BACK TO HOSPITAL LISTING
TOTAL FUNDS RECEIVED TO DATE
$3,428,974
5,316
Assessments
11,688
People trained
33,257
Patients served
Program overview
PainCare 360 at BC Children’s Hospital
PainCare 360 provides effective care for all aspects of pediatric pain. It shares knowledge on pain care to teams throughout the hospital and care providers across the province, develops educational resources, and launches key programs to develop pediatric pain care that will help foster healthier, happier children, youth, and families.
How Family of Support Funding Has Helped
Funds provided by Family of Support have helped to:
- Develop online courses for healthcare professionals
- Launch the Comfort Ability Program at BC Children’s (with Boston Children’s Hospital), offering youth opportunities to learn about chronic pain and management strategies
- Host a Pediatric Pain Symposium attended by more than 160 patients, families, community-based care providers, and hospital staff.
TOTAL FUNDS RECEIVED TO DATE
$2,538,076
1344
Assessments
5,818
Patients served
Program overview
Mental Health Research 4 Kids
This innovative program is connected to The Summit and led by researchers at the University of Calgary and the Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute. Researchers have created a registry that connects interested youth and families accessing mental health services with current mental health studies, linking discovery and care.
Patient and Family Centered Care at The Summit
The Summit provides a nurturing environment and delivers programs that promote self-expression and self-confidence among youth receiving mental health services. Today, informed by leading clinical practices and consultations with youth and family advisors, The Summit’s certified Child Life specialists are preparing to offer arts and horticultural therapy programs.
How Family of Support Funding Has Helped
Funds provided by Family of Support have helped to:
- Integrate research and care
- Provide a nurturing environment for children and youth receiving care
- Enable the adoption of effective programs used by world-leading organizations.
- Support early-intervention programs that help to prevent mental health crises
- Build capacity for care by training and educating pediatricians, front line healthcare workers, mental health leaders, and community providers.
TOTAL FUNDS RECEIVED TO DATE
$2,961,559
47,061
Assessments
3,094
People trained
63,309
Patients served
11
Treatment spaces
Program overview
Stollery Mental Health Services Team
Limited access to early mental health care leads many young patients in crisis to the Stollery’s specialized pediatric Emergency Department. To address both urgent and non-emergency needs, funds are being used to expand services and integrate mental health care across the entire healthcare system
How Family of Support Funding Has Helped
Family of Support funds have helped to:
- Support the development and operation of a mental health walk-in-clinic
- Increase the capacity at the Stollery Outpatient & Urgent Psychiatry Clinic
- Enhance care and prevent mental health-related escalations with enhanced training provided by the clinical nurse educators.
- Reduce wait times for patients and families through increased capacity and improved coordination
TOTAL FUNDS RECEIVED TO DATE
$1,470,727
2,949
Assessments
264
People trained
1,227
Patients served
36
Treatment spaces
Program overview
PRIME: Promoting Innovation in Mental Health through eHealth Excellence
Generous funding has empowered the PRIME research team to significantly expand its reach, creating welcoming spaces for more focus groups with Indigenous community members, immigrants, and newcomers. This support not only amplified diverse voices in discussions about mental health and eHealth services in Manitoba, but also enabled the delivery of vital mental health resources and support directly to those who need them most.
How Family of Support Funding Has Helped
Funds provided by Family of Support have helped to:
- Allowed PRIME to better understand existing barriers to accessing mental health services
- Shed light on the community’s experience with eHealth therapeutics for child, youth, and family mental health.
TOTAL FUNDS RECEIVED TO DATE
$731,673
4,474
Assessments
5,147
Patients served
5
Treatment spaces
Program overview
The STC Mobile Health Bus
Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Foundation is working with the Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC), Medavie Health Services West, and the Government of Saskatchewan to deploy a small fleet of mobile clinics that bring medical care, including mental health care, to the seven First Nations communities that make up the STC.
