In May 2022, the Council invited 12 key field partners to a conversation regarding the Council's priorities connected to Mental Health to inform the ongoing conversations regarding youth mental health and outline how young people in and from foster care can be supported.

The Council shared 5 priorities grouped into 3 main discussion areas:

1) We must be educated & informed.

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2) Curb over-reliance on medication and

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3) Beyond mental health: Family & Community.

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The priorities shared included:

• Improving Youth Engagement & Access to Mental Health (2013),
• Older Youth Successful Transition to Adulthood (2020),
• Quality Residential Services (2020),
• Historic Opportunity for Reform: Prevention (2019), and
• Social Capital (2017).