct result of their mental illness. Services are provided by a Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) team which has been established within the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority’s (WRHA’s) Community Mental Health Program to work with MHC participants. Mental Health Promotion in Schools To partner and work collaboratively with school divisions to WRHA Mental Health Promotion (Louis Riel, Seven Oaks, St. develop, implement and evaluate a comprehensive school-based Program – Contact James/Assiniboia) mental health population-based promotion strategy for Heather Forrest, Operations Lead, X X X promotion, prevention and intervention/referral. Community Mental Health Program, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority [email protected] Mosaic Newcomer Family Resource To partner and work collaboratively to enhance the mental health Jean Tinling, Director of Family Network and well-being of newcomer staff and volunteers. X Programs [email protected] Mood Disorders Association of MB Self-help organization focused on promoting recovery for those Tara Brousseau, Executive Director living with mood disorders and affective disorders. Offers peer X X 204-204-786-0987 support, advocacy and educational groups. OCD Centre Manitoba Self-help organization providing support, Rene Greyeyes, Executive Director advocacy, and education for people living with obsessive X 204-942-3331

compulsive disorder.

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Mental Health Program Partnerships 2019

Group Name Primary Purpose Type of Engagement Contact Name and Info Info Feedback Joint Participant Sharing Planning Control Promotion de la santé mentale parmi To bring together the main stakeholders who work with young Georgette Dupuis, Centre de Santé les jeunes francophones Francophones to explore the needs, challenges, gaps in services in [email protected] X relation to programs, services and initiatives that work with the well-being and mental health of youth. Provincial Committee on Suicide To develop a provincial suicide prevention strategy that will inform Provincial Suicide Prevention Prevention Manitoba Health the provincial injury prevention strategy. Coordinator Mental Health & Addictions, X Manitoba Health, Seniors & Active Living Interim Chair: [email protected] Provincial Alternative Support Services Partnership with Manitoba Health, Manitoba Justice, and Sandy Dorbolo, Director (PASS) Department of Families to provide services to individuals with Centralized Community Services and (formerly Provincial Needs Steering disabilities and justice involvement who do not meet eligibility for X X X Resources Committee) other services (Community Living and Mental Health) to prevent Manitoba Families violent reoffending. 204-945-4082 Red River College – Healthy Minds To create opportunities for the RRC to be engaged in fostering a Laureen Janzen, Coordinator, Healthy College welcoming, safe and responsive environment, supporting the X X X X Counseling & Accessibility Services, RRC mental health and well-being of students, faculty & staff [email protected] Residential Care Licensing Working A cross-program team that is charged with establishing province- Andrea Thibault-McNeill, A/Assistant Group wide delivery standards and making recommendations on Director program and policy issues related to RCL. Adult Disability Programs X X X Community Service Delivery Department of Families [email protected] River Point Centre AFM Provides short-term residential treatment (21 to 28 days) at 5 River Point Centre (Tenant Screening Committee) adult residential facilities throughout the province. Phone: 204-944-6209 X *Provides a safe, sober, structured setting and includes individual and group counselling, discussion groups, lectures, videos

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Mental Health Program Partnerships 2019

