Our Shared Mental Wellness Goal:
Zero Suicide Cities Across the Nation

We’ve spent the past three years building a coalition for mental wellness in Fishers, Indiana.

Now we want to share what we learned with you.

See What We Learned

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.

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Build a Leadership Team

Define the roles and key leaders you need on your team.

Task Force meeting to discuss goals
Set Goals for Your Community

Examine where you are now and where you want to be.

Community member showing the StigmaFree Fishers Pledge
Implement Action Plan

Put actionable plans in place and rally the community behind mental wellness.

Police Officer talking with the community
Measure Results

Reflect on the work done, and measure the difference you’ve made in your community.

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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.

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Fishers Fire Chief Steve Orusa Headshot
“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.

Looking for mental wellness resources for you or someone you know? Find Them Here