Step Up For Mental Health
Step Up For Mental Health is a Chicago-based nonprofit that helps people and families understand mental health and find support. It offers peer support, help finding local services, small grants, kids programs, digital skills classes, Google Career Certificate scholarships, and Mental Health First Aid training.
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Step Up For Mental Health® has teamed up with #GrowWithGoogle to support adults 18 years and older in learning key digital skills to help them land jobs that need filling now and soon. The Step Up... Main Services mentoring skills & training specialized training Other Services computer class daily life skills interview training resume development specialized training Serving adults 18+ all disabilities unemployed individuals families low-income african american
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What they offer 11
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Step Up Training CircleProgram
- Recently verified· Jun 25
Helpline SupportService
Helpline support helps people and families find local services and resources, with an option for a one-time 30-minute peer support session.
- Recently verified· Jun 25
1:1 Peer ChatsService
Participants can talk with a Peer Chat Facilitator by SMS, phone, or video chat for one, four, or eight weeks.
- Recently verified· Jun 25
Step Up Peer Support GroupsProgram
Free peer support groups offer virtual or local spaces for people with lived experience, caregivers, young adults, seniors, people with disabilities or chronic pain, and others affected by mental health issues.
- Recently verified· Jun 25
Mental Talk: Peer Support GroupEvent
A recurring virtual peer support group called Mental Talk is listed as a free or donation-based online meeting.
- Recently verified· Jun 25
Google Career Certificates ScholarshipsProgram
Step Up offers Google Career Certificate scholarships with twice-monthly peer study workshops and mentoring.
- Recently verified· Jun 25
Local Classes and Webinar EventsProgram
Step Up offers on-demand and live classes on technology, finance, career preparation, mindfulness, and Google digital tools.
- Recently verified· Jun 25
Step Up For Kids ProgramProgram
The kids program supports children and teens with school supplies, tutoring, reading, youth mental health circles, art workshops, meditation, and mental health education.
- Recently verified· Jun 25
Volunteer to Read a Book - YouTube VideoProgram
Volunteers read books in videos for children ages 0-9, and Step Up says it gives away books to children in need.
- Recently verified· Jun 25
Step Up Small Grants ProgramGrant
Small grants may help individuals and families affected by mental health with short-term needs like mental health support, a bus pass, school clothes, or groceries.
- Recently verified· Jun 25
Mental Health First Aid Training CertificationProgram
Step Up provides Mental Health First Aid certification training that teaches adults how to recognize mental health challenges, listen without judgment, respond to crisis signs, and connect people to support.
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