Celebrating 20 years of working with partners towards optimal health for all.
The Center For Health And Learning is a non-profit organization that serves as a catalyst for initiatives that inspire optimal health for all. Our mission is to build healthy communities through educational resources, leadership training, policy development, and technical assistance. CHL is focused on improving school and community health. Our staff and consultants apply expertise in health and education to design training, develop resources, and carry out research and evaluation.
WHO WE ARE
CHL is a non-profit organization focused on building a foundation for healthy schools and communities.
WHAT WE DO
CHL works to improve health via training, policy, evaluation, research, and resource development.
WHO WE SERVE
CHL works with Schools, Health Care, Community Providers and Coalitions, State and National Agencies and Organizations.
In Vermont, more people die by suicide than from motor vehicle accidents, homicide and drowning combined.
We fight to change this alarming statistic and your support helps.
Featured Programs of The Center For Health And Learning
VTSPC Programs
VTSPC’s mission is to create health-promoting communities in which schools, Institutions of Higher Education, public and private agencies and people of all ages have the knowledge, attitudes, skills and resources to reduce the risk of suicide.
Umatter® Programs
Umatter® is a suicide prevention program that teaches young people and adults to recognize and address depression and risk factors and build strengths through self-care and community action. Students receive knowledge and skills to recognize signs of depression and how to help.
Upcoming Events
Vermont ZERO Suicide 2020 Initiative
Zero Suicide, a project of the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC), is a key concept of the 2012 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention and a priority of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention. The foundational belief of Zero Suicide is that suicide deaths for individuals under care within health and behavioral health systems are […]
Find out more »Mental Health Advocacy Day
Mental Health Advocacy Day January 29, 2020 – 8:00 am - 2:00 pm (Cafeteria and Room 11) Please join us at the State House on January 29, 2020 for Mental Health Advocacy Day. Mental health advocates, community members, and organizations will be urging lawmakers about the importance to “Support Your Community ~ Invest in Mental […]
Find out more »VT Suicide Prevention Day at the State House
Join us for Suicide Prevention Day at the State House on February 13th from 7:30 am - 2:00 pm. A long time in the making, we have a chance this session to ask the legislature to support a set of specific recommendations developed by AHS with funding targets to implement suicide prevention strategies in Vermont. […]
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