Context
Across North America, families are facing an escalating youth mental health crisis. Some 40% of high school students report persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness, and nearly 1 in 5 have seriously considered suicide. It is estimated that nearly 50% of adolescents will experience a mental health disorder at some point in their lives.
Despite this development, one critical group remains largely unsupported: parents. While systems are designed to intervene with children and teens, very few resources exist to equip parents with the tools, support, and care they need to effectively navigate these challenges. Parents are often the first to recognize when something is wrong, yet many feel overwhelmed, isolated, and unsure of how to respond. Barriers such as cost, stigma, limited access to services, and geographic isolation, especially in rural or underserved areas, prevent many from receiving the help they need.
Without adequate support, parents may experience increased anxiety, helplessness, and decreased confidence – directly impacting their ability to support their child. Strengthening parents is one of the most effective ways to improve outcomes for children, making this initiative a critical upstream solution to a growing crisis.
(Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Mental Health)
Goals
Improve family wellbeing and parent mental health, reduce parental stress, and promote healthier outcomes for children and communities by expanding access to coordinated support, skills training and mental health services for parents and caregivers.
Activities
- Expand services to at least 25 new regions;
- Connect 1000+ new parents and caregivers to support programs and services;
- Provide a “Together Box” to each new parent/caregiver;
- Provide free therapy to ~100 parents/caregivers;
- Provide 500 structured touchpoints
- Offer ongoing resources such as parent mentoring, weekly support groups, evidence-based parent education, follow-up and continuity of care.
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Key Performance Indicators to be Reached (KPIs)
- Expand access to parent/ family support services
- Strengthen coordinated service delivery and parental/caregiver engagement.
- Improve parents’/caregivers’ sense of effectiveness and wellbeing in their role as parent/caregiver.
Myriad Canada is working with One More Moment on this project, a nonprofit whose mission is to support the mental health of parents of teens and children in crisis.
Myriad Canada’s role is to carry out charitable activities across the globe in accordance with its charitable purposes. We control and monitor the use of funds and the progress of charitable activities to ensure that donations made to Myriad Canada have the greatest impact. As a member of the Myriad Alliance with offices in Canada, the US, Europe, Asia and Australia, Myriad Canada has a vast international network and extensive practical expertise.
How to support this project?
By credit card: At the top right of this page, indicate the amount you wish to donate, and make the donation online by credit card. You will receive a receipt for tax purposes by e-mail just a few minutes after making the donation. It is simple and quick!
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- Make your cheque out to Myriad Canada.
- IMPORTANT NOTE: We receive a lot of cheques! You must please indicate “Project D412 – Mental Health for Parents” in the memo line of your cheque to ensure that it is allocated correctly.
- Mail your cheque to: Myriad Canada, 1 Place Ville Marie, Suite 1670, Montreal, QC, H3B 2B6, Canada.
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