Sweetser offers free Mental Health Awareness Training courses to educate and empower our Maine community on how to recognize and respond to the mental health support needs of all people.
Through a federal grant from the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), these evidence-based, non-clinical courses designed for adults from any background are offered fully cost-covered for all who live or work in Maine.
Free Mental Health Awareness Trainings from Sweetser can be offered via in-person or virtual instruction, available for bookings through September 2026.
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)Â
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training is a comprehensive skills-based awareness and intervention certification course teaching how to recognize signs and symptoms of mental health challenges in others across early, worsening, and crisis stages; how to safely intervene, de-escalate, and offer initial support; and how to connect someone in need to appropriate mental health resources/services.
Total course time: 8 hours
QPR: Suicide Prevention & Intervention
QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) Gatekeeper training is a focused skills-based course teaching how to recognize clues and warning signs of suicide risk in others, how to safely intervene and offer initial support, and how to connect them to appropriate mental health resources/services.
Total course time: 1.5 to 2 hours
Request a Training for Your Group
Who should be trained in Mental Health Awareness?
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Mental Health Awareness Trainings from Sweetser can be provided fully cost-covered for groups based anywhere in Maine.
In-Person trainings are available to be hosted for groups in the following Maine counties:
- Androscoggin
- Cumberland
- Knox
- Lincoln
- Southern Penobscot
- Sagadahoc
- Waldo
- York
Virtual trainings are available to be hosted for groups and taken by community members located anywhere in Maine.
Trainings open to individual registrations can be found in the Sweetser Training Institute Schedule at a Glance.
Contact Us
Is your group interested in hosting a FREE mental health awareness training?
Please fill out our Training Request form and our Training Coordinator will be in touch!
For other inquiries, please email the Sweetser Training Institute team at Training@Sweetser.org.