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Mental Health Support for All Ontarian Citizens-Know Better Do Better Ontario - Sign Today!
#KNOWBETTERDOBETTERONTARIO
Did you know? In Ontario, individuals with complex mental heath disorders, acute mental health challenges, or PTSD from a traumatic experience do not have access to Ontario-funded help from a registered Psychotherapist or Registered Psychologist?
Ontario already has everything in place to provide this support:
• Doctors who diagnose mental health conditions and authorize medical leave or financial compensation.
• Regulatory bodies — the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) and the College of Psychologists and Behaviour Analysts of Ontario (CPBAO) — that ensure thousands of highly qualified professionals meet the highest standards of care.
• An existing model, the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP), which allows newcomers to Canada to receive funded therapy from registered professionals through Blue Cross, with a doctor’s referral and a structured treatment plan
The system exists — but access is limited only to newcomers.
Ontario citizens, including those with serious mental health needs, cannot access this same level of care through provincial funding.
Currently the government offering for mental health support is lacking. Ontarians are left with few options:
• Free sessions that are limited in number, with long wait times (sometimes months — even years)
• Counselling provided by individuals who may not have appropriate credentials
• Reduced income during medical leave, with no means to afford the therapy they urgently need
This is not adequate.
We know what works. We have qualified professionals ready to help today.
When people get the help they need, they recover. They return to work, to school, to their families, and to contributing to their communities. If we can afford to support individuals to stay home during mental health crises, we can afford to fund their treatment so they can heal and return to productive, healthy lives.
Ontario, these are our people. They need our help. We have the system in place, and access to proper mental health support should be for all Ontarians, not only newcomers.
Please sign the petition today and help make equitable access to mental health care a reality.
KNOW BETTER DO BETTER ONTARIO!
More information about the current programs
IFHP-Interim Federal Health Program:
Ontario Disability Support Program health and disability benefits:
https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-disability-support-program-health-and-disability-benefits
CRPO-College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario
CPBOA-College of Psychologists and Behavioural Analysts of Ontario
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