Peel CAS partners with Ontario and City of Brampton on new Youth Hub
Peel CAS was part of an exciting announcement today, alongside the City of Brampton and Province of Ontario. The City of Brampton hosted a press conference to formally announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the municipality and Peel CAS to build a new Youth Wellness Hub Ontario (YWHO) at Century Gardens Recreation Centre in Brampton.
View the media release for more details: City of Brampton | News | News Release
Peel CAS is very proud to be the first child welfare organization to be asked to lead an initiative like this one, developing a Youth Wellness Hub in Peel alongside our network of community partners. The network will bring together the collective expertise of child welfare, youth mental health, and ethno-specific agencies that cater to the diverse communities within the Region of Peel.
The Hub will offer a range of services for youth ages 12-25 including those related to mental health, substance use, primary healthcare, education/employment support, housing, and peer assistance, as well as sports-based programming. Everything at the Hub is being designed and developed in collaboration with youth to ensure that it meets their needs and feels like an inviting and welcoming space.
This initiative is an important step toward making mental health and wellness services more accessible to young people in Peel region. The Hub will help to ensure youth mental health is supported as early as possible, providing a place where youth, in or out of care, can belong.
For more information on this initiative, check out the links below:
Another new youth hub coming to recreation centre in Brampton | INsauga
Announcement of Provincial funding - June 13, 2024
