Community guidance
An advisory committee of mental health professionals and people with lived experience guides CMHI event topics and priorities.
CMHI’s Impact
Prepared people change how communities respond.
CMHI’s Impact grows through mental health training, community education, research, and church partnerships. We track participation, program feedback, and the capacity churches retain after an event ends to understand how our work supports more informed, compassionate responses.
Nearly 200Mental Health First Aid trainees
4212025–2026 symposium engagements
4.89/52026 symposium average rating
11May 2026 MHRT completions
Impact story
CMHI’s Impact in action: A lasting response team.
In May 2026, eleven participants completed CMHI’s church-based Mental Health Response Team training at Christ Community Church. The program gave the group shared language, clearer response roles, and a structure for connecting people to appropriate support.
Training becomes impact when a community keeps using what it learned.Explore response-team training →
Beyond attendance
How CMHI’s Impact extends beyond events.
Research and learning
CMHI studies how established mental health programs work in Black church communities and uses findings to improve implementation.
Leadership Development Program
The Leadership Development Program gives emerging professionals experience in funding, communications, research, and community service.
Learning from our work
What these measures tell us.
Participation shows how many opportunities we create for learning and connection. Symposium engagements count participation across the 2025 and 2026 events and may include people who attended more than once. The average rating reflects feedback from the 2026 symposium; it is a measure of attendee experience, rather than a clinical outcome.
Training completions are another step toward a prepared community. We also value the relationships, referral connections, and practical conversations that continue after a workshop. Our research team examines how mental health education fits the cultural and spiritual realities of church communities, while our fellows help strengthen programs and partnerships.
Explore our 2026 symposium recap and mental health training programs to learn more about the work behind these figures.
Help shape CMHI’s Impact.
Your experience helps us understand what is useful and where we can improve. Share your feedback or connect with our team about a community partnership.