Fighting for an Irreplaceable Resource

A message from our Executive Director posted on LinkedIn that we wanted to share here in light of recent events:

“Greetings from Taipei! My first 24 hours have been spent NOT focusing on visiting my youngest daughter, teaching English here, and my extended family, including my 95-year-old aunt…

Instead, I found myself conducting multiple emergency meetings, calls, and emails in two coffee shops (nice latte) and now in a Taipei library in response to a sudden notice of termination of the Mental Health Awareness Training Grant by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

While I am happy to find out the decision was reversed, and hopefully it is THE decision, I want to share what #MHFA training meant to our community since 2022 by our AMAZING #WAVES team. While providing MHFA to 1172 participants nationwide in both English and Chinese languages, we use this training grant to conduct our own research evaluating the effectiveness of the Chinese language. Data does not lie.”