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Under Fire, Health Canada Announces Mental Health Workers For Attawapiskat

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 11 May, 2016 11:11 AM
    OTTAWA — Health Canada says it will fund two additional mental health workers and a case manager for youth in Attawapiskat to assist with the northern Ontario reserve's suicide crisis.
     
    The move comes after the federal government came under fire by the region's MP and the community's chief.
     
    The department has yet to indicate when the workers will be on the ground in the troubled community and what level of training will be required.
     
    NDP MP Charlie Angus cancelled a high-profile trip to the United Nations this week to visit the beleaguered reserve instead, and highlight the lack of federal support for youth.
     
    Angus says he was baffled by the fact the Liberal government didn't seem to know the reserve's permanent mental health worker wasn't available to residents under 18.
     
    The department confirms there is an permanent mental health worker in the community from Weeneebayko Area Health Authority who focuses on adult services.
     
    A youth wellness worker and intervention worker with a provincial agency — Payukotayno Child and Family Services — also work on the reserve.

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