Kids Help Phone
Kids Help Phone is Canada’s only 24/7 national, bilingual service providing counselling, crisis response, information and referrals – accessible in every province and territory. Kids Help Phone knows the problems facing youth and are Canada’s leading experts in youth mental health and e-mental health solutions. Saving lives, helping young people, impacting communities – in any moment of crisis or need.
They have a proven track record of creating innovative services and delivering them in novel ways. In 2019, the Werklund Foundation partnered with Kids Help Phone as a Founding Donor to launch the Navigation Technology Program powered by the Patrick and Barbara Keenan Foundation. This new program navigates young people through a continuum of new and existing e-mental health services and tools at Kids Help Phone. This technology l reduces crucial wait times and allow young people immediate access to appropriate support.