Ontario's Policy Framework for Child and Youth Mental Health
As the champion of children and youth, the Ministry of Children and Youth Services (MCYS) has developed a policy framework to provide strategic direction for ongoing improvements over the next decade. The framework applies to all Ontario children and youth up to age 18.
The framework recognizes that child and youth mental health is a shared responsibility. It is designed to foster collaboration amongst everyone who shares responsibility for the healthy development of Ontario's children and youth: families/caregivers, communities, service providers, government and all child- and youth-serving sectors.
The framework is the product of cross-sectoral collaboration, which included one year of province-wide discussions with over 300 participants from a very wide range of government and community partners. This document was also informed by an extensive inter-jurisdictional literature review, consultations with mental health experts and a series of inter-ministerial discussions.
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