Help for Veterans and More; MHA (Aired on July 30, 2023)

     

Mental Health America of Dutchess County (MHA) provides many services to the residents of Dutchess County, ranging from the Mobile Crisis Center, sober-supported housing, and care management. One of the most wide-reaching group of programs are for veterans. Alyssa Carrion, the Director of Veterans Programs is the guest of Radio Rotary, who describes the several programs MHA offers to vets. Vet2Vet provides emotional support and assistance in obtaining benefits. Another program deals with housing, employment, and reintegration. The Veterans Employment Training and Transitions Program mainly helps veterans with obtaining employment. Because so many veterans suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), MHA provides suicide prevention and programs of different therapy forms. MHA programs also link to other veterans’ services. All MHA programs for veterans are free.

Learn More:
MHA of Dutchess County: https://mhadutchess.org/
Vet To Vets United: https://www.vetstovetsunited.org/
New York State Veterans’ Services; https://veterans.ny.gov/
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: https://www.va.gov/

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September 26, 2023 · Posted in Housing Assistance, Mental Health, Support Groups, Veterans  

Mental First Aid from MHA Dutchess (Aired On February 26, 2023)

              

Andrew O’Grady, CEO of Mental Health America of Dutchess County (MHA) visits Radio Rotary to introduce “Mental Health First Aid,” an eight-hour course that teaches ways to identify, understand, and respond to signs of a mental health or substance use problem. Similar to physical First Aid and CPR, Mental Health First Aid helps a trainee assist someone in a mental health or substance use crisis. MHA, among the sponsors of the First Aid course, is a nonprofit devoted to community-based services for dealing with mental health problems. Its many programs include care management, mobile crisis aid, community residences for persons experiencing substance misuse, veterans’ services, mental-health backup for police, supported housing, several varieties of support groups, and workshops and educational programs. MHA has aided more than 6,000 persons to solve their mental health problems in the past twelve years.

Learn More:
Mental Health America of Dutchess County: https://mhadutchess.org/
Mental Health First Aid: https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/
National Council for Mental Wellbeing: https://www.thenationalcouncil.org/

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March 5, 2023 · Posted in Addiction Recovery, Education, Mental Health, Service Organizations, Support Groups, Veterans  

Helping Vets and Others Prepare for Jobs (Aired on October 30, 2022)

 

         

Ron Ferris, Sales and Marketing Manager at Mid-Hudson Works, re-visits Radio Rotary with more information about this unique Poughkeepsie nonprofit that provides skills, training, and paying work for veterans and persons with disabilities. Mid-Hudson Works, in a 53,000-square-foot brick building on Washington Street in Poughkeepsie helps veterans along with others prepare for
such work as packing or assembling, skills useful in the many distribution centers of the Mid-Hudson region. And then gives them on-the-job training. Local or even national businesses use the services provided and the workers have paying jobs. The enterprise is about to celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2023.

Learn More:
Mid-Hudson Works: https://midhudsonworks.org/
MHA Veterans Programs: https://mhadutchess.org/services/vet2vet/
Dutchess Country Veterans’ Services: https://www.dutchessny.gov/Departments/Veteran-Services/Veterans-Services.htm
Think Dutchess (Dutchess Alliance for Business): https://thinkdutchess.com/

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November 14, 2022 · Posted in Business Assistance, Developmentally Disabled, Service Organizations, Veterans  

The Long Doggie Paddle & Bike Ride (Aired on Sept. 18, 2022)

Glenville Rotarian Jimmy Thomas has embarked on a five-month journey to support providing veterans with service dogs, dogs trained to aid in handling a specific medical need. A veteran Army MP himself, Jimmy knows first hand the difference a service dog can make. His dog, Boots, had been trained to prevent seizures and was remarkably successful, with Thomas going from a couple of seizures a month before Boots to a single episode in the five years that Boots was with him. Trained Service Dogs are very expensive, so Thomas is raising money from sponsors of his canoe trip from Glenville to Key West and bike ride back to his destination, the Veterans Administration in Albany, NY, with the money raised going to help veterans. Glenville Rotary has arranged for Rotary
Clubs along the route to support, feed, and house Thomas, although sometimes he will need to camp in a tent.

Learn More:
Doggie Paddle for Veterans: https://doggiepaddle.org/
Glenville Rotary Club: https://www.glenvillerotary.org/
America’s Vet Dogs:https://www.vetdogs.org/AV/getaservicedog/AV/DogPrograms/getaservicedog.aspx

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September 26, 2022 · Posted in Rotary Club Projects, Veterans  

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