Mental Health
Action Team
Strengthens social and emotional wellness for all community members.
Meeting time: Meets monthly on the 2nd Wednesday from 1-2:30pm
Co-Chairs: Isabella Hong and Christina Lium
Why is this an important health issue in Eau Claire?
Communities are healthier when all people can get help with mental health conditions. Mental health is essential to personal well-being, family and interpersonal relationships, and the ability to contribute to a community or society.
Community members have identified people not feeling comfortable seeking help as a barrier to getting treatment as well as the complexity of navigating the mental health system.
Goals and
Objectives:
2021-2024
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Objective 1: By end of 2024, explore, promote, or support at least 3 community initiatives intended to increase social connectedness.
Objective 2: By the end of 2024, promote, support, or implement at least 3 strategies to increase community awareness and knowledge of available mental health services and resources.
Objective 3: By the end of 2024, promote, sustain, or expand at least 2 training initiatives in the community to support well-being and resiliency and expand mental health response capacity.
Goals and objectives are developed based on root cause analysis, current evidence, state and national plans, and community input, assets, and readiness. More information on this process can be found in Eau Claire County’s Community Health Assessment and Community Health Improvement Plan.
Projects:
Promoted mental wellness through social media challenge for Mental Health Month
Created mental health resource directories
Promoted mental wellness through social media challenges
Promoted mental wellness at outreach events and distributed houseplants and firearm locks
Partnered with Chippewa and Dunn counties to focus on suicide prevention strategies (read more below)
Suicide Prevention Workgroup
Co-Chairs: Isabella Hong (represents Eau Claire Health Alliance and Chippewa Health Improvement Partnership) and Deb Benoit (represents Health Dunn Right)
Since November 2022, our Mental Health Action Team has partnered with Chippewa and Dunn County coalitions to collaborate specifically on suicide prevention strategies. This tri-county workgroup meets quarterly (February, May, August and November), and subcommittees meet in between quarterly meetings to work on strategies related to means restriction and post suicide resources.
Minutes from our past workgroup meetings:
Want to get involved with this workgroup? Email us!
