The Mental Health Education Initiative (MHEI) in Chittenden County, VT
  Our mission is to promote recovery from mental/emotional disorders by increasing hope,
  understanding, and reducing stigma.   MHEI is a speakers' bureau.

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Increasing awareness and decreasing stigma about mental illness is the most important step we can take to improve recovery from mental disorders.

(The Report of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, published in 2003)


The Mental Health Education Initiative
(MHEI)
of Chittenden County, VT
provides
Speakers for your group


We have many people who can share their inspiring personal experiences - focusing on what is helpful in the recovery journey.
  • Some of our speakers are people with mental disorders.

  • Some are family members and close friends.

  • Some are professional service providers.



Financial support for the MHEI Speakers' Bureau has been provided by The Vermont Department of Health - Division of Mental Health, the Community Benefits Fund of the Vermont Health Foundation, and the Haymarket Peoples' Fund. Major In-kind support for MHEI has been provided by the Howard Center
for Human Services, Vermont Psychiatric Survivors, and the Community Health Improvement office - associated with Fletcher Allen Health Care.