Thursday, April 10, 2025
4/10/2025
Mental Health Awareness Training Project (MHAT) - Wayside Youth & Family Support Network (Wayside) will build upon our experience training adults in Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) to also offer Adult Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) trainings in Watertown, Waltham, Belmont and Brookline, MA, and University of Massachusetts Boston (UMB), to school personnel, emergency first responders, Veterans and their family members, parents and others throughout the catchment area. We will also provide trainings in Spanish as well as train on de-escalation skills using evidence-based Crisis Intervention Training (CIT). Through development of training and sustainability plans and collaborative partnerships we propose to improve mental health literacy amongst those who most often interface with youth, adults, Veterans and others experiencing mental health issues. The proposed MHAT grant will train, over the life of the grant, 1000 adults in the catchment area who interface with youth and/or adults in a variety of settings including parents, law enforcement, school personnel, first responders, and Veterans or families of military personnel. Through use of our needs assessment and environmental scan we have identified behavioral health needs and subsequently the need to train stakeholders who interface with youth and adults who may be experiencing a mental health crisis.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).