Southeastern indiana mental health awareness training project - the southeastern indiana mental health awareness training project proposes to serve dearborn, decatur, franklin, ohio, ripley and…

Southeastern indiana mental health awareness training project - the southeastern indiana mental health awareness training project proposes to serve dearborn, decatur, franklin, ohio, ripley and switzerland counties in indiana. The project will train a variety of individuals to support the general public of all ages in this mostly rural community as the population of focus using mental health first aid (mhfa), youth mental health first aid (ymhfa), and question persuade refer suicide prevention (QPR) programs. The goals of the project are: 1. Increase knowledge and awareness of mental health, suicide, and community resources among first responders, primary care, law enforcement, emergency responders, services providers, school personnel, and community members. 2. Reduce the rates of suicide in the community by implementing evidence-based programs that increase the capacity of individuals (including first responders, law enforcement, school personnel, and providers) to better support adults and youth with mental health issues. 3. Improve access to mental health services by improving processes for referrals and increasing the number of referrals made for adults and youth with mental health issues. This project proposes to implement a mental health awareness training plan that ensures the provision of quality training and also improved linkages for services. Therefore, the objectives of this project are: 1.1 by sept 30, 2026, provide mhfa to 1100 unduplicated individuals (i.e. first responders, primary care, services providers, community members, college students) in order to increase their ability to recognize signs and symptoms of mental disorders in adults, learn DE-escalation and other skills to support those with a mental disorder, and raise awareness of area resources, services and supports. 1.2 by sept 30, 2026, provide ymhfa to 1100 unduplicated individuals (i.e. school personnel, child welfare providers, community members) in order to increase their ability to recognize signs and symptoms of mental disorders in youth, learn DE-escalation and other skills to support those with a mental disorder, and raise awareness of area resources, services and supports. 2.1 by sept 30, 2026, provide QPR suicide prevention training to 1200 unduplicated individuals (i.e. school personnel, providers, community members) in order to increase participants' awareness of suicide, ability to recognize warning signs, and DE-escalation techniques leading to linkages to appropriate mental health agencies. 3.1 by june 30, 2022, establish an interagency team that includes service providers, first responders, consumer representatives, and others to guide the project, establish linkages between providers, and coordinate referral processes. 3.2 by DEC 31 2021, establish an online platform to facilitate linkages between school personnel and service providers in order to improve access to services for those with mental health issues.