Group Name Primary Purpose Type of Engagement Contact Name and Info Info Feedback Joint Participant Sharing Planning Control *Provides a 14 day residential program in Brandon for men and women experiencing problem gambling issues Seniors Building Bridges Working Group Joint study with Saskatchewan evaluating a program that embeds Jo Storozinski, Youville Project Lead mental health promotion and pro-social strategies to increase X X [email protected] well-being for older adults living in subsidized housing. Sources of Strength To create a cultural shift in high schools to promote well-being, Karen Kyliuk, Mental Health Promotion prevent suicide and increase school engagement. Peer led teams (Trainer & consultant to divisions and X X X X supported by adult advisors and trainers. youth-serving agencies 204-330-1555 Support Services to Seniors Through collaboration and partnerships across various health, Kathy Henderson, Support Services to social services and community sectors, Support Services to Seniors X X X X Seniors Facilitator promotes healthy aging and applies a health equity lens. [email protected] Table de Recherche Network to share research and programming geared toward early Dominique Arbez, Université de Saint childhood development for francophone children and families. X Boniface [email protected] Towards Flourishing Strategy To promote the mental health & wellbeing of women and their Towards Flourishing Provincial families in the Manitoba Families First Home Visiting Program – Coordinator, X X X partnership with Healthy Child MB and U of M and Winnipeg Healthy Child MB Regional Health Authority. Université de Saint Boniface – Mental New committee/network (2018-2019) with a focus on Mental Christian Perron, Université de Saint Health Committee Health and well-being of university students. X X Boniface [email protected] Vulnerable Persons Committee - City of Identify gaps in service and identify solutions, work together to Sylvia Boudreau, BSW, RSW Winnipeg respond to unconventional situations, clarify roles when working Social Worker with people at risk and learn about resources available. Community Services X City of Winnipeg 204-986-4503 Email: [email protected]

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Group Name Primary Purpose Type of Engagement Contact Name and Info Info Feedback Joint Participant Sharing Planning Control West Broadway Housing Stakeholders A coalition of social neighbourhood groups, social service agencies, Ellen Smirl, Housing Development Group and landlords in the West Broadway area with a goal to Coordinator X X X collaborate to review and offer recommendations for new housing 204-774-7201 projects to improve services for neighbourhood residents. Winnipeg Police Service To work with Winnipeg City Police to establish protocols and Rick Sharma procedures for trauma-informed practices when individuals are [email protected] X brought to the Crisis Response Centre, or when Police are called to respond to the CRC. Winnipeg Rental Network The Winnipeg Rental Network (WRN) is a city-wide inter-agency Gordon McIntrye initiative. The WRN addresses affordable rental issues and works Coordinator, Winnipeg Rental Network with tenants, landlords and service agencies regarding tenure c/o 509 Selkirk Avenue, security. Winnipeg, MB R2W 2M6 WinnipegRentNet.ca is an on-line resource hub that provides a 204-417-2110 free listing service for landlords, tenant and landlord resource Fax: (204) 582-2801 guides and links to other resources for rental properties Email: [email protected] The WRN also oversees the Housing Plus Program which provides centralized housing procurement and tenant/landlord supports for Winnipeg’s Housing First Programs. Funding for the WRN is provided by Employment and Social Development Canada and by Manitoba Housing (Strategic Initiatives). United Way of Winnipeg, Neighbourhoods Alive! and Winnipeg Foundation have also provided project specific funding. Winnipeg Suicide Prevention Network To support suicide prevention through public awareness and Sandy Fotty, Klinic (WSPN) education, professional development, knowledge exchange, [email protected] promoting and contributing to the development of good practices, Karen Kyliuk WRHA Mental Health X X mental health promotion, and the development of resource Promotion materials. [email protected]

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Mental Health Program Partnerships 2019

Group Name Primary Purpose Type of Engagement Contact Name and Info Info Feedback Joint Participant Sharing Planning Control WRHA MH Agencies & Partner The Mental Health Program hosts regular meetings with the Heather Forrest Network mental health agencies it funds and the Self-Help organizations, Operations Lead, Community Mental  Canadian Mental Health Association with the purpose “To collaborate so that improvements can occur Health Program  Sara Riel across the mental health system in Winnipeg” Winnipeg Regional Health Authority  Salvation Army Haven [email protected]  Friends Housing  Clubhouse  SSCOPE X X X  Community Therapy Services  YM/YWCA  Eden Mental Health Services  Jewish Child & Family Services  ArtBeat  Klinic  Women’s Health Centre Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy To support inter-sectoral and cross-departmental collaboration to Co-chair - Shari Block MB Manitoba Education Initiatives Task Team implement education-based, youth suicide prevention initiatives, Education & Training X X X X programming and capacity building, reflecting best practice [email protected] guiding principles.

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