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Policy research and analysis is vital to the mission of CMHA Ontario. We provide balanced, knowledgeable analysis and commentary on public issues and provincial policy directions that promote mental health and impact people with mental illness and their families. This includes evidence-based advice to enhance the delivery of community mental health services, increase the responsiveness of the broader health system to mental health needs, and support healthy public policy.

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Moving in the Right Direction: SEEI Final Report

The final report for the Systems Enhancement Evaluation Initiative (SEEI) provides a high level summary of the results of the SEEI, a four-year initiative to evaluate the effects of the $167 million dollar government investment in Ontario's community mental health system. Results show that the new funds have made a significant difference in a variety of ways and that Ontario's community mental health system is moving in the right direction.

SEEI builds on previous community mental health research that provided evidence that community mental health programs are "good investments."

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Mental Health Notes

May 3, 2012
Law Commission of Ontario receives public feedback on law and disabilities framework: May 3, 2012
New Ontario Human Rights Commission policy on competing human rights

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Public Policy

Social Assistance System Improvement: March 2012
Improving Ontario's Social Assistance System - Response to: "Discussion Paper 2: Approaches for Reform"

Human Rights Mental Health Strategy: March 2012
Submission to Andrew Pinto Chair, Ontario Human Rights Review 2012

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Events

May 8, 2012
Launch of the Mental Health Strategy for Canada: Ottawa, Ontario; MARK YOUR CALENDAR!; May 7-13, 2012
Mental Health Week 2012: Canada

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