Introducing Americorps for College: A Cost-Effective Mental Health Staffing Solution

Introducing Americorps for College: A Cost-Effective Mental Health Staffing Solution

The Mental Health Section and Community College Coalition are happy to jointly sponsor a presentation on the Healthy Minds Alliance, an innovative AmeriCorps program that builds cost-effective organizational capacity to address bystander intervention, suicide prevention and other campus mental health needs. Learn more about the benefits and process of bringing a Healthy Minds Alliance AmeriCorps member to your campus for a 10-month term of full-time service. Dr. Celia Meyer, Director of the Healthy Minds Alliance will discuss the program, its goals, funding, application process; and other questions, while Angela Stowe, Director of Counseling at the University of Alabama Birmingham will discuss how her campus benefits from an Americorps member and what’s involved in making the program successful. 

This webinar is brought to you by the Mental Health Section and Community College Coalition.

Session Information

Format: Internet live 
Date: February 13, 2025 
Time: 12:00 pm-1:00 pm ET 

Format: Internet, self-paced 
Release Date: February 14, 2025  
Expiration Date: February 13, 2027

After the expiration date, this session will no longer be accessible for viewing or downloading.

Cost:
FREE

Speaker(s)

Celia Meyer, MS
Director, Healthy Minds Alliance

Angela Stowe, PhD, LPC, NCC 
Director, Student Counseling Services, Collegiate Recovery Community
University of Alabama at Birmingham Student Health and Wellness Center
Adjunct Professor, Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health
Chair, UAB Suicide Prevention Initiative 

CE credit is not available for this webinar.