By Sara Haimowitz | Director of Development and Communications
Umatter® Youth and Young Adults (Umatter® YYA) Mental Health Wellness Promotion and Community Action is a youth leadership and engagement program which helps young people develop skills to make a positive personal and community wellness approach to mental health.
CHL supports Adult Advisors who work with youth to teach strength and risk assessment, coping and stress management, recognizing warning signs of mental health distress, awareness of the importance of depression screens, well-care visits, and knowing how to get help. These young people become peer leaders and work with others to bolster these skills. They also work together to plan and implement a Community Action Project (CAP).
This year, for their CAP, the students at Bellows Falls Union High School put together this bulletin board about helping each other and put it in a central spot at the school. The envelopes that say “open me” contained positive messages from other students for the students.
This month, Umatter® YYA is holding its annual culmination event to highlight all the CAPs and the work of the last year. More news to come about these wonderful, student-led projects!
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