Covenant House Vancouver

Last Saturday I had the opportunity to present at Mental Health Camp. The theme of this year's conference was "Breaking the Silence" so my presentation spoke to our use of "On the House" in helping to break the silence around mental illness. I spent some time giving background on how our mental health program came to be and the amazing results the initial pilot project produced (which lead to the program becoming a permanent offering at Covenant House), such as:

The average wait-time for a youth to see a psychiatrist has gone from 6 months to 8 days

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