The Latest news impacting our sector, including AMHO media releases

April 1, 2024 (Toronto, ON) – A new report from Ontario’s Auditor General highlights the growing inability for children and youth to access community mental health services in Ontario. Despite a growing demand for help, timely access to community mental health care has become further out of reach for Ontario’s children and youth. Barriers to […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   March 18, 2025 (Toronto) – Today, Addictions and Mental Health Ontario (AMHO) released a new report urging all three levels of government to take immediate action to address Ontario’s growing shortage of supportive housing for those experiencing mental health and addictions challenges.    More than 36,000 people are currently on waitlists for mental […]

(Toronto, Feb. 26, 2025) — Throughout the Ontario election period, much of the conversation around mental health and addictions has been centred on public safety. As Ontario prepares to elect a new government, Addictions and Mental Health Ontario (AMHO) and the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Ontario are calling on all candidates to prioritize addictions […]

(Toronto, Feb. 5, 2025) — With the federal government’s announcement of a new ‘fentanyl czar’, community mental health and addictions organizations in Ontario are urging provincial leaders in the election campaign to commit to greater measures to address the root causes of the drug poisoning crisis which continues to ravage Ontario communities. Opioid overdose rates […]

LONDON — The Ontario government is helping create safer communities and supporting people struggling with addiction and mental health issues by approving 18 new Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hubs, in addition to the 9 HART Hubs that were approved earlier this year. These new Hubs are part of the province’s plan to support safer communities […]

TORONTO — Ontario has begun flowing up to $75.5 million to municipalities in order to help them wind down encampments in public spaces by creating more emergency shelter spaces and affordable housing units. These accommodations will provide vulnerable people with appropriate short- and long-term housing alternatives to encampments and help restore safety and order to Ontario’s parks […]