Sunday, May 4, 2025
5/4/2025
Greene County Mental Health Awareness Training Project - The Greene County Mental Health Awareness Training (MHAT) Project will saturate the community of Greene County, Missouri with First Aiders, who will in turn serve the population of adults and youth ages 12-18. The proposed project activities will increase mental health literacy of adults, policy-makers, and administrators to meet the identified needs and gaps of adults and youth experiencing mental health crises, challenges or disorders. This will be accomplished through three groups of activities, including Infrastructure Development, Training and Technical Assistance, and Community Outreach and Education. Infrastructure Development will provide base structure for the implementation of the grant, including as capacity building of grant staff, organizing an Interagency Advisory Team comprised of key organizational partners, policy-makers and administrators in the county, developing an evaluation plan, securing MOUs from numerous organization partners on this project, and coordinating data collection activities and collaboration with the chosen evaluator to implement the evaluation plan. Training and Technical Assistance involves selecting appropriate persons to attend the 40-hour MHFA/YMHFA Instructor training, coordinating with Instructors to plan and facilitate numerous 8-hour MHFA/YMHFA trainings in Greene County, providing additional technical assistance to Instructors and First Aiders through monthly newsletters, quarterly in-service trainings and an annual First Aider Summit. Community Outreach and Education involves media messages, community presentations, a Greene County mental health training website and other outreach activities intended to raise community awareness of the need to increase mental health literacy among adults and how to access MHFA/YMHFA training in the county. The goal of this project is to build the capacity of Greene County adults to detect and respond to behavioral health issues impacting youth and adults and to connect those with behavioral health issues to needed services and resources. Objectives include increasing the mental health literacy of adults who interact with youth and adults, conducting outreach and engagement strategies with individuals and their families or caregivers to increase awareness of and promote positive behavioral health, linking youth and adults with behavioral health issues to appropriate assistance and services, and increasing the number of collaborative partnerships with relevant community agencies and programs. This project will serve at least 15 new MHFA/YMHFA Instructors who will train 2,250 First Aiders throughout the three-year project, with 500 First Aiders trained in Year One, 700 First Aiders in Year Two and 950 First Aiders in Year Three. The success of this project will be determined by the successful training of MHFA/YMHFA Instructors, the training of 2,250 First Aiders, and the number of youth and adults referred to resources and services by Instructors and First Aiders.
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).