2025-26 Nova Scotia Health Mental Health and Addictions Grants

These grants are awarded to programs within Nova Scotia Health’s Mental Health & Addictions Program (NSH MHAP), Central Zone. This financial support enhances the care provided to clients by funding projects that typically would not receive funding from capital or operating budgets. Funds distributed in April 2025 will support 76 initiatives occurring in this fiscal year.

ABBIE J. LANE

Adult General Psychiatry specializes in Acute Care for patients with mental health disorders requiring assessment, treatment, and stabilization.

  • Art group

  • Change of Scenery

  • Clothes City

  • Living Leisure, Loving Life

  • Nourishing Needs

  • Return to Work and School Resource Grant

  • Tuning Into Wellness

  • Wellness Garden

ANSU (ADULT NEURODEVELOPMENTAL STABILIZATION UNIT)

The Adult Neurodevelopmental Stabilization Unit (ANSU) is a specialized acute inpatient unit at the Nova Scotia Hospital. ANSU serves people who are 19 years of age or older, have a learning disability that needs some or a lot of care, and have an active mental illness (like anxiety, a mood disorder, psychosis, and others).

  • Breath of Fresh Air

  • Common Sense

  • Community Engagement

  • Food, Flavors, and Friends

  • Special Events

  • Taking Care of Business

  • Therapeutic Art

  • Wellness Committee

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH & ADDICTIONS SERVICES

Community Mental Health and Addictions includes a team of mental health and addictions professionals who provide services on an outpatient basis.

BAYERS RD COMMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH & ADDICTIONS

  • Community Wellness Project

  • Recovery and Resilience: Psychoeducation Group

  • Walking for Wellness

COBEQUID COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTIONS

  • Bedford/Sackville Community Outreach

COLE HARBOUR/EASTERN SHORE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTIONS

  • Behavioural Activation through Rec and Leisure Group

  • Move Your Mood

DARTMOUTH COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTIONS

  • Drawing a bridge within transportation support

WEST HANTS MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTIONS

  • West Hants Community Connections Project

COMMUNITY TRANSITION PROGRAM

The Community Transition Program (CTP) helps adults who have complex (mental and physical) health and behavioural challenges, and residential/social support needs. The goal is to transition individuals from inappropriate settings to an appropriate level of care within the community.

  • Empowered Living

  • Move with Your Senses

  • Social Synergy

CONNECTIONS SERVICES

Connections Service is a recovery-focused program that provides supports and opportunities to adults living with mental illness such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder or bipolar disorder, and who also experience substantial functional challenges in their day-to-day lives.

DARTMOUTH

  • ArtWorks

  • Bug Be Gone

  • Care Closet

  • Exploring Beyond Our Horizons

  • Friends Among Friends

  • Growing Stronger Together

  • New Directions

  • Walking Group

HALIFAX

  • Coffee Walk

  • Community Art Initiatives

  • Encompassing Health

  • Get Out of Town 2025

  • Holiday Cheer

  • Pump Up the Volume

  • Reducing Barriers, Expanding Participation

  • Special Events

  • YMCA Boost Program

BEDFORD/SACKVILLE

  • Exploring the Community

  • The Community Kitchen

EAST COAST FORENSIC HOSPITAL

East Coast Forensic Hospital provides rehabilitation for individuals who’ve been found Not Criminally Responsible (NCR) or unfit to stand trial by the Nova Scotia justice system. These individuals are assessed, participate in treatment programs and work with their health care team to safely re-enter the community.

  • Celebrating Culture Grant

  • Coffee Talk Grant

  • Food for Thought

  • Healthier Snacks and Skills

  • Learning Through Leisure

  • Smart Art from the Heart

  • Working on Wellness

  • Stay Connected

MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTIONS DAY HOSPITAL

The Mental Health and Addictions (MHA) Day Hospital cares for people with intense mental health issues or concerns.

  • Day Hospital Closet Grant

  • Day Hospital Nutrition and Pantry Program Grant

  • Expression, Enjoyment, & Coping

  • Play The HRM Way

  • Wellness Garden

  • YMCA Community Passes

MOUNT HOPE ACUTE CARE

Mount Hope Acute Care provides specialized treatment to patients living with severe mental illness and addiction.

  • Follow the Leader

  • Functional Fitness

  • Get up and Go

SIMPSON LANDING

Simpson Landing is a Psychosocial Rehabilitation Unit offering 24/7 support for individuals with mental illnesses (such as Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder and Bipolar Disorder) who are having challenges living in the community. People stay at Simpson Landing for varying amounts of time to work on community living skills, improve their wellness, and manage their illness.

  • Building Bridges

  • Community Connections

  • Fall/ Winter Journey to Recovery

  • Family and Friend Engagement

  • Finding Your Balance

  • Hygiene Helper

  • Mind The Employment Gap

  • Spring/ Summer Journey to Recovery

  • Starting Fresh

TRANSITION HALL

Transition Hall is a recovery-oriented service designed to support individuals diagnosed with a mental illness, experiencing significant functional challenges, who could benefit from psychosocial and recovery-focused care in a 24/7 setting.

  • Celebrating Social

  • Explore the Outdoors

  • Strive to Thrive: Leisure Education

  • Wellness and Recovery

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