Highlights
Recent successes include:

• March 2009 – COAST Peel launches in Brampton, Ontario, complementing pre-existing service in Mississauga, Ontario
   

• November 2008 – CMHA/Peel Central Intake opens for clients seeking service with Access to Recovery Case Management and CMHA/Peel ACT
   

• April 2008 COAST Peel (Crisis Outreach And Support Team) is launched. A partnership with CMHA Peel, St. Elizabeth Health Care and Peel Regional Police, the COAST Peel team comprises a non-uniformed police officer and mental health professional who can respond to crisis calls in Mississauga, where appropriate.
   

• Staffing at CMHA Peel continues to increase to almost 90
   

• CMHA Peel ACT team (Assertive Community Treatment) is serving seriously mentally ill clients in eastern Brampton and Malton
   

• 10 Davidson scholarships were given to consumers in 2007
   

• Concurrent Disorders Resource Specialist has started training staff from several agencies in Peel
   

• ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) continues to be offered approximately six times per year – 103 trained in 2006 - 2007
   

• McEvenue Home Works assists clients with one-time emergency financial assistance to allow them to access/keep housing
   

• Mental Health & Justice Services program grows to be able to serve more clients – 103 in 2006 – 2007 -- with short term case management and discharge planning, in addition to offering consultation services to 883 people
   

• Youth Net served 1,201 youth in 2006 – 2007 in focus groups and special sessions called “Pens & Paints”
   

• Resource Centre staff served 3,023 from 2006 – 2007 and trained 90 in Mental Health Works
   

• June 2007 – CMHA Peel celebrated 45 years of service

For a chronological history of
Canadian Mental Health Association, Peel Branch
click here.