North Grenville Hosting Community Mental Health Forum For Parents Of School-Aged Kids
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Parents in the community are being given a chance to learn more about mental health in their kids.
North Grenville is hosting a Community Mental Health Forum for parents and caregivers in response to growing concerns about children’s mental health as a result of the pandemic and ongoing disruptions to regular routines.
Mayor Nancy Peckford says parents have become very concerned about their kids and their families following the recent decision to revert back to virtual learning.
BROCKVILLE, ON. With the COVID-19 pandemic ongoing, agencies in the Brockville area are seeing a higher number of youth-related mental health calls. Now, the Brockville Police Service and RNJ Youth Services are teaming up to offer solutions. We ve seen a significant increase in calls for service relating to youth mental health, criminal activity and drug use, said community safety officer Greg Francis, with the Brockville Police Service. A lot of mischief, more assaults, thefts, vandalism, as well as increased drug use, Francis added. We ve recently entered into a partnership with RNJ Youth Services here in Brockville, which sees one of their workers embedded at the police station.