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Sun Life and Children's Aid Foundation of Canada partner to improve access to mental health programming for young people in government care
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Sun Life and Children's Aid Foundation of Canada partner to improve access to mental health programming for young people in government care\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prngen2{\nPADDING-RIGHT:0.17em; PADDING-LEFT:0.17em; VERTICAL-ALIGN: BOTTOM; BORDER-TOP:black 0pt; BORDER-RIGHT:black 0pt; BORDER-BOTTOM:black 0pt; BORDER-LEFT:black 0pt\n}\n.prnml4{\nMARGIN-TOP:0em; MARGIN-RIGHT:0em; MARGIN-BOTTOM:0em; MARGIN-LEFT:0.33em !IMPORTANT\n}\n.prnbcc{\nBORDER-COLLAPSE: COLLAPSE\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n The\n \n $1 million\n \n commitment over four years will support 700 youth across five Canadian cities and focus on Black and Indigenous children.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n TORONTO\n \n \n ,\n \n \n Oct. 10, 2023\n \n \n /CNW/ - Sun Life is announcing a new partnership with Children's Aid Foundation of\n \n Canada\n \n (the Foundation) with\n \n $1 million\n \n in funding committed over four years. The funding will help launch the Sun Life Bright Futures Kids Wellness Program, a pan-Canadian mental health prevention initiative for young people living in government care. The program is expected to directly support 700 youth ages 6-18, with a focus on Black and Indigenous children.\n \n \n \"Children's Aid Foundation of\n \n Canada\n \n is doing critical work to expand access to mental health care across the country,\" said\n \n Jacques Goulet\n \n , President, Sun Life Canada. \"This new program will help improve mental health outcomes for the most vulnerable in our communities.\"\n \n \n Sun Life's funding will support the inclusion of mindfulness modules withing existing programs at the Foundation's partner agencies in\n \n Waterloo\n \n ,\n \n Toronto\n \n ,\n \n Montreal\n \n ,\n \n Vancouver\n \n and\n \n Fredericton\n \n .\n \n \n \"Mental health services have always been especially hard to access for youth involved in the child welfare system. Black and Indigenous youth, whose trauma and alienation can be compounded when placed with foster families that don't reflect th...