Local officials say it's better than other parts of Ontario, but area children who require mental health services are still having to wait between four to six months for services.
Troy Clink of Family and Children Services Rainy River says the fact provincial funding has increased just once in the past fifteen years hasn't helped.
"What that has done is really limited the services," says Clink, "because if you're not getting any funding increases, your not able to have as many as mental health staff available to kids which in turn creates the wait list."
As part of Children's Mental health awareness week, FACS is hosting free bowling in Atikokan and in Fort Frances later this week.
