The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has received a five-year, $8.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to support teachers, schools and communities in recognizing and responding to mental health concerns among youth. 11/07/2014 Link to Source
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The Kent Intermediate School District is among key state partners for a five-year, $1.9 million Project AWARE grant announced Friday, Nov. 7. A total of nearly $13 million in federal grants will be used in Michigan schools to improve students’ health and safety, according to the the Michigan Department of Education (MDE). 11/07/2014 Link to Source
… Coastal Plain Learning Council will offer mental health first–aid training for those who work with youth in Full Text Outlet: Wilson Daily Times Publication Date: 11/07/2014 Media Group: Print Country: United States of America Circulation: 12,320
grant to provide Youth Mental Health First Aid training in our schools is a tremendous step in our effort … Full Text Outlet: Targeted News Service Publication Date: 11/07/2014 Media Group: Other Byline: Targeted News Country: United States of America
… addition to increasing mental health literacy through Youth Mental Health First Aid training Full Text Outlet: Targeted News Service Publication Date: 11/06/2014 Media Group: Other Byline: Targeted News Country: United States of America
On the day that a 15-year-old boy at Marysville-Pilchuck High School near Seattle shot five friends before turning the gun on himself, Marysville School Superintendent Becky Berg was in Olympia, Wash., discussing a grant that would boost mental-health services in her district. Read more 11/04/2014
This map outlines the total number of people trained in Mental Health First Aid, by state, through October 2014. Figures in parentheses represent the number of instructors. States are color coded based on the percentage of their population trained in the program. District of Columbia 2468 0.390% 75 Iowa 9212 0.300% 72 Missouri 17930 0.298% … Read more
… allow teachers to attend Youth Mental Health First Aid, which trains educators to detect mental health … Full Text Outlet: West Hawaii Today Publication Date: 11/03/2014 Media Group: Print Country: United States of America Circulation: 10,446
… spring, and training teachers in mental–health first aid.Planning will start even sooner.”We’ll be up … Full Text Outlet: Seattle Times Publication Date: 11/03/2014 Media Group: Print Country: United States of America Circulation: 262,087
Services – Support Start-up of Mental Health First Aid Classes. $2,450 Aging, Disability and Transit … Full Text Outlet: Reidsville Review Publication Date: 11/02/2014 Media Group: Print Country: United States of America Circulation: 3,699
… symptoms of suicide,” Tucker said. Tucker is also certified in mental health first aid and is a licensed Full Text Outlet: Reidsville Review Publication Date: 11/02/2014 Media Group: Print Country: United States of America Circulation: 3,699
… launched for veterans and military. The Mental Health First Aid program was launched for community members Full Text Outlet: Salisbury Post Publication Date: 11/02/2014 Media Group: Print Country: United States of America Circulation: 16,046
… to help school officials deal with children suffering from mental illness. Youth Mental Health First Aid is Full Text Outlet: Half Moon Bay Review Publication Date: 10/30/2014 Media Group: Print Country: United States of America Circulation: 6,300
West Virginia schools will receive nearly $10 million in federal grants to increase awareness of mental health among children and “curb gun violence,” the state Department of Education announced Wednesday. The Mountain State is among 120 school districts or entire states across the nation to receive the Advancing Wellness and Resilience in Education (AWARE) grant … Read more
… about mental health disorders by attending one of the Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) classes presented by Full Text Outlet: St. Albans Messenger Publication Date: 10/28/2014 Media Group: Print Country: United States of America Circulation: 5,000
After a Valley dustup over the issues of suicide and gay marriage, U.S. Rep. Don Young issued a blanket apology for remarks on suicide that angered Wasilla High School students this past week Link to source 10/25/2014
… cosponsored and voted to fund the Mental Health First Aid act, which was enacted into law. It gives $10 … Full Text Outlet: Targeted News Service Publication Date: 10/24/2014 Media Group: Other Byline: Targeted News Country: United States of America
… prevention training, such as cultural competency and sensitivity training, mental health first–aid training Full Text Outlet: Targeted News Service Publication Date: 10/23/2014 Media Group: Other Byline: Targeted News Country: United States of America
… (RVNA) is sponsoring an eight-hour certification course in mental health first aid training over two days Full Text Outlet: Wilton Bulletin Publication Date: 10/23/2014 Media Group: Print Country: United States of America Circulation: 3,325
… in Maryland schools.Youth Mental Health First Aid teaches a five-step action plan to offer initial … Full Text Outlet: Targeted News Service Publication Date: 10/22/2014 Media Group: Other Byline: Targeted News Country: United States of America
… about mental health disorders by attending one of the Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) classes presented by Full Text Outlet: St. Albans Messenger Publication Date: 10/21/2014 Media Group: Print Country: United States of America Circulation: 5,000
Foxborough Regional Charter School has been awarded $99,948 to increase mental health literacy, improve school climate, prevent school violence and increase access to mental health services in the community. The school will use the funds to train eight instructors and 310 community members in Youth Mental Health First Aid. Link to Source
BLOOMINGTON — Just as people learn CPR to restore breathing and heart beat, there are steps people can take to help someone in a mental health crisis. Link to Source
A new program in Yulee is tackling an illness that claims the life of 22 veterans per day, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs. The launch of the Mental Health First Aid class comes at a delicate time for a community that recently had a murder-suicide by a veteran. Link to Source
If a mother can only be as happy as her unhappiest child, the unhappiest of mothers are those whose children have died, particularly when the death was intentional. For them, time seems doubly out of joint. It never feels right to survive a child, particularly one who has deliberately chosen to die. Link to Source
School employees and parents in four Warren County school districts will learn to recognize and help youths 12 to 18 years old with suicidal tendencies and other mental problems through a new course funded with a $2.4 million federal grant. Link to Source
