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Funding Opportunities

As federal grant opportunities for projects like Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) are announced, we will share details here.

General Proposal Resources

Mental Health First Aid USA is managed and operated by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing and the Missouri Department of Mental Health. The foundation of the curriculum was built on the evidence-based Mental Health First Aid training and research program in Australia. The Australian program was developed using the consensus of international expert panels involving mental health consumers, caregivers and professionals.

Funding Resources

There are several national local, state, federal or philanthropic resources with grant opportunities that may be appropriate for supporting Mental Health First Aid efforts.

Data Sources for Needs Assessments

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Data and Benchmarks
https://www.cdc.gov/publichealthgateway/cha/data.html

Community Health Assessments and Health Improvement Plans
https://www.cdc.gov/publichealthgateway/cha/plan.html

Community Commons
Community Health Needs Assessments
https://www.communitycommons.org/collections/Community-Health-Needs-Assessments

General Funding Search and Proposal Structure

Grants.gov
Sign up for alerts for federal opportunities
https://www.grants.gov/

The Community Tool Box: 14. Writing a Grant Application for Funding
University of Kansas
http://ctb.ku.edu/en/writing-grant-application

General Proposal Guidance
University of North Carolina Writing Center
http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/grant-proposals-or-give-me-the-money/

Foundation Directory Online
The Foundation Center
https://fconline.foundationcenter.org/

Additional Resources

In addition to the information outlined on this website, the following one-page descriptions are available for download.

  • Mental Health First Aid training has taught the officer to ask his charges, “What happened?” instead of, “What’s wrong with you?”” –Officer Orlando Singleton
  • So many people are out there wishing for something better, hoping that help will show up. That’s what Mental Health First Aid is – it is help to get people connected to care and ultimately to get them to a better place.” –Tousha Paxton-Barnes, U.S. Army Veteran
  • I wish that every corrections officer could receive Mental Health First Aid training. I believe that our corrections system would be better because of it – the inmates would benefit, the officers would benefit and ultimately our communities would benefit.” –Lt. Virgil Meyer, Lieutenant, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
  • As adults, we sometimes forget how hard it was being an adolescent. When we see a kid who is just miserable at school, we might think they choose to be that way – or that it’s just part of adolescence. But in fact, they might be in a mental health crisis, one they certainly did not choose and do not want. When a teacher says “how can I be helpful,” that is a powerful question. ” –Alyssa Fruchtenicht, School-Based Mental Health Counselor
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