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Who we are: The Substance Abuse Program for African and Caribbean Canadian Youth

• The Substance Abuse Program for African Canadian and Caribbean Youth (SAPACCY) promotes improved mental wellness for young people who identify as African, Caribbean and/or Black.
• SAPACCY is a program that provides community-based mental health and/or substance use services that are holistic, anti-oppressive, Africentric, and culturally safe for Black youth (ages 12-29) and their families/caregivers.

Who is the service for?

• Black youth ages 12-29 (and their family/caregivers) that are experiencing mental health and/or substance use challenges 

Program Overview/Service Approach

• SAPACCY takes into consideration the unique challenges that Black youth and their families and caregivers face with respect to anti-Black racism, criminalization, poverty, and other forms of discrimination and oppression in the mental health care and related systems, which have caused inequities in access, experience, and outcomes.
• Clinical teams work from an Africentric, youth focused, non-judgmental, anti-oppressive, anti-racist, harm reduction, intersectional, feminist, strength-based, and healing-centred lens to support youth of African descent and their families and caregivers in working through their mental health and/or substance use concerns and moving toward recovery. 
• SAPACCY services are confidential

Services offered

• individual and group counselling and psychotherapy 
• addictions and/or substance use supports 
• comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment and treatment planning
• mental health promotion and prevention
• intensive case management 
• wraparound supports and referral services 
• caregiver support groups
• trauma-informed and healing-centered interventions 
• crisis intervention

Services are matched to the level of care that best meets an individual’s (and their family/caregivers) needs.