Mental Health Intensive Care Room
Many youth experiencing acute mental health challenges turn to the Emergency Department (ED) at Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital for crisis care. Thanks in part to Family of Support, the hospital now has two spaces in its ED for patients in mental health crisis, including the Mental Health Intensive Care Room.
How Family of Support Funding Has Helped
Family of Support funds have helped to:
- Expand the STC Mobile Health Bus fleet; two new vans were added in the spring of 2023.
- Enable capital upgrades to make the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital ED safer and more comfortable for patients experiencing mental health crisis. The upgrades also support the safety of ED staff and other patients.
TOTAL FUNDS RECEIVED TO DATE
2,046,912
12,284
Assessments
941
People trained
4,773
Patients served
3
Treatment spaces
Program overview
New Program for 2026: Integrated Treatment Centre (ITC)
The ITC opening in 2028 will bring CHEO’s outpatient mental health services together under one roof creating spaces that actively support healing, improving how programs are delivered, and making it easier for young people to access care. It also brings peer support into the heart of the clinical setting, helping children and youth feel more connected and understood.
How Family of Support Funding Has Helped
Funds provided by Family of Support have helped to:
- Gain the flexibility to adopt a new evidence based intervention (H2T)
- Extend the benefits of dialectical behavioural therapy beyond the hospital and into the community
- Expand the hours during which mental health support is available in the ED.
- Support the equipment and furnishings needed to create flexible, sensory-informed environments
- Provide staff training so care teams can make the most of these spaces
- Help teams deliver responsive, effective treatment from day one
TOTAL FUNDS RECEIVED TO DATE
$1,456,800
1,998
Assessments
22
People trained
155
Patients served
7
Treatment spaces
Program overview
Transition Care Program
Children’s Hospital is building a transition care program for the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Care Program. Family of Support funds are helping to increase capacity and enable efficient, effective transition care. One key priority is alleviating the stress patients can experience from missing school while admitted to hospital. Adolescents with ongoing health challenges often face difficulties when transitioning into the adult healthcare system. Funds support the development of a transition care program specifically tailored to meet the unique needs of mental health patients.
How Family of Support Funding Has Helped
Funds provided by Family of Support have helped to:
- Increase capacity for transition care
- Support three new hires focused on mental health.
TOTAL FUNDS RECEIVED TO DATE
$1,063,871
181
Assessments
3
People trained
648
Patients served
Program overview
New Program for 2026: Psychosocial Activity Programming and Recreation Therapy Support `
This program provides functional, structured psychosocial activities that not only support individual treatment goals but also improve socialization and daily functioning. For youth with depression, anxiety, and mood disorders these programs are a complement to clinical care and align with best-practice, trauma-informed, and recovery-oriented care models.
How Family of Support Funding Has Helped
Family of Support funds have helped to:
- Support the recruitment of staff who deliver integrated substance use services bridging from hospital to community and contributing to capacity building within the hospital.
- Enable the purchase of VR-related technology, including software, headsets, and an app.
- Support the collection of data to shape treatment, enabling care teams to note how long a user engaged in the exposure, for example, and to gather physiological data to evaluate user responses.
- Create flexible, sensory-informed spaces for children and youth experiencing complex mental health crises
- Support patients with a wide range of needs, including suicidality, depression, anxiety, behavioural concerns, psychotic disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, and concurrent medical issues
- Support care teams as they help children and youth rebuild a sense of safety, hope, and strength
TOTAL FUNDS RECEIVED TO DATE
$4,066,898
508
Assessments
459
Patients served
Program overview
Neuropsychological assessments
In these in-depth assessments, a trained provider uses diverse approaches – from conversations with parents to on-site testing – to understand a young person’s current functioning in areas such as reading comprehension, memory, and motor skills. Next, clinicians recommend appropriate supports such as occupational therapy or speech therapy to aid continued development.
How Family of Support Funding Has Helped
Family of Support funds have helped to:
- Enable SickKids to perform around 100 such assessments each year;
- Accelerate access to these assessments – a key priority since they can help young people receive appropriate support during key developmental windows;
- Empower the SickKids clinic team to keep pace with ever-increasing demand for these highly personalized, resource-intensive assessments.
