Agency Details:

The Mental Health Education Initiative

The mission of the Mental Health Education Initiative (MHEI) is to promote recovery from mental/emotional disorders by increasing knowledge/awareness about mental disorders and reducing harmful stigma and discrimination in the community.

Description:
The program is primarily a Speakers' Bureau which supplies speakers of several types:
People who are in a high degree of recovery from serious psychiatric conditions, as well as selected family members, friends, and professional service providers.

Generally, other organizations invite us in as presenters. One some occasions, we organize events and invite the public.

We are a group of community volunteers and have one part-time coordinator. We are affiliated, informally, with Fletcher Allen Health Care and Vermont Psychiatric Survivors. HowardCenters' Division of Mental Health & Substance Abuse provides some in-kind (non-monetary) services.

We are 90% volunteer-run with a part-time consultant as coordinator. All of our speakers are volunteers who sometimes receive stipend payments. Other tasks include planning, event coordination, outreach, writing, database management, etc.

Contact person: Joan E. Knight, MAT, MS, CMHC - Coordinator, (802) 863-8755, (email)

Office fax number: (802) 660-0164 att: Joan Knight

Address:

3 East Village Drive Burlington, VT 05401 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.MHEI.net

Directions:

We do not have a walk-in address. When we meet with people, it is either in public spaces or in space provided by another organization as an in-kind donation.

Miscellaneous Information

1. What target populations does your agency serve?
	We target four types of audiences: those who have psychiatric challenges, their families and friends, their professional service providers, and the general public.
3. How many paid staff (FTE) do you have?
	0
The organization's main phone number is
	(802) 863-8755
4. Please indicate your organization type:
	Other (please complete question 4A)
4a. If other, please specify:
	MHEI is an unincorporated community group.
How many clients do you serve annually?
	Face-to-face: approximately 500, via the media: an unknown number.
Volunteers for this agency can serve in these county(s):
	Chittenden County

Last updated on August 25, 2009