safeTALK is a 3-hour training in suicide alertness. It helps participants recognize a person with thoughts of suicide and connect them with resources who can help them in choosing to live. Participants do not need any formal preparation to attend the training.

Please register online: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/RACSB-safeTALK2025

Over the course of their 3-hour workshop, safeTALK participants learn to:

• Notice and respond to situations where suicide thoughts maybe present,
• Recognize that invitations for help are often overlooked,
• Move beyond the common tendency to miss, dismiss, and avoid suicide,
• Apply the TALK steps: Tell, Ask, Listen, KeepSafe, and
• Know community resources and how to connect someone with thoughts of suicide to them for further suicide-safer help.

There currently is no cost per participant. Training materials and facilitation are provided thanks to the generous support of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) through the Rappahannock Area Community Services Board.

Teaches adults how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness andsubstance use disorders in adolescents. The training introduces common mental healthchallenges for youth and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. 

Register online: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/RACSB-YouthMHFA2025

The Community Resilience Initiative (CRI) has developed courses to teach any communitymember interested in learning more about toxic stress and how individuals and communitiesbuild resilience across the lifespan.

CRI Course 2: Trauma-Supportive is a 6-hour course that covers the science of resiliency andshares promising strategies to build culturally and contextually resilient individuals andcommunities. (You must complete CRI Course 1 in order to take Course 2.)

Register online: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/RACSB-CRI-Training2025

Teaches adults how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness andsubstance use disorders. The training introduces common mental health challenges and givesyou the skills to reach out and provide initial support to someone who may be developing amental health or substance use problem and help connect them to the appropriate care.
Register online: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/RACSB-MHFA-Training2025