MHFA is a skills-based training course that teaches participants to identify, understand and respond to mental health and substance use challenges.
Adult MHFA courses teach adult learners how to assist fellow adults.
Youth MHFA courses teach adult learners how to assist adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18.
teen MHFA teaches teens in grades 10-12 or ages 15-18, how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges in their friends and peers.
These courses are available completely in-person through an Instructor-led training, partially in-person (called Blended In-person) or completely virtually via zoom (called Blended Virtual). If you are interested in learning more about MHFA and how to bring this training to your community, please complete this form. An Alaska AHEC staff member will then reach out to you directly. If you have questions, please email
uaa_ahec@alaska.edu