The first meeting of what became the Ontario Federation of Community Mental Health and Addiction Programs, usually referred to as the Federation, was in July of 1985. There was a series of meetings of successively larger groups of agency representatives who met to share resources and explore common issues. It was discovered that the issues faced were the same, regardless of the nature of the agency, its service or its location. The issues were independent of the individual manager and were, in fact, the issues of the service organizations and the broader system. more... See more text