Reducing the Stigma of Mental Health in Schools

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

Jennifer Christensen on Twitter

Beacon Media + Marketing

Beacon Media + Marketing @beaconmm

linkedin.com/in/michael-moody-800b5b187

https://www.linkedin.com/company/prairiecare-fund/

https://www.prairiecarefund.org/