CMHA Waterloo Wellington
Our Children and Youth are facing a Mental Health Crisis.
By contributing to Royal Reach 2024, you are helping support one to one counselling for children/youth, including their parents/caregivers; furnishing, equipment, and toys for therapeutic support for developmental and mental health services to create child friendly spaces in the new CMHA WW Children and Youth Building on Woolwich St.; providing snacks and art supplies to fuel growth and recovery for children and youth; and more!
CMHA Waterloo Wellington
Serves more than 22,000 individuals each year, 3,600 under the age of 18.
The Grove Youth Wellness Hubs had over 30,000 visits from youth in 2023.
Mental Health
Up to 70% of young adults living with a mental health problem say their symptoms began in early childhood.
WDG Public Health 2022 survey
Results show increases in mental health challenges for children and youth across every indicator.
Largest increases:
eating issues
being distracted
psychological distress
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CMHA Waterloo Wellington
CMHA Waterloo Wellington‘s New Children and Youth Services building located at 737 Woolwich Street in Guelph is opening at a pivotal time in our community. As CMHA WW opens the doors in January 2024, they are facing difficult funding realities.
To address the mental health challenges our youth are facing our community needs formal and informal supports and services and early identification of mental health concerns to build resiliency in our children and youth. CMHA Waterloo Wellington and The Grove Youth Wellness Hubs are working together to provide this!
"Before I started going to therapy, I never knew what was wrong and what was causing my anxiety...I feel like mental health is a very up and down thing, but it’s learning how to deal with it in the right ways so that you can live your life and not let it control you."
-Former CMHA WW Client
