1. Family Life Mental Health MHAJC
Coordination Association
In Resiliency &
Project Jefferson County Recovery
Initiative
in conjunction
with the Military
Agape' Project &
724 State Street
Watertown, NY 13601 Phone: (315) Veteran
Keeping 788-0970 Family Life
Families Fax: (315) 788-8092 Coordination
Together Email: info@mhajc.org Project

2. We do this through advocacy,  Transporting and
OUR GOAL education, breaking down accompanying to local food
stigmas, prejudice, and pantries
 Decrease the stigma discrimination.
 Accompany parent members
associated with military, to Parent Teacher
veteran, and family We coordinate with and link to Conferences, SSI Hearings,
other community services and etc.
members seeking supports.  Encouraging participation in
assistance with mental support groups
health issues which can  Assisting parent members in
understanding the Family
adversely affect careers Court process, custody, and
child protective services
 Suggest ways to help with  Connecting to legal support
crisis planning, recovery systems
AREAS WHERE
and resiliency strategies  Accompanying parent
WE CAN HELP members to court, to the
doctors and other
 Provide available resources appointments
 Setting up parenting classes
to keep families together
 Assisting with crisis  Assisting with housing needs
intervention
 Assist with decreasing the  Assisting with Educational
 Setting up Individual Opportunities
stressors during Recovery Plans
deployments or multiple  Organizing family activities
 Mentoring
deployments  Budgeting

3. Registration must be safeTALK
REGISTRATION FORM Suicide Prevention Training
received by 7/13/12.
NAME:____________________ Please mail or fax to: When: July 18th, 2012
0830 Registration
TITLE:____________________ 0900-1200 safeTalk Course
Fax #: (315) 788-8092
ORGANIZATION:___________ Where:
The Children’s Home of Jefferson
_________________________ County
National Suicide 1704 State Street
STREET:__________________ Watertown, NY 13601
Prevention Lifeline
CITY:____________________
1-800-273-8255 Time: 8:30 a.m. sign in, program
STATE:___________________
until noon
ZIP:______COUNTY_________
Fee: No charge
PHONE:___________________
Brochure by Cindy Presenter: Sam Catroppa of
FAX:_____________________ NYS Office of Mental
Health
eMail:____________________
Sponsored by: NYS Office of
Check One: Mental Health
and
MORNING SESSION: _______
 The Mental Health Association of
Jefferson County
AFTERNOON SESSION:______
More details on back page

4. Why come to safeTALK? Who should attend
safeTALK?
Most people with
Become Suicide Alert thoughts of suicide invite safeTALK is for everyone
help. Often these who wants to help prevent
Learn four basic steps to
recognize persons with
opportunities are missed, suicide: front line
thoughts of suicide and dismissed or avoided – workers, clergy,
connect them with suicide leaving people more alone volunteers, parents,
helping resources. and at greater risk. youth*, teachers, law
safeTALK training enforcement…anyone who
prepares you to help by wants to help prevent
using TALK (Tell, Ask, suicide.
THIS THREE-HOUR Listen and KeepSAFE) to
*safeTALK is for anyone
TRAINING CAN HELP identify and engage
age 15 and older.
YOU MAKE A people with thoughts of
DIFFERENCE. suicide and to connect
them with further help
and care.

5. Resiliency and Recovery Initiative
for Military Families
Serving Families of Military Deployed to War Zones, Returning Military
Service Members, and Veterans and their Families
The Mental Health As-
sociation in New York
State, Inc. (MHANYS)
has designed a pilot The four major objectives of this pilot are:
program to fit needs 1. Provide families with tools and resources to
identified by families of support their mental health needs while
deployed military, re- family members are deployed and upon
turning military, veter- their return home.
ans and their families served by the MHA in Jeffer- 2. Offer families a wide variety of best prac-
son County and the MHA of Nassau County. The tice and evidence-based tools to assist and
work of the Resiliency and Recovery Initiative will support skills necessary to insure family
be overseen by a Veterans and Families Advisory resiliency and support while a family
Board. The target populations for this project are member is deployed.
families with members deployed in Iraq, Afghani-
stan and any other current war zone, and military 3. Provide returning service members and
veterans with tools, support and resources
service members and veterans who returned from
for successful reentry into family and par-
deployment and their families living in Jefferson
enting roles.
County and Nassau County.
4. Build capacity within the counties being
served to meet the needs of this popula-
Families will be empowered with knowledge and a tion.
skill set to use during deployment, after deploy-
ment and throughout their lives with training and
family-friendly tools to reduce the impact of the
current stress on themselves and their families to
help offset the long term impact of stress on both
physical and mental health. Families and veterans
will receive information and tools to assist them in
successful reintegration supported by families that
are aware of signs, symptoms and recovery tools
available for PTSD and other mental health issues
that the military community faces.
For more information about the
Resiliency and Recovery Initiative, visit
www.MHANYS.org
Funding for the Resiliency and Recovery Initiative provided by The Bristol-Meyers Squibb Foundation.