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$235 K for mental health transitional home

The Canadian Mental Health Association's (CMHA) local branch has received $235,000 from the North East Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) to provide enhanced services for eight people living in a transitional home run by the organization.
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The Canadian Mental Health Association's (CMHA) Sudbury-Manitoulin branch has received $235,000 from the North East Local Health Integration Network to provide enhanced services for eight people living in a home run by the organization. From left are Shana Calixte, executive director of the Northern Initiative for Social Action, Paul Heinrich, CEO of the North Bay Regional Health Centre, Louise Paquette, CEO of the North East Local Health Integration Network (LHIN), and Marion Quigley, CEO of the local CMHA. Supplied photo.
The Canadian Mental Health Association's (CMHA) local branch has received $235,000 from the North East Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) to provide enhanced services for eight people living in a transitional home run by the organization.

Individuals moving into the home, which is located on Moonlight Avenue in Sudbury, have completed their hospital stay and are ready to live in the community with support.

The North East LHIN also announced $110,000 to support a Patient Navigator Program that will help to divert people away from Health Sciences North (HSN) emergency department.

The navigator will work out of the Crisis Program that started in October 2012.

Since then, close to 1,200 individuals who may have otherwise presented themselves to the hospital emergency department have been cared for in community.

“This new residential home in Sudbury will help to meet the needs of fellow northerners in the community and away from the busy hospital emergency department,” said Louise Paquette, CEO of the North East LHIN.

“We know northerners want more care in the community and we know that the Crisis Program has been tracking success since the day it opened its doors in Sudbury. In fact, there has been a 25 per cent reduction in mental health patients visiting the HSN emergency department since the program started.”

“This home represents CMHA’s continuing vision of providing safe, affordable and supportive housing in the community,” said Marion Quigley, CEO, CMHA Sudbury/Manitoulin.

“As the regional specialized mental health service provider, the North Bay Regional Health Centre is proud to be a partner in this endeavour,” said North Bay Regional Health Centre president and CEO, Paul Heinrich.

“This home will ensure patients receive the necessary supports to be able to transition back to their communities.”

“The opening of this home represents the positive transformation that’s happening in health care to put patients first,” said MPP Rick Bartolucci.

“Investments in community-based projects will help to enhance access to timely care for people living with mental health or addiction issues in Sudbury and area.”

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