There is a quote from J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” that reads “Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if only one remembers to turn on the light.” Link to Source
Kalispell Public Schools, along with along with Butte and Browning school districts, will share $1.275 million of an $8.5 million Project AWARE grant awarded to the state Office of Public Instruction to improve school culture and address mental health needs of children, families and caregivers. Full Text
… all premier league clubs have a mental health first–aid the running sessions for academies academy … Full Text Outlet: TVEyes – BBC Radio 5 Live Publication Date: 10/10/2014 Media Group: Print Country: United States of America
Armstrong County’s first responders and employees in several health-based agencies are getting special training that will help them better handle emergency situations involving people suffering from mental illness. Link to Source
Monterey County will receive nearly $18 million dollars over the next few years to tackle youth violence, improve school performance, and provide support for students in general to help them do better in school. Link to Source
I tried to end my life one night after having a wonderful fun-filled evening with friends. It was in November 2012; I had a plan in place for months. Not one person had any idea what I was planning to do. – See more at: http://www.sdgln.com/news/2014/09/29/my-story-i-am-survivor-suicide#sthash.9tmXSZa9.dpuf Link to Source
University of Missouri Extension is offering a “Mental Health First Aid” series of trainings for child care providers of all types with programs in Christian County Oct. 7, 14, 28 and Nov. 4.Once all four sessions are completed, the child care provider will become a certified mental health first aider. Link to Source
Terena Richardson of Waterford could have spent Saturday enjoying the sunny fall weather but instead devoted her day to learning how to help others having a mental health crisis. Full Text
Tuesday, 120 state and local educational agencies learned they will be part of a major national initiative to support teachers, schools, and communities in recognizing and responding to mental health concerns among youth. The educational agencies–including school districts in 28 states and departments of education in 20 states–were awarded Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resilience … Read more
HHS’ Project AWARE grants award $48M to support teachers, schools, and communities Washington (September 23, 2014) – 120 state and local educational agencies just found out that they will receive Mental Health First Aid funding as part of a major national initiative to support teachers, schools, and communities in recognizing and responding to mental health … Read more
JUNEAU, Alaska —The state department of education has received $9.1 million in federal grant funds to help address mental health issues in school-age children. The grant is set to run for five years, with $1.8 million to be distributed annually. Link to Source
Today, U.S. Representative Candice Miller (MI-10) applauded the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ announcement that, as part of its Mental Health & Substance Abuse Service Grant Program, it will be awarding the Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port School District (known as the Laker Schools) a grant totaling $100,000. Link to Source
An estimated quarter of the nation’s population have struggled with a mental health problem at some point in their lives. Link to Source
It might come as a surprise just how common mental health problems — such as depression, anxiety, impulse control and misuse of alcohol and other drugs — are in the United States. In fact, more than one in four American adults will have a mental health problem in a year. Link to Source
Two Ellicott City residents who Howard County police believe were suffering from mental health issues were killed last week in separate police-involved shootings – incidents that the county’s top elected official says reinforces the need for more mental health initiatives. Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/ellicott-city/ph-ho-cf-police-mental-health-0828-20140827,0,685553.story#ixzz3CvXEdfkz
Out of the 8,000 full- and part-time law enforcement officers in Kansas, only one in four have been trained to handle crisis calls involving the mentally ill. Records show that 80 percent of the nearly 1,800 trained officers work in four high-population counties: Johnson, Sedgwick, Shawnee and Wyandotte. Full Text
Nurses and those who are trained in CPR and First Aid are prepared to respond to a heart attack and other physical crises, but most of them are not prepared to respond to a mental health crisis. Link to source
About 350,000 Americans with a diagnosis of a severe mental illness like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder are in state jails and prisons, while the number of psychiatric beds available has shrunk to 35,000, according to a coming analysis by the Treatment Advocacy Center, a nonprofit group that favors expanded access to treatment. Link to Source
Two months ago, many Americans had never heard of an obscure neurodegenerative disease that affects 30,000 people in the U.S. Now, thanks to the #IceBucketChallenge, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a household word. With that rise in awareness has come a stunning increase in private donations to ALS research and patient support – as of … Read more
Suicide prevention has garnered new attention in the media and at the dinner table with the recent death of actor Robin Williams. In the wake, experts say it is important to know the signs of depression, what resources are available in the community and the local trends in deaths by suicide. Full Text
Washington, DC (August 21 2014) — The National Council for Mental Wellbeing held a Mental Health First Aid for Military, Veterans, and Their Familes training today for organizations representing veterans, service members, and their families. The training offered 25 individuals a simple, proven combination of information and techniques to recognize and respond to the warning … Read more
AspenPointe announced the fundraising initiative for this year’s Heroes of Mental Health Luncheon will support its Mental Health First Aid training program, a need highlighted during this spring’s Mental Health Begins With Me community forums. Link to Source
… veterans living with untreated mental health conditions, Mental Health First Aid for Veterans is needed now Full Text Outlet: States News Service Publication Date: 08/21/2014 Media Group: Other Byline: States News Country: United States of America
On a daily basis, Boulder County law enforcement officials are first on scene when calls come in about a person who has threatened suicide, disappeared or made troubling statements to a loved one or friend. Link to Source
