Reducing the Stigma of Mental Health in Schools

Description

Supporting mental health in Minnesota schools, Prairie Care Fund provides crucial funding for resources, training, and peer-to-peer initiatives.

Key Points From This Episode:

Introduction to Prairie Care Fund, a mental health nonprofit boosting mental health initiatives in Minnesota schools.
Overview of how the funds can be used including curriculum, books, fidgets, HeartMath monitors.
Highlighting the impact of Prairie Care Fund: $1.4M awarded, over 80,000 students and staff impacted.
Tackling the challenge: 69 grant applications in 2023, $1.5M requested, only $220,000 awarded.
Unfolding the success stories: mental health first aid training, peer-to-peer training, and early onset mental illness identification skills.
Striving to reduce mental health stigma and provide coping mechanisms.
The imperative need for mental health resources and support in schools.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Jennifer Christensen on LinkedIn