Although the real estate transaction is not finalized, the project has significant financial commitments from the province, City of Sault Ste. Marie, Algoma Family Services and CMHA Algoma, among others
A planned youth hub for Sault Ste. Marie is one step closer to reality now that the city and a number of community partners have pooled resources and committed funding toward the project.
“When I think back to 1997 when we opened that Teen Centre, we had so many youth there and it was great to see so many coming to find a safe place there,” said Juma. “ I am convinced that had that still existed, some of the challenges that we are experiencing as a community would not be to the same extent, because many of those same youth who were no longer able to access the resources back then are the adults of today and some of those are the adults we are hearing about in the downtown core.
So far, the province has pitched in $100,000 toward the project, while Algoma Family Services and Canadian Mental Health Association Algoma have each contributed $50,000. “We knew prior to the pandemic that in every wellness indicator, we are not faring as well as other communities across the province. So when it came to mental health hospitalizations or overdoses or substance use — we were scoring much higher than the rest of the province,” said Juma. “Part of it is isolation of our community. While we have many great opportunities here, that bodes well for youth that are able to take part in fishing and other recreational activities and organized sports.
That forced them to look elsewhere, eventually landing on the former Odd Fellows Hall site on Dennis Street as a potential new home for the hub.
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