Topic: Introduction to Crisis Outreach Case Managers
Speaker: Caitlyn Shirk and Marc Muller

Caitlyn and Marc  reach out to people in the community that are having contact with police due to their mental health symptoms.  Our goal is to help reengage or connect them with mental health care and other appropriate resources to create stability and reduce the pressure on 911 and police resources.

Topic: CIT Officer and Law Enforcement Community Liaison
Speaker: Peggy Gorenflo, MSW and Tri-CIT co-chair

Peggy Gorenflo is our law enforcement community liaison and works closely with crisis intervention trained (CIT) officers in the community.  She will be accompanied by an area CIT officer to answer community questions.

The annual Tri-County Heart and Sole run raises funds to help families served by Tri-County Mental Health Services have a happy holiday season.

Join us on May 11th for the 8th Annual Tri-County Heart and Sole 5K at 8am at Macken Park

Details:

• Packet pick-up will be on May 10th from 4pm to 7pm at Chicken and Pickle (1761 Burlington St, North Kansas City, MO 64116)
• Day of packet pick up and registration will be from 7am to 8am.
• Runners start at 8am. Walkers start directly after runners
• Fun Run starts at 9am

Top three male and female runners will receive gift cards, $100, $75 and $50 respectively.

All finishers will receive a Heart and Sole 5K finisher’s medal!

For more information and to register or sponsor the event, visit: https://beaconmentalhealth.org/5k-run/

Event Details:
On May 13, 2019, Tri-County Mental Health Services will be offering a Mental Health First Aid training in Kansas City. This groundbreaking eight-hour training course gives people the tools to identify when someone might be struggling with a mental health or substance use problem and to connect them with appropriate support and resources when necessary.

One in five Americans has a mental illness, but many are reluctant to seek help or might not know where to turn for care. Unlike physical conditions, symptoms of mental health and substance use problems can be difficult to detect. For friends and family members, it can be hard to know when and how to step in. As a result, those in need of mental health services often do not get them until it is too late.

Just as CPR helps even those without clinical training assist an individual having a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid prepares participants to interact with a person experiencing a mental health crisis. Mental Health First Aiders learn a 5-step action plan that guides them through the process of reaching out and offering appropriate support.

“Through this program, we hope to take the fear and hesitation out of starting conversations about mental health and substance use problems,” says Linda Rosenberg President and CEO of the National Council for Behavioral Health, which helped bring Mental Health First Aid to the U.S. in 2008. “When more people are equipped with the tools they need to start a dialogue, more people can get the help they may need.”

In just ten years, Mental Health First Aid has become a full-blown movement in the United States—more than 1 million people are certified Mental Health First Aiders, and that number is growing every day.

For more information or to participate in a Mental Health First Aid training at Tri-County Mental Health, contact Savannah Poutch at savannahp@tri-countymhs.org or call 816-965-1024.

To learn more about Mental Health First Aid USA, visit www.MentalHealthFirstAid.org.

Topic: Family Group Community Speaker
Speaker: Wanda Robinson

Wanda Robinson is a former Family Group member who lost her adult son recently who fought most of his adult life with chronic mental health. Wanda is willing to share her incredible journey as a caretaker through the behavioral mental health system.

This year’s speaker – Tony Mandarich

If you are a devoted football fan, you might remember when Tony Mandarich was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 1989 as “The Incredible Bulk”, the best offensive line NFL draft prospect ever. In 1992, he was again featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated as “The NFL’s Incredible Bust”. He was cut by the Packers that year and lived in a world of pain-killers and alcohol. In 1995, he started rehab, and turned his life around. He returned to the NFL and played 3 years for the Colts before retiring after a shoulder injury. He now pursues his passion for greatness through photography.

Tony has been a larger-than-life persona since he was a kid playing football. He describes his life in his 2009 autobiography, My Dirty Little Secrets– Steroids, Alcohol & God: The Tony Mandarich Story. On the eve of this year’s NFL draft, ESPN aired a 44 minute documentary about the fall and rise of Tony Mandarich. On August 26, 3 days before the Chiefs play their final pre-season game against the Packers (the team that drafted Tony as the #2 overall draft pick in 1989), we will hear from a man who knows football, who knows painkillers and addiction, and who knows that he can lead a creative, successful life without steroids, alcohol or painkillers.

Event Agenda with Call-in Information.

When:
July 27, 2020 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Where:
Zoom Call information on Agenda

About this Event
There will be 2 hours of self-done PRE WORK!
You will learn:
How to give first aid in a mental health crisis and/or early stages of mental health problems.
A 5-step action plan to help an individual in crisis connect to professional care.
How to observe signs and symptoms of the most common mental health problems and know where and when to get help.