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Meeting young people where they are: innovative service delivery in underserved rural areas

MEETING YOUTH WHERE THEY ARE: NEW INNOVATIVE SERVICE DELIVERY TO UNDERSERVED AREAS

A mobile, trauma-integrated support model delivered in a vehicle to rural young people improves access and engagement among those not reached by traditional clinic-based services.

The presentation aims to introduce a mobile service model developed to reach rural young people facing transportation barriers, stigma, intergenerational trauma, and disconnection from formal systems. The model provides free, mobile, one-to-one, trauma-integrated support to young people aged 13 to 25 in more than 40 rural communities in Central Alberta and is based on three components: mobility (sessions conducted in a vehicle), regulation and connection (supporting regulation by sharing food during sessions), and education and referral (psychoeducation on brain development and trauma). By the end of 2025, 312 referrals had been received from more than 40 communities; annual referral numbers were 55 in 2021, 76 in 2022, 69 in 2023, 49 in 2024, and 63 in 2025. The poster reported 39 female and 14 male referrals for the previous year and raised the question of whether young men do not seek help until they reach a crisis point; in terms of system involvement, police were involved in 25% of cases and children's services in 24%, with most young people coming from separated, high-conflict, low-income families. The most common presenting concerns were substance use, suicidal ideation, self-harm, and a history of sexual assault, occurring cumulatively rather than in isolation. Among clients who remained engaged with the service for six months or longer, reductions in negative behaviors, substance use, and suicidal ideation, along with improved emotion regulation and school attendance, were reported. The model is proposed as a way to improve access among rural populations, strengthen engagement before psychiatric intervention becomes necessary, complement existing psychiatric services, and reduce crisis escalation; as the findings are based on program monitoring data, they do not include a controlled comparison.

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