The Mental Health Awareness Training Program is tasked with educating Madison County residents regarding mental health issues. 

There are three primary goals:
 

1.   Improve the lives of Madison County residents living with a mental health challenge.  Increased public education reduces the time from symptom onset to connection with treatment and leads to better outcomes.  
2.   A reduction in the suicide rate by improving people's sensitivity to the warning signs of suicidal thinking and their comfort level with initiating a therapeutic conversation.  
3.  Stigma-reduction via a program in the local schools, designed to improve mental health self-awareness and recognition of suicide danger signs in other youth.

 
Specific programs:
 

•  Mental Health First Aid: A comprehensive, day-long,  educational program which teaches participants to recognize early signs of a mental health challenge and effectively intervene.
•  Youth Mental Health First Aid: As above, but for adults who work with youth.
•  Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR):  A one-hour suicide prevention workshop.
•  ​Ending the Silence:  A one-hour mental health stigma-reduction video and lecture presentation provided to local 6-9th graders.

 
All programs are provided free of charge, and can be scheduled as convenient to the receiving organization.