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Ottawa announces $82.5M to help Indigenous communities deal with COVID-19 mental health fallout

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August 26, 2020
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Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller declared $82.5 million in new funding Tuesday for Indigenous communities to deal with increased mental health needs because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The funding is planned for growing “culturally appropriate services, for example, on the land, community-based programs, mental wellness teams, virtual counselling and substance use treatment services.

Miller said pre-existing, intergenerational trauma in Indigenous communities — because of residential schools and the current child welfare system — has been “exacerbated” by the pandemic.

“This has caused and increased mental health challenges for individuals and communities as a whole,” said Miller.

“Preceding the pandemic, interest for directing and mental health uphold was at that point drifting upward.”

Miller said Indigenous Services Canada’s Hope for Wellness Help Line has received 10,000 calls and chats between this past January and April, a 178 per cent increase when compared to the same time period last year, which saw 3,602 calls and chats.

The First Nations Health Authority, which provides health services to First Nations in British Columbia, also reported that overdose deaths doubled between January and May 2020 when compared to the same time period the previous year.

“The full impact of COVID-19 on the mental health and wellness of Indigenous peoples and communities will likely not be fully appreciated until long after we emerge from the pandemic,” Miller said.

Miller said the $82.5 million will be divided between First Nations, Inuit and Métis regional organizations, which will determine how the new money will be used.

Miller also said the department will also continue to support youth in the child welfare system who would have aged out of care during the current pandemic period, until March 2021.

Photo credit: BLAIR GABLE/REUTERS

News source: CBC News

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