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Province announces 100K in mental health for South Asians

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 26 Jun, 2023 04:26 PM

The provincial government has announced 100-thousand-dollars to fund mental-health and substance-use programming for South Asian people living in the Greater Vancouver area.

The funding will support three part-time outreach workers and others who will engage South Asians who are homeless or at risk of being homeless.

The government says outreach workers will connect people and their families with services and resources including food banks, income and housing supports, counselling, home detox programs and medical services.

The supports are expected to help between 50 and 75 people who use drugs as well as 150 to 200 family members.

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