MCC Canada Mental Health Program

Corporate body

MCC Canada Mental Health Program

• Mental Health Advisory Committee

1986-1992

Before the development of an MCC Canada Program concerned with Mental Health or Disabilities, MCC worked with and advocated for the well-being of people with mental and physical disabilities through its Voluntary Service program.

In 1982, the Council of Moderators and Secretaries called for MCC to recognize mental health as a legitimate agenda for MCC. In response, MCC Canada appointed a Mental Health Advisory Committee in 1985. As a result of the work of the committee, MCC Canada established the Mental Health Program in 1986. The goal of the program was to build practical support and understanding for people with mental illness within Mennonite churches and to create a network of mental health professionals within these communities.

In 1992, the Mental Health program and MCC Canada’s Handicap Concerns program amalgamated to create the Mental Health and Disabilities program within MCC Canada’s National Program Department. The new program took on the mandates of both previous programs, continuing the work of both under one new entity.

MCCC Winnipeg Office

The Mental Health Program reported to the MCC Canada National Program Department.

MCC Canada National Program Department (1981 -)

MCC Canada Mental Health and Disabilities Program (1992-2006)

MCC CA

Mennonite Central Committee Archives

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Partial

Created by Chantel Fehr, April 6, 2020.