Lynwood Charlton Centre and Karen Smith

mental health: But the majority will find their way here over weeks to a number of months." By that time, the extra cash will be gone and no more is coming, says the head of Lynwood Charlton Centre, which leads children mental health in Hamilton, according to Hamilton Spectator. It will leave Thrive coping with an expected influx of referred cases on a budget that has long been frozen. In fact, it not expected the money announced by the province Friday will help many Syrian refugees at all. "We won't see referrals for quite a while," said Karen Smith, executive director of Thrive Child and Youth Trauma Services. "Some will present symptoms right away and they'll get picked up quickly. Its waiting list is two to six weeks on average. "It means a longer wait and more kids waiting," Smith said. "We'll help every one of them. Only 50 have actually moved into housing while another 100 have found homes but are not in them yet. It just a question of how long it will take." In the last month, 349 government-sponsored Syrian refugees have come to Hamilton. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.