Family Life Coordination

Project

in conjunction with the

Agape' Project

Keeping Families Together

Mental Health Association

In Jefferson County

724 State Street

Watertown, NY 13601 Phone: (315)

788-0970

Fax: (315) 788-8092

Email: info@mhajc.org

MHAJC

Resiliency & Recovery Initiative

Military &

Veteran Family Life

Coordination Project

OUR GOAL

Decrease the stigma

associated with military,

veteran, and family

members seeking

assistance with mental

health issues which can

adversely affect careers

Suggest ways to help with

crisis planning, recovery

and resiliency strategies

Provide available resources

to keep families together

Assist with decreasing the

stressors during

deployments or multiple

deployments

We do this through advocacy,

education, breaking down

stigmas, prejudice, and

discrimination.

We coordinate with and link to

other community services and

supports.

AREAS WHERE WE CAN HELP

Setting up parenting classes

Assisting with crisis intervention

Setting up Individual Recovery Plans

Mentoring

Transporting and accompanying to local food pantries

Accompany parent members to Parent Teacher Conferences, SSI Hearings, etc.

Encouraging participation in support groups

Assisting parent members in understanding the Family Court process, custody, and child protective services

Connecting to legal support systems

Accompanying parent members to court, to the doctors and other appointments

Assisting with housing needs

Assisting with Educational Opportunities

Organizing family activities

Budgeting

REGISTRATION FORM

NAME:____________________

TITLE:____________________

ORGANIZATION:___________

_________________________

STREET:__________________

CITY:____________________

STATE:___________________

ZIP:______COUNTY_________

PHONE:___________________

FAX:_____________________

eMail:____________________

Check One:

MORNING SESSION: _______

AFTERNOON SESSION:______

More details on back page

Registration must be

received by 7/13/12.

Please mail or fax to:

Fax #: (315) 788-8092

National Suicide

Prevention Lifeline

1-800-273-8255

Brochure by Cindy

safeTALK

Suicide Prevention Training

When: July 18th, 2012 0830 Registration

0900-1200 safeTalk Course

Where: The Children’s Home of Jefferson

County 1704 State Street

Watertown, NY 13601

Time: 8:30 a.m. sign in, program until noon

Fee: No charge

Presenter: Sam Catroppa of NYS Office of Mental

Health

Sponsored by: NYS Office of Mental Health

and The Mental Health Association of

Jefferson County

Become Suicide Alert

Learn four basic steps to

recognize persons with

thoughts of suicide and

connect them with suicide

helping resources.

THIS THREE-HOUR

TRAINING CAN HELP

YOU MAKE A

DIFFERENCE.

Why come to safeTALK?

Most people with

thoughts of suicide invite

help. Often these

opportunities are missed,

dismissed or avoided –

leaving people more alone

and at greater risk.

safeTALK training

prepares you to help by

using TALK (Tell, Ask,

Listen and KeepSAFE) to

identify and engage

people with thoughts of

suicide and to connect

them with further help

and care.

Who should attend

safeTALK?

safeTALK is for everyone

who wants to help prevent

suicide: front line

workers, clergy,

volunteers, parents,

youth*, teachers, law

enforcement…anyone who

wants to help prevent

suicide.

*safeTALK is for anyone

age 15 and older.

Resiliency and Recovery Initiative for Military Families

The Mental Health As-sociation in New York State, Inc. (MHANYS) has designed a pilot program to fit needs identified by families of deployed military, re-turning military, veter-

ans and their families served by the MHA in Jeffer-son County and the MHA of Nassau County. The work of the Resiliency and Recovery Initiative will be overseen by a Veterans and Families Advisory Board. The target populations for this project are families with members deployed in Iraq, Afghani-stan and any other current war zone, and military service members and veterans who returned from deployment and their families living in Jefferson County and Nassau County.

Families will be empowered with knowledge and a skill set to use during deployment, after deploy-ment and throughout their lives with training and family-friendly tools to reduce the impact of the current stress on themselves and their families to help offset the long term impact of stress on both physical and mental health. Families and veterans will receive information and tools to assist them in successful reintegration supported by families that are aware of signs, symptoms and recovery tools available for PTSD and other mental health issues that the military community faces.

Funding for the Resiliency and Recovery Initiative provided by The Bristol-Meyers Squibb Foundation.

For more information about the

Resiliency and Recovery Initiative, visit

www.MHANYS.org

Serving Families of Military Deployed to War Zones, Returning Military

Service Members, and Veterans and their Families

The four major objectives of this pilot are:

1. Provide families with tools and resources to support their mental health needs while family members are deployed and upon their return home.

2. Offer families a wide variety of best prac-tice and evidence-based tools to assist and support skills necessary to insure family resiliency and support while a family member is deployed.

3. Provide returning service members and veterans with tools, support and resources for successful reentry into family and par-enting roles.

4. Build capacity within the counties being served to meet the needs of this popula-tion.