Community Crisis Response

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Clara Martin Center can be a mental health resource during large-scale events that impact our community as whole.

About this program

The Clara Martin Center is a resource for our community partners around events that may occur in the larger community where there may be a need for broader mental health support.

This support can be offered in situations of unexpected loss that impacts a community, or in larger natural disaster situations, where Clara Martin Center staff can be sent into the community to provide varying levels of support.

How We Help

After an Event Support

The Clara Martin Center is able to provide onsite supports to local towns, businesses, or schools if requested during times of sudden loss or traumatic events. Over the years, staff has spent numerous hours in various local schools providing direct support to students and faculty, attended multiple community events, and participated in various town forums to discuss mental health and substance use awareness and supports available.

An example of this is following Tropical Storm Irene where staff spent many hours out in communities affected providing supports to community members as needed, as well as participating in local town forums/meetings.

Community Readiness

Certified trainers in Youth and Adult Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), which is an in-person training that teaches community members and professionals how to help people experiencing a mental illness or a crisis.
Certified trainers in teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA), an in person training that teaches youth, grades 10-12, how to identify, understand and respond to signs and symptoms of mental health or substance use issues in their friends and peers.
Staff trainers for the Central Vermont region Team Two Law Enforcement/Mental Health Joint response initiative.
The agency maintains an active internal disaster preparedness team that works in conjunction with all local towns to remain up to date on information and resources available in the event of a disaster situation.
Active participation in the statewide UMatter campaign to address suicide prevention in school settings developed through the Center for Health and Learning.
The Clara Martin Center participates on the Two Rivers-Ottaqueechee Regional Commission’s Local Emergency Planning Committee.