The Black Health Alliance (BHA) has been working with Substance Abuse Program for African Canadian and Caribbean Youth (SAPACCY) since 2016 to increase awareness of the need for the program and to advocate for more resources to meet community needs.

This report presents the findings of the first phase of the evaluation of the BHA’s Mental Health Promotion Project and SAPACCY rebranding and renaming initiative, providing:

• a review of the need for dedicated support for Black youth mental health in Ontario
• brief context about the partnership between the BHA and the Centre for Addiction & Mental Health (CAMH) Provincial System Support Program / SAPACCY
• an overview of the evaluation methodology
• an overview of the findings from the interview, focus group, and survey data, focusing on the process of stakeholder and youth engagement and experience of project participants
• a summary of the findings and lessons learned