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RespondDE Memorandum: Required RespondDE Electronic Acknowledgements/Trainings

To review all requirements, visit RespondDE website at https://respondde.org/trainings/. DE BEST Volunteers are required to fulfil all RespondDE MRC requirements, as well as complete Psychological First Aid Training and Crisis Counseling Program "Just in Time" video series.

Committee Meeting Minutes: July 2024

Special Message from Anthony Policastro: I want to thank everyone who attended last night's Zoom meeting. It was very rewarding to see how much expertise on our team. I feel confident that we have the resources to approach any situation that we are asked to deal with in the future. I am certain that we have many other individuals with a variety of talents on our team. I look forward to getting acquainted with them at our future meetings. We discussed meeting format, purpose and goals going forward. Participants provided feedback about ongoing program activities and suggestions for future development. If you were unable to make the meeting and have suggestions, questions, or concerns please reach out to Celeste or Skylar. 

Quarterly Meeting Minutes: July 2024, Team Building Exercise

Check out July's Quarterly Meeting overview and Minutes. We focused on our progress this quarter and had a excellent Team Building Exercise by Anthony Policastro. We concluded with upcoming outreach/training reminders. Thank you again Anthony and to everyone that joined in! Have a wonderful rest of your Summer!

DE BEST Volunteer Check List Page Link

This is the link to our "Onboarding" page which lists DE BEST Volunteer requirements.

Hurricane Preparedness Notification from RespondDE

Notification from RespondDE about Hurricane Preparedness as Delaware enters hurricane season 2024.

Committee Meeting Minutes: May 2024

We discussed meeting format, purpose and goals going forward. Participants provided feedback about ongoing program activities and suggestions for future development. If you were unable to make the meeting and have suggestions, questions, or concerns please reach out to Celeste or Skylar. 

ALERT: DSP, DHSS Issue Urgent Safety Advisory

On behalf of the Lt. Governor, we are sharing additional information related to the urgent safety advisory issued by Delaware State Police (DSP) and the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS). DHSS participated in a press conference hosted by Beebe Healthcare today about the recent spike in overdoses. DHSS is in coordination with the hospitals, DSP, and DOJ on the situation.

May is Trauma Informed Awareness Month

Trauma Informed Resources

Recap of Gatekeeper QPR Training

QPR Training Recap: Here's a brief recap with QPR resources attached if you weren't able to make it to this month's quarterly meeting training on QPR. Thank you again Jennifer Smolowitz for that informative training and to everyone that joined in!

Quarterly Meeting Minutes: April 2024, QPR Training

Check out April's Quarterly Meeting overview and Minutes. We focused on our progress this quarter and had a excellent QPR training by Jennifer Smolowitz, The QPR method was developed specifically to detect and respond to anyone emitting suicide warning signs. We concluded with upcoming outreach/training reminders. Thank you again Jennifer and to everyone that joined in! Have a wonderful rest of your Spring!

April's Mental Health Theme: Stress Awareness Month

April Showers Bring May Flowers! Happy April to you all, we hope you enjoyed your Easter and Spring Break festivities. Now that it's time to head back into focus mode, please take the time to read this article on this month's mental health theme: Stress Awareness. Take a look at this fantastic article on Stress Awareness by the Stress Management Society

Committee Meeting Minutes: March 2024