AWARE Vermont: Vermont Care Partners & VCPI
AWARE Vermont – Youth Mental Health First Aid
AWARE-VT The AWARE-VT is 100% funded through a grant from the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and is contracted by Vermont Care Partners/Vermont Care Network.
This project has been completed and is not currently active. Please visit COVID Support VT for more information about Youth Mental Health First Aid trainings and other self-care and community care resources.
Goals
Increase the mental health literacy of community members and professionals serving youth
Reduce mental health stigma
Support the early identification and referral of youth experiencing mental illness
VCPI facilites data assessment and evaluation for this initiative.
Why Data Matters
The AWARE Vermont YMHFA initiative is being implemented to achieve a wider community impact by training a diverse group of adults, who in turn, will reach a broader spectrum of adolescents and transition aged youth within our Vermont communities. By training an increased number of YMHFA First Aiders, our communities can move toward wide-scale knowledge of behavioral health issues that affect youth and become more effective in addressing their needs and referring for support and services.
Within a performance improvement framework the goal of the AWARE Vermont effort is to create “improvement”. In order to measure this “improvement” in diverse systems we will need to develop simple ways to measure our current baseline. The data and evaluation of this work is critical to identify and measure the outcomes we are hoping to achieve. The key question that our data and evaluation efforts will help us answer is how we will know when we have achieved success through our efforts.
Tools & Strategies
Informed Consent Form
Course Evaluation
Youth Mental Health First Aid Baseline Survey (Pre) Taken at beginning of training
Youth Mental Health First Aid Follow up Survey (Post) Email follow-up
Youth Surveys
Community Surveys
Participating Member Agency Data