COMPLIANCE DETERMINATION Suicide Aggregate – Recommendation 6 Recommendation Summary:

Create mental health hubs in RHAs other than WRHA in collaboration with rural and First Nations communities, that are integrated and harmonized with regional services and emergency and crisis services, staffed by mental health professionals, and link people to community mental health and addiction services including centralized intake. [...] Create mental health hubs in RHAs other than WRHA in Recommendation: collaboration with rural and First Nations communities, that are integrated and harmonized with regional services and emergency and crisis services, staffed by mental health professionals, and link people to community mental health and addiction services including centralized intake. [...] • The Department also reported evidence of collaboration with local communities in the development of the Huddle model, including “in policies and procedures for the harmonization of regional emergency and crisis services.” • Another example of collaboration included the use of a Youth Advisory Council (YAC), and the engagement of over 100 youth in the Huddle branding process. [...] This leaves the vast majority of children and youth in remote and rural locations without access to a hub and does not meet the criteria to have focal points in each of the five Regional Health Authorities (RHAs). [...] 2023 • Mental Health confirmed the expansion of the Youth Huddle initiative to two new sites: one in the Northern region and one in the Southern region (for a total of eight sites).