Toys Aren’t Trained For This.
CASA Mental Health Is.
Most of us had one – the teddy bear, the sock monkey, the favourite toy that gave us comfort. For kids with mental health issues, these toys are even more important. They offer a safe space for children and youth to express themselves, a listening ear to talk to and sometimes just plain comfort during scary times and feelings. Our team members even use toys in many of their therapies.
But those toys can only do so much. Mental illness requires treatment. The teams of experts at CASA Mental Health are trained to provide medical and therapeutic care for families. That means care and oversight from a psychiatrist, blended with the right mix of group and individual therapy, day programs and classroom or live-in care provided by a team of other mental health professionals.
Most families don’t get the mental health care they need.
CASA provided free, publicly accessible services to more than 11,000 patients and family members in 2024-25. That’s three times the number of Albertans who directly received services from us over the past five years. We continue to expand our programs to reach more families every year, because they need it and are waiting to access it.
We all know someone struggling with mental health. Our friends, our neighbours, our coworkers – and sometimes, our own families – need more.
Donors are helping us expand our circle of care across Alberta.
Four new CASA Houses
CASA Mental Health is an independent, accredited, community-based non-profit funded by donors, grants and provincial funding. Donors make it possible for CASA to deliver the right services, at the right time and in the right place – and wrap a circle of care and services around each family.
CASA Mental Health has embarked on a five-year, $90 million capital campaign to raise funds for much-needed mental health care for more kids and families in Alberta. This amount includes raising $75 million in capital funding plus another $15 million for community programming over the next five years. Capital funding supports four new CASA Houses: CASA House Fort McMurray and CASA House Calgary are scheduled to begin accepting patients in 2027, and new facilities are also planned for Medicine Hat and Edmonton in 2029.
The need for timely mental health treatment for Alberta children and youth has never been greater. Find out more about what CASA Mental Health is doing to meet that need – and why we need your help – in our Case for Support.
