Project Grant H79SM084343

MOSAIC MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS TRAINING PROJECT - MOSAIC COMMUNITY SERVICES (MOSAIC) MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID (MHFA) TRAINING PROJECT WILL TRAIN AT LEAST 1,820 INDIVIDUALS OVER THE FIVE-YEAR PROJECT FROM THREE KEY POPULATIONS OF FOCUS: 1) VETERANS, THEIR FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS AND 2) RESIDENTS OF SELECTED LOW-INCOME, HIGHLY DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES IN BALTIMORE CITY AND BALTIMORE COUNTY, AND 3) SERVICE PROVIDER PERSONNEL OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS WHO FREQUENTLY OR EXCLUSIVELY SERVE THE FIRST TWO POPULATIONS, ALL IN THE GREATER BALTIMORE METROPOLITAN AREA (PRIMARILY BALTIMORE CITY, BALTIMORE COUNTY BUT ALSO PARTS OF SURROUNDING COUNTIES SUCH AS HARFORD, CARROLL, HOWARD, QUEEN ANNE'S AND ANNE ARUNDEL). MOSAIC UTILIZES THE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED, EVIDENCED-BASED MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING CURRICULUMS APPROVED BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL. THE PROJECT WILL CONDUCT A MINIMUM OF 10-13 MHFA TRAININGS PER YEAR AND TRAIN 300 INDIVIDUALS TOTAL IN THE TARGETED POPULATIONS DURING YEAR ONE, 360 IN YEARS TWO AND THREE, AND 400 IN YEARS FOUR AND FIVE. TWO NEW CERTIFIED MHFA TRAINERS BY THE END OF YEAR THREE TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR THE INCREASED NUMBER OF MHFA TRAININGS AND TRAINEES IN YEARS FOUR AND FIVE.