Every month, Tri-City Mental Health hosts free Community Mental Health Trainings to address ways to support individual and community mental health and build resilience. This month, we're hosting a free Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) for Youth training on Thursday, August 14, 2025. This training will be held from 8:30 AM-4:30 PM at the MHSA Administrative Office located at 2001 N Garey Ave, Pomona, CA.

Whether you work with children and youth, or you’re a parent or caregiver, you can play a critical role in helping children and youth thrive. Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) is designed to teach adults who support and regularly interact with young people how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis, using a 5-step Mental Health First Aid Action Plan (ALGEE). Participants will learn:

• • • • Common signs and symptoms of mental health challenges, including anxiety, depression, eating disorders and attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) and substance use challenges.
      • Expanded content on trauma, substance use, self-care and the impact of social media and bullying
      • How to interact with a child or adolescent in crisis
      • How to connect youth to professional, peer, social, and self-help care

Open to the general public, service providers and community members in Pomona, Claremont and La Verne.

Registration is required. Register by August 11 at tinyurl.com/4pzkutku.

For more information, please contact Paul Osorio, Community Behavioral Health Trainer, at cmht@tricitymhs.org or (909) 623-6131.