Support for recovery Enhance Information and harm reduction network improving 211 – The Downeast District will offer support for persons recovering from drug and alcohol addiction. Downeast Priority Area 3: Mental Health Description/Rationale/Criteria: Mental health is an ongoing challenge in the Downeast District. Services are sparse and problems can go undetected and untreated at all ages. Challenges include early childhood and primary school intervention, substance misuse, and reaching isolated, impoverished and aging residents. Public health programs for early intervention, community networking, teacher training and rural outreach can help to identify and treat mental and behavioral health. Goals Objectives Strategies District Partners Planning Assessment of current Convene planning Community Health Coalition, practices for meetings to identify Hospitals, Clinics identification and practices and needs Schools, , Maine , , , treatment of behavioral and options for and mental health. improving processes. Screening Training teachers to Teacher in-service Children will be recognize potential training , Schools, , , screened for mental mental health issues. Follow-up on the job health issues upon - 1 program training through entry in infant, implemented by June classroom monitoring. kindergarten 2017. E.g. and primary school. - 2 programs implemented by 2018. Downeast Priority Area 3: Mental Health (continued) Goals Objectives Strategies District Partners Engaging students in - 1 pilot program implemented E.g. Schools, learning through by June 2018 E.g. coordinated - 2 programs implemented by E.g. educational programs. 2019 Activities for Youth - 2 Schools will offer beneficial E.g. , , , , etc., Schools, Town Children and youth afterschool programs by June Recreation Dept., Libraries E.g. will have opportunities 2018. , Law enforcement for afterschool and vacation activities to
Support for recovery and harm reduction The Downeast District will offer support for persons recovering from drug and alcohol addiction. Enhance Information network – improving 211 Downeast Priority Area 3: Mental Health Description/Rationale/Criteria: Mental health is an ongoing challenge in the Downeast District. Services are sparse and problems can go undetected and untreated at all ages. Challenges include early childhood and primary school intervention, substance misuse, and reaching isolated, impoverished and aging residents. Public health programs for early intervention, community networking, teacher training and rural outreach can help to identify and treat mental and behavioral health. Goals Objectives Strategies District Partners Planning Assessment of current practices for identification and treatment of behavioral and mental health. Convene planning meetings to identify practices and needs and options for improving processes. Community Health Coalition, Hospitals, Clinics Schools, , Maine , , , Screening Children will be screened for mental health issues upon entry in infant, kindergarten and primary school. Training teachers to recognize potential mental health issues. - 1 program implemented by June 2017. - 2 programs implemented by 2018. Teacher in-service training , Schools, , , Follow-up on the job training through classroom monitoring. E.g. Downeast Priority Area 3: Mental Health (continued) Goals Objectives Strategies District Partners Engaging students in learning through coordinated educational programs. - 1 pilot program implemented by June 2018 - 2 programs implemented by 2019 E.g. Schools, E.g. E.g. Activities for Youth Children and youth will have opportunities for afterschool and vacation activities to - 2 Schools will offer beneficial afterschool programs by June 2018. E.g. , , , , etc., Schools, Town Recreation Dept., Libraries , Law enforcement E.g.