Mental Health Active Response Team (MHART)
Programs
Budget
$40,000.00
Description
If you are an essential worker in Tennessee feeling stress, anxiety, sadness, or burn out related to your work, our pro bono therapy service is designed to help. Essential Worker is a broad category and includes those who are required to show up in person for their job. Examples include grocery clerks, healthcare workers, teachers, janitorial staff, banking, and service workers. Our volunteers offer free short-term mental health care to support you while you support our community.
MHART will match you with a licensed volunteer mental health professional who will schedule your appointments and provide treatment.
Four free sessions are provided.
Examples of topics you may want to discuss with your therapist include coping strategies, anxiety, grief, worry, and burn out.
Your therapist will not provide MHART with any personal information about you.
MHART will have no involvement in your clinical relationship with your therapist. MHART is only a referral service.
Beneficiaries
Adults
US
Program Areas Served
Entire State of Tennessee, Telehealth
$40,000.00
Description
If you are an essential worker in Tennessee feeling stress, anxiety, sadness, or burn out related to your work, our pro bono therapy service is designed to help. Essential Worker is a broad category and includes those who are required to show up in person for their job. Examples include grocery clerks, healthcare workers, teachers, janitorial staff, banking, and service workers. Our volunteers offer free short-term mental health care to support you while you support our community.
MHART will match you with a licensed volunteer mental health professional who will schedule your appointments and provide treatment.
Four free sessions are provided.
Examples of topics you may want to discuss with your therapist include coping strategies, anxiety, grief, worry, and burn out.
Your therapist will not provide MHART with any personal information about you.
MHART will have no involvement in your clinical relationship with your therapist. MHART is only a referral service.
Beneficiaries
Adults
US
Program Areas Served
Entire State of Tennessee, Telehealth
Budget
$15,000.00
Description
If you are a Tennessee educator, first responder, or healthcare worker, and you want to talk to someone about feelings of stress, anxiety, sadness, or depression related to your work, the COVID-19 Emotional Support Line is staffed by specially-trained mental health professionals who can help.
SUPPORT LINE (888) 642-7886
(1-888-MHART-TN)
Hours Available:
6:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. (CDT), 7:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. (EDT)
The Tennessee COVID-19 Emotional Support Line is a free service for educators, first responders, and healthcare workers battling coronavirus on the front lines and providing essential services. The Support Line was created by MHART in partnership with the State of Tennessee, Tennessee Association of Alcohol, Drug & other Addiction Services (TAADAS) and the National Association of Social Workers Tennessee Chapter. The DOE has helped us extend the line to educators as of 12-1-20.
Daily operation of the support line is now being overseen by Family and Children Services (FCS).
Beneficiaries
Adults
US
Program Areas Served
Entire State of Tennessee
$15,000.00
Description
If you are a Tennessee educator, first responder, or healthcare worker, and you want to talk to someone about feelings of stress, anxiety, sadness, or depression related to your work, the COVID-19 Emotional Support Line is staffed by specially-trained mental health professionals who can help.
SUPPORT LINE (888) 642-7886
(1-888-MHART-TN)
Hours Available:
6:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. (CDT), 7:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. (EDT)
The Tennessee COVID-19 Emotional Support Line is a free service for educators, first responders, and healthcare workers battling coronavirus on the front lines and providing essential services. The Support Line was created by MHART in partnership with the State of Tennessee, Tennessee Association of Alcohol, Drug & other Addiction Services (TAADAS) and the National Association of Social Workers Tennessee Chapter. The DOE has helped us extend the line to educators as of 12-1-20.
Daily operation of the support line is now being overseen by Family and Children Services (FCS).
Beneficiaries
Adults
US
Program Areas Served
Entire State of Tennessee
