Mental Health & Community Supports

Partnering Organizations

• YMCA GTA
  • Substance Abuse Program

Other Community Resources, Including Mental Health Services

• 2SLGBTQ+ Resources
• 360º Kids
  Multiple York Region locations. Ages: 12-25.
  Health and well-being services and programs include Aftercare and Transitional Support.
• Addiction Services Central Ontario
  Multiple York Region locations. Ages: 12-24.
• The Association of Parent Support Groups of Ontario
  Helping desperate parents of acting-out youth.
• Black Youth Helpline
• Bounce Back Ontario
  Bounce Back is a free, guided self-help program that’s effective in helping people aged 15 and up who are experiencing mild-to-moderate anxiety or depression, or may be feeling low, stressed, worried, irritable or angry.
• Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA)
  • York and South Simcoe: Multiple York and South Simcoe sites. Ages: 12-25.
  • York Mobile Youth Walk-in Clinic; Ages: 12-25.
• Carea Community Health Centre
  Contacts for numerous social supports.
• Community Care Durham
  Wide range of support services for people over the age of 16.
  • COPE – 905-668-6223
    Community-based mental health service that offers group support to adults aged 16 and older, with emotional and/or mental health concerns.
• Family Services York Region
• Firehouse Youth Centre (Bowmanville)
  A drop-in recreational centre for youth ages 12-18.
• Frontenac Youth Services
  Services and programming for youth who experience mental health concerns.
• John Howard Society
  • Durham Region
    Local Durham services are varied and include the Youth In Transition (YIT) program, women’s drop-in, counselling and parenting programs.
  • York Region
    Free local services include the Healthy Youth Preventative Education Program and the Youth Counselling Program.
• Kinark Child and Family Services
• Lakeridge Health – Pinewood Centre
  Mental health and addiction services (Durham and Scarborough)
  New centralized access line for Community Mental Health and Pinewood Centre: 905-721-4747
• Naseeha Muslim Youth Helpline – 1-866-627-3342
  Naseeha is a mental health hotline and so much more. Calls answered 7-days-per-week from around the world and from Muslim and non-Muslim callers.
• Nedic (National Eating Disorder Information Centre)
• Newcomers Health and Well Being York
• Rose of Durham
  Young parent support services.
• Telehealth Ontario – 1-866-797-0000
  Any health concern including depression and anxiety.
• Trans Lifeline Hotline – 1-877-565-8860
  Call from Canada or the U.S.
• Vaughan Community Health Centre
  Community Health Centres (CHCs) provide primary health care, social programs, and health promotion services with an emphasis on priority populations who face barriers accessing health care.
• York Hills Centre for Children, Youth and Families
  Support for families, youth and children.
  bluehills@bluehillscentre.ca
• York Rainbow Support Line – 1-888-967-5542
  • York Region
  • Ontario
• York Support Services Network
  • Community Mental Health and Addictions Crisis Response Service
    1-855-310-COPE (2673)
    Response service available 24/7.