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The Government of Canada is committed to helping youth access the mental health care they need, where and when they need it. That is why it is providing up to $59 million to the Integrated Youth Services Network of Networks, or IYS-Net. This initiative will link together a web of provincial, territorial, and Indigenous networks to create a learning health system, where research evidence, data, and youths' lived experiences are used to inform processes, policies, and practices to improve services.
The funding breaks down this way:
- Close to $9 million for six integrated youth services provincial networks in Québec, Ontario, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, and the national Indigenous network.
- The remaining $50 million in upcoming funding includes:
- More than $21 million to expand IYS-Net to all provinces and territories.
- More than $10 million to enable the Indigenous IYS network to expand across Canada.
- Up to $18 million for an IYS Learning Health System Data Platform supported by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health to allow the collection, processing and sharing of more timely, accurate, comprehensive, and diverse data sets on youth mental health and substance use.
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