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Outreach And Access To Mental Health Services
Outreach is the first step in developing relationships with the most disenfranchised people in Canada. It links people who are homeless to resources and services they want and need. The...
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Public Health Care & Service Delivery
While Canada has universal health care, there are still many barriers preventing homeless individuals and families from accessing health services. The lack of identification – particularly their health ID card...
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Legal & Justice Issues
The research on legal and justice issues focuses on factors that may contribute to homelessness, including criminal victimization (physical, sexual and emotional abuse of children, women and seniors), discrimination (based...
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Child, Youth And Family Programs
Media Folder: Media Root The prevalence of mental illness in Canadian children and adolescents, at any given point in time, is about 15%. In other words, 1.2 million children and...
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Access To Supports & Services
Media Folder: Media Root Services to support people who are currently, or are at-risk of becoming, homeless are best provided through a system of care approach that involves a variety...
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General
Outreach And Access To Health Services
Media Folder: Media Root Outreach, when coupled with access to services, creates community linkages at both the client and systemic level. At the client level, it ensures referral to services...