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Southside Behavioral Health recently hosted its 12th 40-hour core training class for the CIT Program. The participants were made up of local law enforcement, Sheriff’s Offices, 911 operators, and MRRJ (Meherrin River Regional Jail). The Instructors continue to be a combination of Law Enforcement and Mental Health Professionals who cover topics relative to crisis intervention…

Hope Church of Halifax hosted an Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training on September 25 and 26, 2023 for 20 local community folks, which included many of the staff of Halifax County Public Schools. Liam Hudson, founder of the Lean in Project and chair of the Southside Wellness Coalition spoke to those gathered on Monday about…

On Thursday, August 31 in South Boston, the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center, Southside Behavioral Health and the Southside Wellness Coalition partnered to provide 93 local community folks and SVHEC staff with Rapid REVIVE training on the SVHEC campus. There were booths of community information from all partners, VDH, and a food truck to support…

BRUNSWICK, MECKLENBURG, & HALIFAX, VIRGINIA – Southside Behavioral Health is hosting its first in-person 5k at Occoneechee State Park on Saturday, September 16th, 2023. This event is open to anyone in the community and is completely free to participants. Providing this run for free is only possible due to grant funding and local sponsors: Year…

Prevention Services hosted a REVIVE! Opioid Overdose and Naloxone Training at the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center on Tuesday, August 1, 2023. 15 SVHEC staff attended the session in the Innovation Center Classroom.  REVIVE is a course that covers understanding opioids, how opioid overdoses happen, risk factors for opioid overdoses, and how to respond to an opioid…