Funding Announcement: The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) – Mental Health Promotion Innovation Fund (MHP-IF) provides SFU with $1,257,859 to Connect for Kinship & Foster Parents project

“May 2022

The Mental Health Promotion Innovation Fund (MHP-IF) provides national funding to support the delivery of innovative, community-based programs in mental health promotion for infants, children and youth, young adults and their caregivers. This funding supports priority groups susceptible to mental health inequities, such as First Nations, Inuit and Métis, 2SLGBTQI+, newcomers and refugees, and people with other socio-economic risk factors.

The funding announced today is part of the program's second phase of funding supporting 10 projects for a total investment of $12.2 million.

Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC is receiving $1,257,859 to continue establishing partnerships to expand Connect for Kinship & Foster Parents (CKFP), a program that delivers a trauma-informed, culturally-sensitive, and attachment-focused group-based intervention to kinship and foster caregivers.”

For more information on this funding announcement, please visit the Government of Canada Website here:

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/news/2022/05/government-of-canada-invests-in-mental-health-promotion.html
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/news/2022/05/government-of-canada-invests-122m-in-mental-health-promotion.html

To learn more about current funding of Connect programs please, click here