Ontario. Mental Health Programs and Services Group

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Mental Health Programs and Services Group

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Mental Health Programs and Services Group

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Ministry of Health. Mental Health Programs and Services Group

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1994-1998

    History

    The Mental Health Programs and Services Group was established in 1994, assuming the responsibilities of the defunct Community Mental Health Branch and the Mental Health Facilities Branch. It was headed by an Assistant Deputy Minister reporting to the Deputy Minister.

    The Group was organized into regional offices, the Finance, Policy and Information Management Systems unit, and region-based chaplaincy services.

    The Mental Health Programs and Services Group was disbanded in 1998, and its responsibilities were divided between the Mental Health and Rehabilitation Reform Branch and Institutional and Community Services - Mental Health.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Mental Health Programs and Services Group was responsible for facilitating and supporting system changes required for the implementation of mental health reform; funding, policy development and operational monitoring of mental health facilities, including psychiatric hospitals; and supporting mental health facilities and District Health Councils in achieving the principles of mental health reform.

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    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Health (1972-1999)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA42

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Health controls Ontario. Mental Health Programs and Services Group

    Dates of relationship

    1994-1998

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Community Mental Health Branch (1987-1994)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA1715

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Community Mental Health Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Mental Health Programs and Services Group

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Institutional Health and Community Services - Mental Health (1998-1999)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA2091

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Institutional Health and Community Services - Mental Health is the successor of Ontario. Mental Health Programs and Services Group

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA2074

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

    RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

    Status

    Approved

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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        Sources

        KWIK Index, 1997-1999

        Government Phone Book,

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Paquet