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Introduction to MHA Community Readiness & Impact Community Coordination Why What How Who Challenges & Lessons Learned Discussion & Engagement MHA is a anchor community nonprofit Founded in 1957


  1. • Introduction to MHA • Community Readiness & Impact • Community Coordination • Why • What • How • Who • Challenges & Lessons Learned • Discussion & Engagement

  2. MHA is a anchor community nonprofit • Founded in 1957 • Broad definition of mental health & wellness • Direct service, education and advocacy • Currently a $5.6 million budget • Over 85 staff and 700 volunteers • Serve over 10,000 annually

  3. Local Government Public School Federal System Government Military Community Organizations Organizations Serving Together Local Academia Businesses State Philanthropy Government

  4. • Collaboration & Partnership Development • Resource Mapping • Peer Navigation & Website • Peer & Professional Education

  5. COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS Save the Date for the community’s 2 nd annual Veteran Resource Fair

  6. RESOURCE MAPPING • Identify key stakeholders • Understand existing work • Identify current gaps & community needs • DO NOT DUPLICATE services 2008 Graphic from original RWJF grant depicting fragmented system

  7. WEBSITE & PEER NAVIGATION • Website – searchable database • Built from mapping • Peer Navigation – one on one • Built from needs analysis Searchable directory available on ServingTogetherProject.org

  8. COMMUNITY EDUCATION • Mental Health Professionals • Community education & briefings • Cultural awareness & mental health Mental Health First Aid instructors demonstrating course activity in 2013

  9. COMMUNITY EDUCATION 2013 Mental Health Professional Seminar Objectives

  10. LESSONS LEARNED SUCCESSES • Sold out Education Seminars • Importance of knowing the landscape • Website has more than 33,000 • Education of the provider space • Word of mouth marketing visits in 1.5 years • Increasing engagement • Growing interest in Mental Health • More than 150 Veterans served • Determining qualified resources by Peer Navigator (vetting) • Community Clearinghouse • Measurement of community • Veterans Collaborative collaboration

  11. Current Serving Together Funders How Funders Can Be Involved Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community needs assessment • Montgomery County • Learning exchanges/missions Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation • Trainings Clark Charitable Foundation • Convener Community Foundation for Northern Virginia • Multi-year funding Community Foundation for Montgomery County • Flexibility with funding Mead Family Foundation • National dollars Consumer Health Foundation Healthcare Initiative Foundation Wells Fargo

  12. jfuchs@mhamc.org www.ServingTogetherProject.org

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