Thursday, November 21, 2024
11/21/2024
Switchboard of Miami, proposes to implement Project on the MDC Wolfson Campus in Downtown Miami (33132) through Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training. Given that MDC transition-aged students are predominantly female (58%), Hispanic (64%), and low income (64%), they are especially at risk for mental health issues and/or substance use disorders. A 2013 NIDA report noted a disturbing trend in injection drug use among a new, young adult cohort of prescription opioid injectors, heroin initiates, and methamphetamine users in Miami-Dade County. Though the need is great, MDC has no student counseling centers or formal process to connect students in distress to the behavioral health services they require. There is no record of any MHFA Instructors or First Aiders within the 33132 zip code and only 6 Instructors and 441 First Aiders "located in and around Miami." The newly trained First Aiders will saturate the MDC Wolfson campus and Downtown Miami (33132) with an estimated ratio of 1 First Aider to every 15 transition-aged youth on campus. Project AWARE goals are to: increase the mental health literacy of adults who interact with the transition-aged youth who attend MDC's Wolfson campus; increase the capacity of adults within our geographic catchment area to respond to the behavioral health issues of transition-aged youth; conduct outreach and engagement strategies with transition-aged youth and their families to increase awareness of and promote positive behavioral health; link transition-aged youth with behavioral health issues to mental, emotional, and behavioral health assistance and services; increase collaborative partnerships with youth-serving agencies and programs.
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