The federal government has given $7.5 million to Kids Help Phone in order to provide more support during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kids Help Phone, School Mental Health Ontario, and Jack.org have launched the new COVID-19 Mental Health Resource Hub. “We’ve already received over 4,000 visitors, that are spending about three minutes on the site on average.
So it’s obviously struck a cord with young people,” said Jesse Hayman, the vice president of Jack.org. Hayman believes this resource hub will be able to fill a huge gap that is currently happening with youth, due to social distancing and a change in their daily lives.