Tantalus Wellspring Society has launched a new initiative to support mental health and wellness in Sea to Sky. The local charity aims to make wellness available to everyone at an accessible cost, and believe that choice is empowering and often denied to those with reduced financial means.
With a grant from the Telus Friendly Futures Foundation, Tantalus Wellspring Society will provide subsidies to assist youth and their families/caregivers with the cost of accessing counseling services in the Sea to Sky corridor. The grant will be used to assist children, youth, and their families to access counseling, either individually or as a family, provided by the therapist of their choosing.
Subsidies will be provided for qualified, registered clinical counselors of the client’s choosing, and paid directly to the therapist, based upon the rates recommended by the BC Association of Clinical Counselors. This funding is intended to support access to services for youth and their caregivers and families. The amount of the subsidy is determined by what the client needs.
Youth thrive within a circle of support and Tantalus Wellspring Society seeks to ensure that counseling supports are youth-centered AND include family/caregivers. This grant is enabling Tantalus Wellspring Society to move one step closer to realizing the vision of providing both preventative and responsive mental health and wellness support through our Collaboration Project and Empowerment and Choice – Counselling for Youth initiatives.