TOTAL FUNDS RECEIVED TO DATE
$1,288,834
797
Assessments
50
People trained
1,052
Patients served
15
Treatment spaces
Program overview
Transforming Lives: A Cutting-Edge Clinic for Adolescent Well-Being
Adolescent Medicine Clinic at the Montreal Children's Hospital will expand its services to a new home, which will offer a modern, safe, and inclusive environment designed specifically for teens.The clinic offers a more modern, safe, nurturing, and inclusive environment where teens can get the specialized medical care and therapeutic support they need. With 1,200 additional square feet as well as improved settings tailored to this patient population, the team is able to increase the number of patients and families treated each year.
How Family of Support Funding Has Helped
Funds provided by Family of Support have helped to:
CEASO:
- Improve patients’ quality of life, both on a mental and physical level
- Train additional physicians and mental health trainees in advanced prevention and early intervention approaches
- Increase patients’ learning of coping strategies and skills to deal with stress.
FBT:
- Decrease the number of hospitalizations and duration of hospital stays
- Increase the number of patient assessments.
This investment will help transform how care is delivered to young people, creating a space that supports healing, dignity, and growth.
TOTAL FUNDS RECEIVED TO DATE
$1,280,093
18,491
Assessments
74
People trained
788
Patients served
10
Treatment spaces
Program overview
Integration of AI solutions in the trajectory of mental health care
This program aims to disrupt existing barriers by improving the accessibility, quality, and equity of mental health care for all children. It relies on concrete artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to free up clinical time, standardize practices, identify complex cases earlier, and better coordinate multidisciplinary treatment.
How Family of Support Funding Has Helped
By offering flexible funding, Family of Support has helped to ensure that:
- Support care and training simultaneously
- Make capital improvements that will benefit patients for many years
- Advance the entire hospital’s conversations and policies on telehealth norms of practice.
- Support the development and deployment of AI solutions, including clinical transcription systems and decision-support tools
- Extend support to institutions serving remote or disadvantaged population
- Provide training and change management support for clinical teams
TOTAL FUNDS RECEIVED TO DATE
$2,331,356
49,000
Évaluation
5,781
Personnes formées
17,789
Patients servis
38
Espaces de traitement
Program overview
The Learning Link
Under the umbrella of the Learning Link (a broader training and knowledge-mobilization program), the IWK has most recently worked to build mental health expertise across more of the hospital’s nursing staff to ensure that, as staffing configurations change, young people always have access to the right mental health support.
How Family of Support Funding Has Helped
Funds provided by Family of Support have helped to:
- Establish a therapeutic space where care delivery is seamlessly integrated with training and research to build capacity in child and youth mental health expertise.
- Turn evidence into action for the mental health and well-being of children, youth, and their families
- Extend clinical reach and build capacity across Nova Scotia and the Maritimes, transforming child and youth mental health care to provide the right service with the right person, in the right place, at the right time.
TOTAL FUNDS RECEIVED TO DATE
$653,903
1,273
Assessments
9
People trained
15,186
Patients served
13
Treatment spaces
Program overview
The Tuckamore Centre
A residential treatment facility for youth aged 12 – 18 from across Newfoundland and Labrador with complex mental health needs. Established in 2016, it offers a safe, home-like environment, along with an on-site school, a multipurpose room, a physical fitness area, and accommodations for family overnight visits.
Hospital-Based Mental Health & Addictions Programming
Outpatient programs in particular benefit from donor support, which helps them acquire resources such as sensory items and clinically vetted, youth-friendly literature. These tools and resources are vital for programs’ smooth functioning, and contribute to positive outcomes for patients and families.
How Family of Support Funding Has Helped
Funds provided by Family of Support have helped to:
- Ensure The Janeway’s Mental Health & Addictions program can continue to meet the needs of children and youth in a variety of settings – in the hospital and beyond.
- Enable more access to early interventions that can profoundly affect how their mental health evolves, preventing emerging concerns from reaching the point of crisis.
