Adult Mental Health First Aid Training (In-Person)
FREE Adult MHFA Certification Training @ Sanford Community Adult Education
Description
This Adult Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training, brought to you by Sweetser and Sanford Community Adult Education (SCAE), is a fully cost-covered mental health awareness and intervention (evidence-based, non-clinical) certification course teaching skills to:
- Recognize common signs & symptoms of mental health and substance use challenges in others
- Support adults facing mental health or substance use challenges
- Intervene and de-escalate mental health crisis situations
- Connect those in need with appropriate mental health supports, including resources for Maine and US National mental healthcare options/services
- Practice self-care and building self-care habits (how to better support yourself to better support others!)
Taught by certified MHFA Instructors from Sweetser, licensed through the National Council for Mental Wellbeing.
Completion of this training awards Mental Health First Aider certification through NCMW, valid for 3 years.
Sweetser and SCAE are offering this Adult MHFA training on
Tuesday March 10, 2026
In-Person, 10:00am-6:00pm (including morning, lunch, and afternoon breaks)
@ Sanford Community Adult Education - 688 Main Street, Sanford ME 04073
We hope to see you there!
Training registration is First-Come, First-Served. One registration per person per email. Training participants must be 18 or older. Thanks to a federal grant through the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Sweetser offers Mental Health First Aid and other mental health awareness trainings at no cost for all who live or work in Maine through our FREE Mental Health Awareness Training program. MHFA Training can be credited on completion as 7.5 professional development hours with employer approval; this training is not eligible for credit as continuing education units (CEUs) for professional licensure in Maine.
For more information, visit Sweetser.org/FreeMentalHealthTraining
Questions/concerns, email Sweetser's Mental Health Awareness Training Coordinator at MCashman@Sweetser.org