Sertoma Inc

THE PERMANENT HOUSING INITIATIVE THROUGH TREATMENT AND RECOVERY (P.H.I.T.R.)

PWI

COMPREHENSIVE SUICIDE PREVENTION

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS TRAINING

SERTOMA CENTRE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS TRAINING FOR ILLINOIS SOUTHERN COOK AND WILL COUNTIES

THE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING PROGRAM

HEALTH CARE AND OTHER FACILITIES

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS TRAINING - SERTOMA CENTRE, INC. INTENDS TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS TRAINING AND EDUCATION TO 10,000 PEOPLE OVER THE LIFETIME OF THE GRANT (APPROXIMATELY 2,000 PER YEAR) ACROSS IDENTIFIED TARGET GROUPS WHO INTERACT WITH THOSE WHO HAVE INCREASED RISK FOR EXPERIENCING A MENTAL ILLNESS BASED ON TRAUMA EXPOSURE OR OTHER RISK FACTORS. GROUPS TARGETED FOR MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS TRAINING AND EDUCATION INCLUDE YOUTH AND THOSE WHO INTERACT WITH YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST RESPONDERS, VETERANS AND THEIR LOVED ONES, FAITH BASED GROUPS, LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS, SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS LOCAL SHELTERS FOR HOMELESSNESS OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND SUBSTANCE USE PROVIDERS. TRAINING IS INTENDED TO HELP INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN UNDERSERVED, PREDOMINANTLY MINORITY, AND LOW SOCIOECONOMIC COMMUNITIES. THESE INDIVIDUALS MAY BE AT RISK OR ARE EXHIBITING SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF VARIOUS DEGREES OF MENTAL ILLNESS, INCLUDING SED AND SID. THE PSYCHO SOCIAL AND MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF THE POPULATION RESULTING FROM THE PANDEMIC AND POST PANDEMIC WILL BE ADDRESSED, IN RECOGNITION OF THE DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH RATES OF COVID INFECTION AND DEATHS IN THE TARGETED COMMUNITIES.

THE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING PROGRAM