Mental Health&

Addictions

Chilliwack Healthier Community Strategic

Action Plan

Mental Health & Addictions

• Will become leading health care issue in next 20 years (WHO)

• 1 in 5 people will experience some form of mental disorder this year (Province)

• Connection between homelessness, addictions, & mental health

2008 FVRD Homeless Count

• 465 homeless in FVRD– 98 in Chilliwack

• 64% reported an addiction– 32% addiction & other health problem– 32% addiction only

• 33 % reported a mental illness– 25% mental illness & other health problem– 8% mental illness only

Mental Health Services (FHA)

• Adult Mental Health Centre– Adult Community Support Services– Adult Short Term Assessment & Treatment– Group Therapy Services– Concurrent Disorder Program– Early Psychosis Intervention (13-35 yrs)– Eating Disorder Clinician– Geriatric Program

Mental Health Services (FHA)

• Chilliwack General Hospital – 14 bed psychiatric unit

• Crisis Residential Emergency Short Stay – 10 beds (Abbotsford)

• Contract Services– Programs (Communitas Supportive Care)

• Peer Support, Support Towards Employment, Wellness Recovery Action Plan

– Creative Centre Society• Community living support workers & clubhouse

– Aboriginal Mental Health Liasion Program (Stó:lō Nation Health Services)

Resources

• Chilliwack Mental Health Advisory Committee

• Chilliwack Supportive Housing Society

• New Horizon Soceity Evening & Weekend Support program

• Mood Disorders Group

ChilliwackAddiction & Prevention Services

• 200 needle exchange users

• 41 documented sex trade workers

• 1,562 active clients struggling with addiction

• Additional 3,120 contacts in last year

Chilliwack Mental Health CentreCore Issues

• Increasing # referrals– Housing more affordable than

Metro Vancouver

• Heavy caseloads– 50 clients / clinician– 130 referrals / month– Focus on group work over

individual counselling– High incidence of depression

& anxiety

• Lack of appropriate housing

• Outreach – access for those in need of care

• Psychiatrist recruitment

Mental Health ChallengesChilliwack Mental Health Centre

Core Issues

Housing – current supplyOperator Target Group Units/BedsCommunitas Suportive Care Soceity

Adults with mental health disabilityKayetta Place (12 units)

Chilliwack Mental Health

Adults with mental illnessTopaz Place (12 beds)

Chilliwack Supportive Housing Society

Adults with serious mental illness who can't live indepently ( Started by parents whose children had schizophrenia )

10 unit apartment + 7 satellite units

Community Living BC

Developmentaly disabled adults13 Group homes (49 beds)

Teen Challenge Men's Campus

Males 19-45 yrs old with addiction problems, gang membership, life-controlling problems

16 teen beds + 6 graduate beds in men's centre;

– Chilliwack Mental Health– 22 bed facility– Transitional Living Program– Supported Independent Living subsidies

Client Age

Alcohol / Drug free

Mental illness

Concurrent Disorder

Low Barrier

22 shared singles; 21 units

Health Contact Centre

Pacific Community Resources Society / Fraser Health

all ages

2 yrs +

12 unitsSchool Street (youth)

Chilliwack Community Services

15-19 yrs

2 yrs

15 bedsRuth & Naomi's

Ruth & Naomi's Mission

19+ 2 yrs

Long-term Supported

20 beds RiverviewFraser Health

19 + n/a

Long term semi-independent

24 unitsSchool Street - adults

Creative Centre Society

19 + n/a

Max. stay

Number of units

Eligibility Criteria

Transitional

Service Provider

Name of Project

Housing type

Housing - proposed

Supportive Housing Needed

• low-barrier housing and/ or shelter

• Support recovery homes

• Licensed residential facilities

• Supported Independent Living Rental Subsidies

• Safe place to become sober - safety and policing concerns