Aapi Montclair Inc

EXPANDING ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR MULTILINGUAL COMMUNITIES IN NEW JERSEY - EXPANDING ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR MULTILINGUAL COMMUNITIES IN NEW JERSEY WILL INCREASE CULTURALLY RESONANT, MULTILINGUAL MENTAL HEALTH OUTREACH, EDUCATION, SUPPORT, AND REFERRAL ACCESS FOR YOUTH AND ADULTS STATEWIDE, WITH EMPHASIS ON BERGEN, MIDDLESEX, ESSEX, HUDSON, MERCER, AND MONMOUTH COUNTIES. THE PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON COMMUNITIES SPEAKING TAGALOG, KOREAN, GUJARATI, HINDI, AND OTHER ASIAN LANGUAGES TO IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH LITERACY, LOWER BARRIERS TO ENTRY, AND INCREASE AWARENESS AND USE OF AVAILABLE RESOURCES. ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE STRUCTURED 8-HOUR MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID COURSES FOR AT LEAST 100 YOUTH, ADULTS, AND LOCAL NONPROFIT STAFF; AT LEAST 20 LOW-COST, DESTIGMATIZING COMMUNITY EVENTS, INCLUDING THERAPY OR STORY CIRCLES, MENTAL HEALTH BOOK CLUBS, AND WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN, REACHING AT LEAST 300 PARTICIPANTS; AND TARGETED CAMPAIGNS PROMOTING THE 988 SUICIDE & CRISIS LIFELINE AND REGIONAL WARM LINES TO AT LEAST 10,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO STRENGTHEN CASE MANAGEMENT, INTAKE, AND REFERRAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND CREATE A TRANSLATED MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCE DIRECTORY IN KOREAN, GUJARATI, AND OTHER COMMUNITY LANGUAGES TO IMPROVE CARE COORDINATION AND LANGUAGE ACCESS.