The three-step training teaches people how to ask the right questions, persuade them to get help and where to refer them to get help.

The whole project, which city officials refer to as a community justice campus, is part of a push for criminal justice reform from Mayor Joe Hogsett's administration.

Art therapy is finding its place in the mental health profession, but most states including Indiana, don't recognize it as its own profession.

The five-year grant for the Indiana Department of Education was awarded through a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration program called Project AWARE.

An estimated 30 percent of emergency responders have a behavioral health condition. That could include anxiety, depression or post-traumatic stress disorder.

The goal is to build up community-based services and programming to support students' wellbeing.

Just like CPR, people trained in mental health first aid can help someone having a mental health problem.

The Indiana Commission on Improving the Status of Children wants every school district in the state to have personnel to help integrate social emotional learning.

The 18 recommendations for the state to consider are divided into three separate categories: mental health, safety equipment and training, and policy.

Known as a psychiatric lockout, a parent brings a child to a hospital and refuses to pick them up. The child then enters foster care, and the state is obligated to pay for their care.