Build A Mental Health Coalition
Change The Conversation Around Mental Health In Your Community
When we work together and organize resources, health professionals, community outreach and more, we can work to end the stigma and create a plan for improving mental health wellness throughout the community.
Build a Leadership Team
Define the roles and key leaders you need on your team.
Set Goals for Your Community
Examine where you are now and where you want to be.
Implement Action Plan
Put actionable plans in place and rally the community behind mental wellness.
Measure Results
Reflect on the work done, and measure the difference you’ve made in your community.
The #StigmaFreeFishers Story
Our Mental Health Mission
Beginning in 2015, our coalition for mental wellness implemented plans with help from community members, first responders, and educators. The more we do, the more we learn and strive to be a suicide-free city.
100%
of our first responders are trained in crisis intervention.
816
of our teachers in Hamilton Southeastern Schools, grades 5-12 are trained in Question, Persuade, and Respond Training.
1st
screening, brief intervention, and referral for treatment training for a fire department in the country.
What We Learned In Our Journey To
Encourage Mental Health Wellness
We started with the goal to create a stigma-free city. We learned there was a lot more we could do if we built a plan for change using our community members and collective resources. See our journey.
“Our goal is to create a community that embraces mental health challenges before a crisis occurs.”
STEVE ORUSA | FISHERS, INDIANA FIRE CHIEF
Join the Conversation
About Mental Health Wellness
Keep up to date on the Mayor’s Mental Health Initiative and Stigma Free Fishers campaign including events, resources, and information.