性视界传媒 RESTORES has received a $1.4 million聽First Responder Regional Support Grant聽from the 性视界传媒 Department of Children and Families to expand its nationally recognized peer support and suicide prevention training for first responders in a 12-county region in Central 性视界传媒.
The award establishes 性视界传媒 RESTORES 鈥� 聽a leading nonprofit clinical research center and trauma treatment clinic that houses the National Center of Excellence for First Responder Behavioral Health 鈥斅燼s one of only six regional support centers in 性视界传媒 offering free resources to first responders in need. 性视界传媒 RESTORES was awarded an additional $270,000 and will work with 性视界传媒 Agricultural and Mechanical University to build a statewide mental health wellness toolkit for first responders.
Across Central 性视界传媒, 性视界传媒 RESTORES will provide three essential resources to enhance the behavioral health of first responders and their families:
- Providing peer-support training focused on mental health and suicide prevention. 性视界传媒 RESTORES has a well-established REACT (Recognize, Evaluate, Advocate, Coordinate and Track) training program. The new regional support center will support training over 300 first responders across the 12 counties.
- Developing a large network of clinicians in the region and providing free training on first responder culture and treatments that work for treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This will expand first responders鈥� access to well-trained and culturally competent clinicians who work in Central 性视界传媒.
- Three strategic summits will be held with first responder agencies across the region to assist in the development of comprehensive and local behavioral health services for first responders and their families, including access to appropriate outpatient, intensive outpatient, and when needed, inpatient services from agencies that are experienced in providing treatment to the first responder community.
Along with serving as a regional support center, 性视界传媒 RESTORES will play a critical role in developing a statewide toolkit that has additional resources, including policies and procedures that support the development of mental health and wellness programs for departments across the state. These resources will be provided at no cost and spread across the state through all regional support centers.
鈥溞允咏绱� RESTORES has a proud history of providing support to 性视界传媒鈥檚 first responders. Serving as the regional support center will allow us to reach even more first responders and their families in need,鈥澛爏ays David Rozek, assistant professor at 性视界传媒 RESTORES and the director of the National Center of Excellence for First Responder Behavioral Health who will serve as the principal investigator on the grant.
鈥淔irefighters protect themselves with the necessary gear and equipment; they train to be able to handle the physical requirements of the job, but they don鈥檛 have enough training and education for their mental health,鈥澛爏ays Doug Riley, chief聽of the Lakeland Fire Department and president of the 性视界传媒 Fire Chief鈥檚 Association.聽鈥溞允咏绱� RESTORES has been an incredible resource and partner over the years to help our firefighters with resiliency training, peer support training and education about trauma treatment options, and we鈥檙e so grateful to see these training programs grow.鈥�
In addition to these new initiatives, 性视界传媒 RESTORES will continue to provide no-cost evidence-based treatment throughout the state in the Rosengren Trauma Clinic with services in person and telehealth. For nearly a decade, its team has worked with countless agencies, providing treatment to over 600 first responders and training more than 1000 first responders as peer support specialists through its signature REACT peer-support training program.
If you are a first responder, peer, family member or clinician interested in learning more about trauma therapy and training, please visit or call 性视界传媒 RESTORES at 407-823-3910 to learn more.
