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September 24, 2014

School Districts to Receive Funding for Mental Health First Aid…

Tuesday, 120 state and local educational agencies learned they will be part of a major national initiative to support teachers,…

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September 23, 2014

State receiving $9.1M to help with mental health first aid…

JUNEAU, Alaska —The state department of education has received $9.1 million in federal grant funds to help address mental health…

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September 22, 2014

Augusta sessions to offer training in mental health first aid

If Alicia Hafford had known someone who could have helped her before she became homeless last year, she likely never…

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September 21, 2014

Business Buzz: Blue Ribbon Foundation Supports Mental Health Program

Eastcentral Pennsylvania Area Health Education Center recently received a $5,000 grant from the Blue Ribbon Foundation of Blue Cross of…

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September 18, 2014

Huron County’s Laker Schools to Receive $100,000 Grant from HHS

Today, U.S. Representative Candice Miller (MI-10) applauded the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ announcement that, as part of…

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September 17, 2014

Family And Community Engagement In Suicide Prevention

Suicide does not happen in a vacuum — it happens in families. Family members must play a role in suicide…

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September 17, 2014

Mental health first aid training discussed at VIA luncheon

An estimated quarter of the nation’s population have struggled with a mental health problem at some point in their lives.…

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September 16, 2014

First aid for mental health

It might come as a surprise just how common mental health problems — such as depression, anxiety, impulse control and…

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September 12, 2014

Programas para prevención del suicidio

El ejecutivo del Condado Robert Astorino y el Westchester County Department of Community Mental Health anunciaron que el Condado patrocinará varios programas…

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September 10, 2014

Algee-O-Meter: State-by-State Snapshot of First Aiders Trained September 2014

  The map above shows a state-by-state breakdown of the total number of individuals trained in Mental Health First Aid…

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September 10, 2014

Howard’s two fatal police shootings put mental health in focus

Two Ellicott City residents who Howard County police believe were suffering from mental health issues were killed last week in separate police-involved…

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September 8, 2014

Ottawa shooting renews focus on crisis intervention training

Out of the 8,000 full- and part-time law enforcement officers in Kansas, only one in four have been trained to…

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