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The Strategy for Community Mental Health
Core Components
An Evolving Blueprint
A reimagined, person-centered model designed to develop a new System for Community Mental Health that prioritizes community- based support of individual needs that works in tandem with existing mental health services and health care systems.
Guide to Community Leadership and Accountability
An innovative governance structure that empowers individuals with lived experience of mental health challenges to directly shape the systems and services that support them.
Community Investment Framework
A guide for investment decisions and resource allocation to ensure maximum impact, sustainability, and inclusive reach over the next three years (2025-2028).
Peer-Led Evaluation Framework
A comprehensive system for measuring the success and impact of the Strategy for Community Mental Health, co-created with individuals with lived experience and utilizing an equity and trauma-informed approach.
Other reports
Lived Experience Governance Model
This document is crafted with the understanding that effective governance must be informed by the diverse voices and realities within our communities. It embodies a commitment to inclusivity, transparency, and adaptability, centering any efforts to alter conventional policies and practices be grounded in real-world experiences.
What We
Heard Report
Building on Knowledge and Best Practices for Community-Based Mental Health: Guiding Development of the Strategy for Community Mental Health in Edmonton, Alberta
Environmental Scan on Lived Experience Governance in Mental Health
An environmental scan was conducted to understand the current and emerging models, practices, and insights for considerations in the development of lived experience engagement across different jurisdiction of mental health services initiatives.