MEDIA ADVISORY - ONE-YEAR UPDATE ON WINNIPEG PROJECT HELPING PEOPLE WITH
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES WHO ARE HOMELESS

CALGARY, Nov. 30 /CNW/ -  The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) and its partners will provide a one-year update on the At Home/Chez Soi project in Winnipeg on Wednesday December 1st, 2010. The Winnipeg initiative is part of the national At Home/Chez Soi research project that is taking place in five cities, and is providing housing and services to local people who are homeless and living with a mental health issue in the hopes of finding the best strategies to help them.

								WHEN:	Wednesday, December 1^st, 2010, 10:00 am
								WHERE:	449 Spence, Winnipeg
								WHO:	Winnipeg At Home/Chez Soi Site Coordinator Marcia Thomson, Winnipeg project team members, project participants, partners and supporters

We hope you will take this informal opportunity to find out about some of the early results, some of the stories that are emerging, and to speak with the local and provincial partners who are a significant part of the Winnipeg project.

As part of its mandate to help improve the lives of people living with mental health issues, the MHCC embarked upon the four-year At Home/Chez Soi project. The findings will help inform all levels of government and other decision makers in the best ways to provide housing and services to homeless people living with mental health problems. In all, over 1300 people in five Canadian cities will be provided with a place to live.

The Mental Health Commission of Canada is a non-profit organization created to focus national attention on mental health issues and to work to improve the health and social outcomes of people living with mental illness.  In February 2008, the federal government allocated $110 million to the MHCC to find ways to help the growing number of people who are homeless and have a mental illness.  For more, visit www.mentalhealthcommission.ca

For further information:

For more information or for interviews:
MHCC Communications -	Nujma Bond 403-385-4033
	Karleena Suppiah 403-385-4050