Youth Mental Health Fund Call for Proposals 2024 (up to $500,000)Deadline: 22 January, 2025

Proposals are invited for the Youth Mental Health Fund 2024. The Youth Mental Health Fund (YMHF), announced by the federal government in Budget 2024, aims to improve the mental health of youth and their families, and to enhance access to, and navigation of, mental health services with a particular focus on equity-deserving groups.

The fund would contribute to long-term improvements in mental health outcomes for youth and to advance the creation of a strengthened, integrated and accessible youth mental health system that addresses the needs of equity-deserving and underserved youth populations.

For this funding opportunity, Health Canada is seeking proposals for projects under the following Youth Mental Health Fund priority:

• Building capacity in and supporting community-based organizations that provide mental health services to youth with the goal of facilitating and strengthening linkages to the broader mental health care system, such as IYS networks to expand their reach and serve more youth.

Funding

• The Youth Mental Health Fund is looking to fund projects of up to $500,000 per fiscal year for projects that may be up to 48 months in length.

Eligibility

The following types of Canadian applicants are eligible for funding for this opportunity:

• Not-for-profit organizations
• Public post-secondary education institutions

Note that applicants from Quebec are not eligible, as the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux is managing funds for Quebec.

Application

Download the Application form. Instructions on how to complete an application package are in Annex A of the applicant guide. An application package includes the Application form and any additional attachments referred to in the Application form.

A completed application package must be electronically signed and submitted to YMHF-FSMJ@hc-sc.gc.ca by January 22, 2025.

For more information, visit Youth Mental Health Fund.