Expanded Youth Wellness Hub Providing Care Closer to Home
WINDSOR — The Ontario government is celebrating the grand opening of the newly expanded permanent home of the Windsor-Essex Youth Wellness Hub, which will make it faster and easier for young people in and around Windsor-Essex to connect to mental health and substance use supports closer to home.
“We are continuing to expand our network of Youth Wellness Hubs across Ontario to ensure everyone in this province can connect to the high-quality mental health and addictions supports they need, when and where they need them,” said Michael Tibollo, Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions. “At this newly expanded hub, youth from across Windsor-Essex can feel safe, comfortable, and supported. We know children and youth have the highest mental health needs of any demographic, so we will continue to invest in the critical services like Youth Wellness Hubs that help them grow into happy and healthy adults.”
The Windsor-Essex Youth Wellness Hub which was launched in March 2022, is one of the 22 hubs already operating across the province. The hub, in its new expanded location, was co-designed with local youth, family and other partners, and continues to help fill the gap in youth addictions services in the region. The hub provides children and youth aged 12 to 25 a safe, welcoming space to access the mental health and addictions services they need at the right time and right place.
In Windsor-Essex and surrounding areas, children and youth can visit the hub to connect to convenient and free mental health, substance use and primary care services in a safe, youth-friendly space. There are also supports to help connect and transition youth that have more specialized and intensive care needs to the right supports and services in the community. “Our government continues to take action to improve mental health services in communities across Ontario, and support patients and families living with mental health and addictions challenges,” said Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. “As we continue to expand the number of Youth Wellness Hubs across the province, young people in the Windsor-Essex region will receive faster, easier access to the mental health care they need, in one convenient location, closer to home.”
With Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care, the government is expanding the number of Youth Wellness Hubs across the province to make it faster and easier for young people to connect to mental health and substance use support, primary care, social services, and more.