Indiana's journey to be well proposal will increase: mental health awareness, early identification, and student/family access to mental health supports through school-based and community-based…

Indiana's journey to be well proposal will increase: mental health awareness, early identification, and student/family access to mental health supports through school-based and community-based initiatives. Primary target populations to be served are rural, suburban and urban k-12 students and community stakeholders. The goals and objectives of the proposal are: goal 1: train individuals to recognize the signs and symptoms of mental disorders, particularly serious mental illness (SMI) and/or serious emotional disturbances (SED). 1.1 by the end of year one, 100% of partnering communities will have a trainer in their community and no less than 150 stakeholders will be trained in ymhfa 1.2 starting in year 3 through year 5 idoe will partner with three new tscs to support their community in mental health training. (by the end of year five there will be 12 tscs and communities being support by mhat grant) 1.3 by the end of year five 75% all TSC school resource officers will be trained in ymhfa. Goal 2: establish linkages with school-and/or community-based mental health agencies to refer individuals with the signs or symptoms of the mental illness to appropriate services. 2.1 by end of year one, 100% of schools will enter into an MOU with a local mental health provider. 2.2 by the end of year one, 50% TSC's will have established a handle with care protocol and a community meeting will be held to share the connection between ymhfa training and handle with care protocol. 2.3 by end of year two, state-level team will create a best practice guidance document to help support communities with training and referral. Goal 3: train emergency services personnel, law enforcement, fire department personnel, veterans, and others to identify persons with a mental disorder and employ crisis DE-escalation techniques. 3.1 by the end of year one, each TSC will identify their local point of contact for law enforcement and fire department to establish partnership. 3.2 by the end of year one, state level trainers will have provided ymhfa and question, persuade and refer (QPR) training to at least one veteran organization within the community of each TSC. 3.3 by the end of year two, state level team will provide second hand trauma trainings for first responders. 3.4 by end of year four, the state level team will provide CIT training to targeted school corporation sros. Goal 4: educate individuals about resources that are available in the community for individuals with a mental disorder. 4.1 by the end of year one 100% of tscs will be aware of resources available in their community to support mental health disorders. Including change the frequency campaign. 4.2 by the end of year two 75% of tscs will have established student-led groups which focus on anti-stigma, self-care support for youth, etc. After five years indiana educators, students, parents and community members will be taking a proactive and preventive approach towards mental health supports.