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Health & Healthcare

Mental health platforms

Here's what the 2023 Alberta election parties are promising.

UCP

  • Build 5 new 75-bed mental wellness centres

    "A United Conservative government will also address the lack of inpatient support for mental health treatment in Alberta by building five new 75-bed mental wellness centres. These new centres will add a total of 375 inpatient mental health beds across the province." — unitedconservative.ca, retrieved 2023-05-17

  • Invest $20M/year to increase the number of Mental Health Classrooms from 20 to 60

    "Increasing the number of Mental Health Classrooms from 20 to 60 across Alberta by investing $20 million per year.

       Mental Health Classrooms provide clinical mental health support to students with significant mental health needs in their school in a specialized classroom setting.

       Mental Health Classroom teams consist of a mental health therapist, psychiatrist and classroom behavioural specialist. The teams are supported by a health team that includes a nurse, social worker, educational psychologist, speech and language therapist, and occupational therapist.

       The first twenty Mental Health Classrooms were announced in July 2022 as part of a broader investment into Mental Health by the UCP Government.

       The UCP expects an additional $20 million per year for expansion as part of the recent MOU with the government of Canada." — unitedconservative.ca, retrieved 2023-05-27

  • Invest $4.5M/year to expand the Integrated School Support Program to 22 more high-needs schools

    "Expanding the Integrated School Support Program to an additional twenty-two high-needs schools across the province through a $4.5 million per year investment.

       The Integrated School Support Program (ISSP) provides low intensity mental health support in high-needs schools by partnering social programs like nutrition support, literacy programming, and mental health supports.

       The ISSP is a prevention-based plan first spearheaded by the Calgary Police Service in the fall of 2014. It helps at-risk children by providing them with the necessary supports to thrive both academically and socially.

       ISSP offers a positive police presence in the schools, on-site psychologists, physical education specialists, social workers and health clinicians, as well as breakfast, lunch and afterschool programs at no cost to families." — unitedconservative.ca, retrieved 2023-05-27

  • Invest $5M/year to expand resiliency education in schools

    "Resilient Schools works together with First Nations and Métis school communities across Alberta to amplify the voice of youth and create opportunities for educators, Elders, parents, coaches and community members to develop their own strategies to enhance student success." — unitedconservative.ca, retrieved 2023-05-27

  • Build four new youth mental wellness centres for inpatient mental health and addiction treatment

    "Building four new youth mental wellness centres to provide inpatient mental health and addiction treatment to youth under the age of 18.

       These wellness centres are a new model for healing, recovery, and prevention and would provide 30 treatment spaces each, located in Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer and Lethbridge.

       A re-elected UCP government would invest $15 million in capital and $15 million in operating expenditures over four years.

           By bringing strategic partners together under one roof and providing the personalized, treatment-focused space that they need, they are able to better respond to the challenges presented by mental health concerns, child abuse, child sexual exploitation, and other child and youth related traumas.

           Building these purpose-built spaces reduces unnecessary use of more expensive acute-care beds." — unitedconservative.ca, retrieved 2023-05-27

  • Invest $4M/year to expand Counselling Alberta to provide affordable same-day, no-wait-list counselling sessions for all Albertans

    "Expanding Counselling Alberta to provide same day, no wait list, accessible and affordable counselling sessions for all Albertans by investing $4 million per year.

       Counselling Alberta is a division of the Calgary Counselling Centre that provides virtual counselling across Alberta.

       This expansion of services outside Calgary is made possible through a partnership between the Government of Alberta and Calgary Counselling Centre to address the growing need for mental health services in the province." — unitedconservative.ca, retrieved 2023-05-27

We don't have any NDP policies on Mental health.

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