Building Collective Capacity

A public health approach to immigrant mental health focuses on prevention and on the collective. One effective strategy to help prevent mental health crises and promote community health and wellness is to intentionally and actively build the capacity in our communities to take care of ourselves and each other.

Wellbeing as Practice in Times of Systemic Trauma

A training for front-line workers of Immigrant/Refugee facing organizations. The main goals of this training is to:

1) Provide context for the moments we are living in,

2) Provide baseline of understanding of areas including: trauma, vicarious trauma/proximity, stress, and well-being,

3) Provide concrete tools and/or practices that can help care for self and others.

There will be 8 trainings offered overall, including in Spanish, Korean, Vietnamese, and Ukrainian.

*These trainings were made possible by the support from the Immigration Funders Collaborative (IFC).

Reimagining Mental Health Supports for Migrant Arrivals

This course is designed for non-mental health providers and focuses on the foundational level of mental health training.

A comprehensive online course that CIMH created in partnership with Anne and Robert L Hurie Children’s Hospital and the University of Chicago Crown Family School. The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) funded this project.

Coming Soon: Comprehensive Training for Impacted Community Members

  • Monthly training

  • Monthly self-care space

  • Monthly open space