ADULT & YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID
Thanks to our Family, Health, & Well-Being committee and grants funded by various partners, Safe & Sound Hillsborough offers free in-person and virtual Adult, Youth and Teen Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)training in partnership with BayCare, AdventHealth, Children’s Board of Hillsborough County, and various community organizations.
Instructors are certified through the National Council for Mental Wellbeing‘s Mental Health First Aid public education program that helps individuals across the community to understand mental illnesses, support timely intervention and save lives.
1,101MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AIDERS TRAINED SINCE 2019
Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. This 8-hour training gives you the skills you need to reach out and provide initial support to someone who may be developing a mental health or substance use problem and help connect them to appropriate care.
Please note, although courses are offered free to the public, the hosting organizations incur a cost to provide this training certification ($175 value). Please register only if you are sure that you will be able to attend.
Spaces are limited. Only 1 registration per person is allowed .
If your organization would like to host a training, contact us at info@safeandsoundhillsborough.org
Download the informational brochure
February 17 – Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA)
Location: Virtual Instructor: Stoney Dvornik Register
February 19 – Adult Mental Health First Aid (AMHFA)
Location: Children’s Board Instructor: Stoney Dvornik Register
February 23 – Adult Mental Health First Aid (AMHFA)
Location: Children’s Board Instructor: Stoney Dvornik Register March
March 24 – Blended Adult Mental Health First Aid (AMHFA)
Location: Virtual Register April
April 8 – Adult Mental Health First Aid (AMHFA)
Location: Children’s Board Register
April 15 – Adult Mental Health First Aid (AMHFA)
Location: Children’s Board Register May
May 6 – Adult Mental Health First Aid (AMHFA)
Location: Virtual Register
May 13 – Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA)
Location: Children’s Board Register
May 27 – Adult Mental Health First Aid (AMHFA)
Location: Children’s Board Register June
June 10 – Adult Mental Health First Aid (AMHFA)
Location: Virtual Register
June 17 – Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA)
Location: Children’s Board Register
June 24 – Adult Mental Health First Aid (AMHFA)
Location: Children’s Board Register July
July 15 – Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA)
Location: Virtual Register
July 22 – Adult Mental Health First Aid (AMHFA)
Location: Children’s Board Register August
August 5 – Adult Mental Health First Aid (AMHFA)
Location: Virtual Instructor: Stoney Dvornik Register
August 12 – Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA)
Instructor: Stoney Dvornik Register
August 19 – Adult Mental Health First Aid (AMHFA)
Instructor: Stoney Dvornik Register September
September 2 – Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA)
Location: Virtual Register
September 9 – Adult Mental Health First Aid (AMHFA)
September 23 – Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA)
Register October
October 7 – Adult Mental Health First Aid (AMHFA)
Location: Virtual Register
October 21 – Adult Mental Health First Aid (AMHFA)
October 28 – Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA)
Register November
November 18 – Adult Mental Health First Aid (AMHFA)
Register December
December 9 – Adult Mental Health First Aid (AMHFA)
Location: Virtual Register