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Buncombe County Health and Human Services and Vaya Health are partnering to offer a FREE Mental Health First Aid training for the community.
Mental Health First Aid will teach you how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders.
Mental Health First Aid Training
Date: May 13, 2025
Time: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Vaya Health, 200 Ridgefield Court, Asheville, NC
Details: Mental Health First Aid covers ways to combat stigma, de-escalate a crisis, and how to reach out and support someone who may be having thoughts of suicide.
Registration: By April 30: Click here.
This eight-hour training will give you the skills needed to reach out and provide initial support to someone who may be developing a mental health or substance use concern or crisis by connecting them to appropriate care.
If you are in need of help, resources are available for free and some options are 24/7. Don't hesistate to reach out:
- All Souls Counseling Center: 828-259-3369
- Mobile Crisis: 888-573-1006
- Comprehensive Care Center: 828-254-2700, rhahealthservices.org
- MAHEC: 828-398-3601, mahec.net
- Disaster Distress Helpline: 1-800-985-5990
- NC Peer Warmline: 1-855-733-7762
- VAYA Health Behavioral Health Crisis Line 1-800-849-6127 | vayahealth.com
- 988: Call, text or chat 24/7