New Brunswick·New
The federal government has announced nearly $1.3 million in funding to expand youth mental health services in southeast New Brunswick.
Demand for counselling among young people in N.B. has been on the rise, says Atlantic Wellness
Rhythm Rathi · CBC News
· Posted: Jul 23, 2026 4:26 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
Listen to this article
Estimated 2 minutes
The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.
Among those at the funding announcement were, from left, Andrew LeBlanc, executive director of Atlantic Wellness; Ginette Petitpas Taylor, the MP for Moncton-Dieppe; and counselling therapist Danielle Whalen. (Rhythm Rathi/CBC)
The federal government has announced nearly $1.3 million for the expansion of youth mental health services in southeast New Brunswick.
The money was provided to Moncton’s Atlantic Wellness to deliver free mental health services to youth aged of 12 to 25, over the next four years.
The non-profit plans to increase its staffing by hiring two new therapists and a community engagement liaison for their outreach programs, said executive director Andrew LeBlanc at Thursday morning’s announcement.
“We’ve done some needs assessments in the region to really analyze the needs for young people and rural and francophone populations as well,
This story was brought to Nouzie by RSS. The original post can be found on https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/youth-mental-health-services-federal-funding-9.7281284?cmp=rss
