MHAT Alabama will provide training in Mental Health First Aid across Alabama with an emphasis on crisis and youth workers including: EMS, Nurses, Disaster Relief Volunteers, and CPC workers - Council on Substance Abuse-NCADD will provide the Project Insight Alabama project which will provide Mental Health Awareness Training (MHAT) across Alabama to emergency medical services and volunteer first responders, nurses and nursing students, natural disaster volunteers and community stakeholders. The goal of the project is to: identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders among EMS/Volunteer First Responders, Nurses/Nursing Students, Volunteer Disaster Relief Workers, and Community Stakeholders across Alabama. The corresponding objectives include:
Objective 1.1: To train 75 EMS/Volunteer First Responders annually (375 persons over the five-year grant period) throughout Alabama in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA).
Objective 1.2: To train 50 nurses/nursing students annually (250 persons over the five-year grant period) throughout Alabama in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA).
Objective 1.3: To train 100 natural disaster volunteers (500 persons over the five-year grant period) throughout Alabama in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA).
Objective 1.4: To train 335 stakeholders – youth organization staff, educators, social workers, prevention professionals, etc (1,675 persons over the five-year grant period) throughout Alabama in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)
Objective 1.5: To increase awareness and training of the general public to mental health issues by conducting 1-hour community presentations reaching 100 persons per year (500 persons over the five-year grant period).
Objective 1.6 To increase and track referrals for mental health and substance abuse services through COSA’s HELP4Alabama referral phone line and social media platforms.
Objective 1.7: To expand COSA’s website abilities to provide information and materials, access local, state, and national resources, and locate state certified mental health and substance use providers.
COSA-NCADD will contract with Southeast Research, Inc. to provide evaluation of the services provided.
