Grant: Other: IYS-Net Phase 2 - Provincial Stream Grants

While mental health challenges among youth have been increasing for decades, barriers make it difficult for youth to access and receive care in a timely manner, if at all. As a solution, integrated youth services (IYS) hubs that bring unconnected services together in a community setting have been promoted in Canada. Manitoba (MB) has 6 IYS hubs that are named and called Huddle. To improve the delivery of measurement-based care, Huddle is collecting data using a standard set of data collection tools that is entered into the technology-based data platform called Greenspace. The Greenspace data platform being implemented across the 6 sites is meant to support care by improving how mental health and substance use (MHSU) services are accessed, measured and delivered to youth. The Huddle data platform is accessible to Huddle staff, health care providers and youth clients who can work together as partners in the care process. Additionally, the Huddle platform data will contribute to the larger federated pan-Canadian IYS data platform with the aim of improving MHSU outcomes with and for youth and their families and caregivers across Canada. Guided by a learning health systems approach, where what is learned is shared back to guide decisions on services and programs, this project aims to enhance the usability and uptake of the Huddle IYS and the Federated Pan-Canadian IYS data platforms. This project will undertake multiple activities (e.g., development of a governance framework and data management plan, training, feedback mechanisms etc.) that will involve Indigenous and non-Indigenous user-stakeholders, youth, community end-users and other key stakeholders within the Huddle IYS and the Federated Pan-Canadian IYS networks. Overall, this work will result in the usability and uptake of a state-of-the art data platform at all Huddle sites and the Federated Pan-Canadian IYS data platform to ensure timely, accurate, comprehensive and diverse information on youth MHSU.