The Utah MHIDD Training Initiative

Project Overview

The Utah Mental Health and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (MHIDD) Training Initiative is a five-year grant funded by the Administration on Community Living (ACL). The funding program’s goal is to improve services and supports for people with co-occurring intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and mental health concerns, including services and supports that are more culturally competent, person-centered, affordable, and integrated that allow them to remain in the community.

This project began in 2021 and concludes in 2026. The project consists of three phases:
1) A statewide Landscape Analysis
2) Development of an Action Plan to address training needs
3) Implementation of the training plan to improve competencies

Current MHIDD Training Opportunities

Mental Health & You

The Utah MHIDD Training Initiative is currently offering a two-day workshop held online via Zoom
about mental health education and self-advocacy for individuals with intellectual and/or
developmental disabilities.

• This workshop is for individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities who are 18 years old or older who want to learn more about mental health, AND
• Caregivers or family members who support people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.

As part of this workshop, you will:

• Learn about mental health and how to advocate for yourself
• Participate in activities to learn skills to support your mental health
• Learn how to identify your values and mental health needs
• Learn how to ask for help with your mental health
• Be provided with a DoorDash gift card to purchas a meal for the second session. 

Choose one of the sessions, click on the dates to register: 

ECHO Training

The Utah MHIDD Training Initiative is currently offering an ECHO training series for mental health professionals and disability service providers (ECHO model). The objectives of the ECHO series are:

• Increase mental health provider knowledge and capacity to provide effective mental health services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
• Increase disability service provider knowledge of available mental health services.
• Increase collaboration and coordination between disability and mental health services providers.