The Council on Substance Abuse’s (COSA) Project Insight Mental Health Awareness Training (MHAT) project provides mental health awareness training to First Responders and lay persons (i.e. family members, faith-based leaders, youth workers and the general public) across Region 5 of Alabama’s Emergency Medical System (Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Elmore, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery, Pike, and Russell counties).
The primary goal of the program is to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders among First Responders and lay persons.
COSA is administering mental health awareness training through one-hour presentations and certifying first responders, family members of First Responders, and lay persons in Mental Health First Aid.
