Healthcare access and wait times

In a community center in Winnipeg, a social worker named Elena sits across from sixteen-year-old Marcus, who is awaiting a court appearance for a series of break-and-enter charges. Marcus’s file is thick with records of untreated ADHD and a history of foster care instability, factors that Elena argues are root causes of his behavior rather than simple moral failings. She believes that without immediate access to trauma-informed counseling and educational support, the justice system will merely cycle him back into offending.