Talked with Andy McAusland, CEO and Zelda Porter, MHAPB Clubhouse Member from Mental Health America of the Palm Beaches (MHAPB). "Mental Health America of the Palm Beaches is a proud Palm Beach County affiliate of Mental Health America, the nation’s leading national nonprofit dedicated to the promotion of mental health, well-being, and illness prevention. Our mission is to create a supportive community where all people can flourish. Where people with a history of serious mental illness are defined by their talents and skills, not their diagnoses. And where members build resilience for long-term recovery, including:
- Clubhouses in West Palm Beach and Belle Glade, where members work side by side with staff, discovering their talents and abilities and building long-term relationships that support them in increasing social and vocational skills and obtaining employment, education, and housing.
- Peer Place in northern West Palm Beach where members can drop in any time, take part in mindfulness, art, or music activities, join a group support session, or just have a coffee and talk one-on-one with one of MHAPB’s trained peer support mentors.
- Peer Career Readiness Training and Support: The Certified Recovery Peer Specialist (CRPS) credential is for people who use their lived experience and skills learned in our Peer Career Readiness training to help others achieve and maintain recovery and wellness from mental health and/or substance use conditions.
MHAPB celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2024." To help support their programs, they are having a 5k Run and 1k walk in Dreher Par on Saturday March 22nd with a 7:30am start. Listeners can sign up for the race, to become a volunteer, make a donation or find out more about the services MHAPB offers by going to www.mhapalmbeaches.org
