Friday, November 22, 2024
11/22/2024
Mountain Comprehensive Care Center (MCCC) will implement the Eastern KY Mental Health Awareness Training Program, which is a comprehensive strategy to prepare and train public safety workers; veterans, armed services members, and their families; the general public; and adults who interact with youth on how to appropriately and safely respond to adults and youth with mental disorders, including individuals with SMI/SED, and make referrals to community resources and treatment within the 23 counties in Central Appalachia which comprise the Area Development Districts of Big Sandy, FIVCO, Gateway, and KY River. Population: MCCC will target its training to the populations of: 1) public safety workers who need training to understand mental disorders so they can appropriately respond to calls, incidents, and crisis without compromising safety, and respond to fellow workers. 2) Veterans, armed services members, their families, and staff of veteran-service agencies who may encounter persons at heighten risk for mental illness/addiction but may not have the knowledge to help them overcome stigma and engage in treatment. 3) General public/rural population as pervasive stigma surrounds awareness, support and treatment of mental illness. 4) Adults who interact with youth, including training school and youth-agency personnel, and parents/caregivers to ensure they are informed about the importance of early identification, intervention and support. Interventions: The project will utilize the evidence-based interventions of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) along with selected subpopulation modules (public safety, veterans, rural, opioids), and Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) to train the targeted four populations. Goals & Objectives: MCCC will train 300 individuals in MHFA and/or YMHFA in Year 1 and 400 annually in Years 2-5 for a total of 1,900 individuals trained over the five-year project period. Goals are to increase the capacity of individuals within the Big Sandy, FIVCO, Gateway and KY River Area Development Districts to appropriately and safely respond to individuals with a mental or co-occurring disorder including SMI and SED; and maintain effective project implementation and evaluation by conducting continuous quality improvement activities. Objectives include: 1) by the end of year 1, MCCC staff will have trained 300 individuals, and 400 individuals annually in years 2-5, in Adult and/or Youth Mental Health First Aid as well as have educated 300 individuals in Year 1, and 400 individuals annually in years 2-5 about resources that are available for individuals with a mental disorder including linkages to appropriate treatment and services; and 2) throughout the 5-year grant period, MCCC staff will conduct at least quarterly community coalition meetings to coordinate/monitor services, sustainability, and status of goals, objectives, outcomes as well as track activities related to the training of the mental health/related workforce, training developed for subpopulations, and number of individuals referred to mental health and/or related services. Morehead State University will conduct an independent evaluation of the project.
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