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Advocates for youth mental health say $10 million in federal funds will go toward hiring new staff members at existing hubs in Moncton, Fredericton and the Acadian Peninsula and to launch two vans that will offer wrap-around services to youth in rural areas of the province.
$10M will staff cultural positions, deploy two vans with clinicians, services to smaller communities
Katelin Belliveau · CBC News
· Posted: May 22, 2026 3:51 PM EDT | Last Updated: 36 minutes ago
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Kristen Barnes, director of New Brunswick Integrated Youth Services, said the program will determine which rural communities have the greatest need and deploy mobile units to them. (Katherina Boucher/Radio-Canada)
Advocates for youth mental health services in New Brunswick say $10 million from the federal government will help hire staff with cultural training and deploy two mobile service vans to reach young people in rural areas.
Provincial ministers and front-line mental health workers announced the new money in Moncton Friday at one of three youth service hubs already established by New Brunswick Integrated Youth Services.
“It’s crucial for us,” Kristen Barnes, director of the services across the province,
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