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Mission
MHC endeavours to empower persons with mental health issues, to maximize their growth and potential through the use of recovery strategies.

Vision
A stigma-free society that cares, understands and accepts people with mental health issues for their abilities rather than their disabilities.

Values
Respect, dignity, self-determination, integrity, choice, empowerment, hope, individuality, confidentiality, diversity, honesty, equality, optimism and non-judgmental attitude.

About CMHA-Sudbury/Manitoulin
The Canadian Mental Health Association-Sudbury/Manitoulin (CMHA-S/M) was established in 1984 and is a not-for-profit organization with a volunteer board of directors.

The branch is mandated to provide services to individuals with mental health issues or a diagnosis of a mental illness (though it is not required) within the Sudbury and Manitoulin districts. Our purpose is to support healthy people and communities through advocacy and the provision of safe, inclusive and accessible mental health and substance use services.

CMHA-S/M is primarily funded by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care and also receives funds from the Ministry of Child & Youth Services and the City of Sudbury.

About the Canadian Mental Health Association
The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), founded in 1918, is one of the oldest voluntary organizations in Canada. Each year, we provide direct service to more than 100,000 Canadians through the combined efforts of more than 10,000 volunteers and staff across Canada in over 120 communities.

As a nationwide, voluntary organization, the Canadian Mental Health Association promotes the mental health of all and supports the resilience and recovery of people experiencing mental illness. The CMHA accomplishes this mission through advocacy, education, research and service.

CMHA branches across Canada provide a wide range of innovative services and supports to people who are experiencing mental illness and their families. These services are tailored to the needs and resources of the communities where they are based. One of the core goals of these services is to help people with mental illness develop the personal tools to lead meaningful and productive lives.

We are strongly committed to ensuring the provision of quality services and focus our activities to meet the needs of our community by establishing future directions which build on existing successes. The 2019 – 2024 Strategic Plan identifies future directions and priorities for the next five years. Our focuses are in the area of Improving Health Equity, Leading Mental Health & Addiction System Transformation as well as Building a Healthy & Sustainable Organization.

2019-2024 Strategic Plan Infographic

Our Mission

The Mental Health and Addictions Program’s mission is to enable people experiencing mental disorders, including addictions, to manage their conditions and work towards recovery by: 

• Providing specialized evidence-informed treatment and care to address the needs of people (children, youth, adults) experiencing moderate to severe mental disorders, including addictions, that interfere with their functioning;
• Working with partners to deliver crisis supports and services to people in need of emergency care; 
• Supporting Primary Health Care and other providers to enable people experiencing mild to moderate symptoms to manage their conditions and reduce functional impairment; 
• Contributing to mental health promotion, early intervention, and the elimination of stigma;
• Fostering efforts to strengthen the Mental Health and Addictions system by working with people and their families, community organizations, other programs of care, and government.

Our values

• People and Families

We are committed to Person & Family Focused Care - designing, implementing and delivering our services from the perspective of what will be most effective.

• Workforce and Teams

We are committed to a positive work environment for our teams that prioritizes meaningful engagement in work, satisfaction in roles, training and development, and physical and psychological safety. 

• Colleagues and Partners

We are committed to working collaboratively with our colleagues and partners to improve outcomes. 

• Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to respecting and valuing diversity and creating an environment that is inclusive of all.

• Research and Innovation

We are committed to investing in research and innovation to enable continuous learning and improvement.

• Quality and Effectiveness

We are committed to applying what we learn, and to measuring and monitoring our services and service delivery approach to enable positive outcomes for the people we serve.

• Sustainability

We are committed to managing and investing our financial and human resources responsibly and strategically so that our services, and the positive outcomes they enable people to achieve, are sustainable.

• Accountability

We are committed to reporting regularly on the impact of our programs and decisions.

Direction 2025

Direction 2025 is the name given to the Mental Health and Addictions Program’s (MHAP) vision for the future of the Program and how it will be brought to life. Click here to learn more.

Why have the CPRRP Designation?

The benefits of obtaining the Certified Psychosocial Rehabilitation Recovery Practitioner (CPRRP) designation are multiple:

• A national designation valid across provinces and territories
• Confidence you understand your role in the recovery process of those you serve
• A list of competencies, including the performance indicators for each competency domain based on research and practice
• Support to increase knowledge and skills and flexible Maintenance of Certification opportunities
• Common language amongst CPRRP staff
• Ability to monitor and track outcomes along the recovery journey of those you serve
• Connection to a network of practitioners beyond your own agency
• Commitment to a practitioner code of ethics
• Access to an organizational code of ethics to support your agency
• Your name added to the elite roster of CPRRPs

How to submit your application

Click here to learn how to submit your application for CPRRP Designation.

Total investment

• CPRRP Designation Application fee: $250.00 
• Maintenance of Certification fee: $175.00 upon certification and every three years after that.

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In the early 1980’s CMHA, Manitoba Division wanted to create a strong Winnipeg Regional office.

Members were recruited for a board and work began on determining the priority mental health issues for Winnipeg.

In 1984 the CMHA, Winnipeg Region was formally incorporated. In keeping with the Board’s perspective on the need to improve the quality of services available the agency began by exploring creative service options.

The agency conducted research and found that housing was one of the most critical needs of persons living with serious mental health problems.

The Supportive Housing Program was then developed and was based on the principles of choice and control and in integrated community housing. It evolved into the Options in Support and Housing program in 1992 changing from a cooperative housing model to individualized support and a full range of housing options in the community.

A second area of major importance for the agency was the area of advocacy and the rights of consumers. In 1987 a Mental Health Advocate Service was established and by 1993, included a 14-week skill development program called the Personal Empowerment Program which trained 30 people each year.

Meaningful employment is one of the most important factors in a person’s level of life satisfaction and yet it was an area that the mental health system hadn’t responded to in a significant way.

In 1991 a supported employment program, Employment Dimensions began operation and assisted people to choose, get and keep employment in the competitive workplace.

In recent years the Options In Support and Housing program and Employment Dimensions were separately managed and funded.

In an effort to create a more comprehensive service, where participants could work on any goal in the areas of living, learning and working the two programs amalgamated in 2004 under the name Rehabilitation and Recovery Service.

Public education has always played a significant role in CMHA, Winnipeg Region’s activities. Through public presentations, training, Mental Health Week, the distribution of brochures and other material there is a promotion of awareness and understanding of mental illness in the community.

Since its formation CMHA, Winnipeg Region has contributed to and participated in numerous coalitions and working groups in the area of mental health, housing, employment and disability issues with the goal to improve the quality of life for people living with serious mental health problems.

Within the various roles and projects it has undertaken CMHA has remained true to its belief in choice, respect, personal growth and recovery.

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