Organizations
Norther Nevada Peer Support Network Inc.
Our mission is to provide quality mental health resources and support to our first-responders and hospital health care professionals so they may live the very best lives possible on and off duty. We accomplish this with collaborative efforts to improve resilience by means of breaking down barriers surrounding mental health and align those that serve with optimum mental readiness. [Episode 46: Northern Nevada Peer Support Network - NNPSN]Weightless Warrior
Weightless Warrior provides encouragement and guidelines for float centers to provide a veteran PTSD program. We're also a central hub for veterans to find a center that has a veteran program. [Episode 3: True REST Float Spa - Chico]Pathways for Veterans
Pathways for Veterans is a coalition of professionals services providers who are dedicated to healing the spiritual war wounds of the men and women of our military. [Episode 3: True REST Float Spa - Chico]Code 9 Project
Code 9 Project's mission is to provide education, support and viable self-help tools to all Public Safety Personnel and their families for the purpose of managing, reducing and eventually eliminating the compressive stress effects, such as PTSD and suicide. [Episode 3: True REST Float Spa - Chico]National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
We can all help prevent suicide. The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals. [Episode 6: Shauna's Story]911 Wellness Resource
911WF was a non-profit consortium of 911 stakeholders from all walks of life who work to optimize the overall health, well-being, work performance, and quality of life for 911 telecommunicators through strategic, systematic long-term pursuit of research, education, policy development, and intervention. The organization no longer exists, but its website remains a source of great resource for public-safety dispatchers.
NENA
NENA serves the public safety community as the only professional organization solely focused on 9-1-1 policy, technology, operations, and education issues. NENA promotes the implementation and awareness of 9-1-1 and international three-digit emergency communications systems. [Episode 38: National Public Safety Telecommunicator Week & Ricardo Martinez of #IAM911 and 9-1-1 SAVES Act]After the Call
After the Call provides resources and information to all First-Responders regardless of their location, type of career, and whether they are volunteer, paid on-call, salary, or otherwise. The organization works to eliminate stigma through dissemination of information, appropriate resources, and to create an effective support system for those who respond.Code 9 Project
Code 9 Project is a non-profit organization that provides education, support and viable self-help tools to all public civil servants and their families for the purpose of managing, reducing and eventually eliminating the compressive stress effects, such as post-traumatic stress and suicide.The Counseling Team International
The Counseling Team International (TCTI) provides employee support services to law enforcement, fire, emergency services and governmental agencies in California and Nationwide. Dedicated to serve those who serve.EMDR International Association
The Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) International Association is a non-profit professional association which promotes training, education and research in EMDR. EMDR is the recommended form of therapeutic treatment for first-responders suffering from chronic and acute stress resulting from exposure to traumatic incidents.Safe Call Now
Safe Call Now is a CONFIDENTIAL, comprehensive, 24-hour crisis referral service for all public safety employees, all emergency services personnel and their family members nationwide.Serve & Protect
Serve & Protect is a non-profit organization that works to facilitate, educate, advocate, and restore all public-safety professionals who suffer from the trauma and chronic stress from working in the field of public-safety.Institute for Responder Wellness
The Institute for Responder Wellness is a resource that provides mental and physical health solutions to first responders, their families, retirees, and providers. We offer training and education to first responders nationwide. We have created and partnered with health programs that provide more in-depth assessments of mental and physical well-being for first responders that will enable them to perform their duties to the best of their ability on the job and at home.APCO (Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials)
The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) is an international leader committed to providing complete public safety communications expertise, professional development, technical assistance, advocacy and outreach to benefit our members and the public.
[Episode 38: National Public Safety Telecommunicator Week & Ricardo Martinez of #IAM911 and 9-1-1 SAVES Act]9-1-1 SAVES Act - A Bill to Reclassify 911 Dispatchers As First Responders
IAED (International Academies of Emergency Dispatch)
The Mission of the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch is to advance and support the public-safety emergency telecommunications professional and ensure that citizens in need of emergency, health, and social services are matched safely, quickly, and effectively with the most appropriate resource.
[Episode 38: National Public Safety Telecommunicator Week & Ricardo Martinez of #IAM911 and 9-1-1 SAVES Act]911 Training Institute
Thousands of telecommunicators across the nation have experienced 911 Training Institute's flagship resilience course, Survive and Thrive Comprehensive Stress Resilience Training. As a deeply trusting relationship formed between Jim Marshall and 911 professionals through the years they not only attended his classes, they urged him to apply his expertise and unique understanding of 911 to create more classes.
[Episode 36: Resilient 911 with Jim Marshall and Sara Gilman]Coherence Associates Inc.
Coherence Associates, Inc. is known for providing compassionate, efficient, and professional care for first-responders in a safe environment specializing in areas of depression, anxiety, substance abuse, trauma, addiction, PTSD, childhood stress, ADD, and relationship issues. Coherence Associates Inc. is a California Professional Counseling Corporation specializing in the treatment of mental health and wellness. They help to facilitate change and guide people through difficult transitions in life. Utilizing a proactive and comprehensive approach to counseling, psychotherapy and consulting. They are trained in a variety of evidence-based treatments including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR),Heart Math, Hypnosis and Cognitive Behavioral Therapies. [Episode 36: Resilient 911 with Jim Marshall and Sara Gilman]EMDR International Association (EMDRIA)
The EMDR International Association (EMDRIA) is a professional association where EMDR therapy practitioners and EMDR therapy researchers seek the highest standards for the clinical use of EMDR. EMDR therapy is an accepted psychotherapy by leading mental health organizations throughout the world for the treatment of a variety of symptoms and conditions. This website provides information to the greater EMDR community including clinicians, researchers, and the public that our members serve.
[Episode 36: Resilient 911 with Jim Marshall and Sara Gilman]Mighty Oaks Foundation
The Mighty Oaks Foundation is committed to serving the brokenhearted by providing intensive peer-based discipleship through a series of programs, outpost meetings, and speaking events. Our Mighty Oaks Warrior Programs hosts such Men, Women, and Marriage Advance Programs at multiple locations nationwide. The Warriors who attend are fully sponsored for training, meals, and lodging needs to ensure that upon arrival to the ranch, each Warrior is focused solely on his or her recovery and identifying purpose moving forward.
[Episode 37: The Mighty Oaks Foundation - Healing Veterans and Marriages]Veterans Village San Diego
Veterans Village San Diego serves American’s veterans in overcoming homelessness and related challenges.
[Episode 39: Over 120,000 homeless Veterans in America | Kimberly Mitchell with VVSD (Veterans Village San Diego)]Inner North Star PTSD Retreat Center for Veterans and First Responders
They offer no-cost retreats to Veterans and First Responders suffering from PTSD.
[Episode 43: Michelle Dutro | Inner North Star a Non-profit offering PTSD Retreats for Veterans and First Responders]
