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.

Register for courses below.

 

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.

MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AIDERS TRAINED

Total

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

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 allowed. If your organization would like to host a training, contact us at info@safeandsoundhillsborough.org.

2024 Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Course Schedule

  • Youth Mental Health First Aid – For adults that work/interact with youth.
  • Adult Mental health First Aid -For adults that work/interact with adults.

Select a Course:

Blended MHFA | 9am – 3pm
Wednesday, Jan 31 |In-Person Youth MHFASponsored by AdventHealth |Register
Monday, Feb 5 | In-Person  Adult MHFASponsored by AdventHealth | Closed for FL Dept. of Health in Marion County 
Wednesday, Feb 7 | In-Person Adult MHFA
Sponsored by AdventHealth |Register
Saturday, Feb 10 | In-Person Adult MHFA
Sponsored by AdventHealth| Closed for Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated
Wednesday, Feb 14 | Virtual
Adult MHFA Sponsored by BayCare | Closed for The Spring
Wednesday, Feb 28 | In-Person Adult MHFA
 – Sponsored by BayCare |Register
Wednesday, Mar 27 | In-Person Adult MHFA
Sponsored by BayCare | Register

Wednesday, Apr 10 | In-Person Youth MHFA Sponsored by BayCare | Register

Wednesday, Apr 17 | In-Person Adult MHFA Sponsored by AdventHealth

|Register

Wednesday, Apr 24 | In-Person Adult MHFA Sponsored by BayCare |Register

Wednesday, May 15| In-Person Adult MHFA Sponsored by AdventHealth

|Register

Wednesday, May 29 | In-Person Adult MHFA Sponsored by BayCare

|Register

Thursday, May 30 | In-Person Adult MHFA Sponsored by BayCare | Closed for

Hope for Her

 

Wednesday, Jun 12 | In-Person Adult MHFA Sponsored by AdventHealth

|Register

Courses are FREE.

    • Courses sponsored by BayCare are offered to individuals and organizations in the following Florida counties: Hillsborough
    • Courses sponsored by AdventHealth are offered to individuals and organizations in the following Florida counties: Hillsborough, Hardee, Marion, North Pinellas, Pasco, and Polk. Areas where AdventHealth services communities in Florida.

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