901 Wallace BLVD.
Amarillo, TX 79106

NON-CRISIS 1-800-299-3699
(TOLL FREE)

NON-CRISIS 1-806-337-1000
(AMARILLO AREA)

Mental Health First Aid

Sponsored by Texas Panhandle Centers

 

Nearly 1 in 5 U.S adults live with a mental illness and research shows that each year approximately:

44,965 American’s complete suicide.

Texas Panhandle Centers offers Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) courses designed to improve the general public’s views of mental health and substance use problems and link people to professional help for their mental health or substance use problems.

Mental Health First Aid is an evidence-based program that provides community members with the knowledge and skills to identify and help those affected by mental health and substance use issues.

You can make a difference! Those who take the 8-hour MHFA course will feel confident when applying 5-step action plan that can assist students, loved ones, colleagues, neighbors and other community members on how cope with mental health or substance use problems.

Mental Health First Aid Classes

DateTPC Collaboration/LocationCourseFormat/who can attendNotes/Registration
01/05/2026Region 16/Morse Pring.Youth MHFAIn-person *Morse Pring staff*Closed Registration contact Emily Dunn at Emily.dunn@esc16.net
01/12/2026TPC/Agrilife Pampa ISDYouth MHFAIn-person *Pampa ISD*Closed Regristration
01/13/2026TPC/AC at Amarillo CollegeAdult MHFAIn-person *Edu,Ems,APD, Nurses*Registration contact Jerrod Hinders at jerrod.hinders@actx.edu
01/30/2026TPC/PBHA at TPC Admin bldAdult MHFABlended/In-person *Anyone*Open Registration contact Crystal Morton at crystal.morton@txpan.org
02/09/2026TPC/PBHA at TPC Admin bldYouth MHFABlended/In-person *Anyone*Open Registration contact Crystal Morton at crystal.morton@txpan.org
02/11/2026Hereford ISD at HerefordYouth MHFAIn-person *Hereford ISD*Closed Registration contact Crystal Morton at crystal.morton@txpan.org
02/13/2026TPC/Agrilife Vega ISDYouth MHFABlended *Vega ISD*Closed Registration contact Crystal Morton -crystal.morton@txpan.org
02/15/2026TPC Virtual class with Emily D.Youth MHFAVirtual *Only for ISD*Open Registration contact Emily Dunn at Emily.dunn@esc16.net
02/16/2026TPC/Agrilife Pampa ISDYouth MHFAIn-person *Pampa ISD*Closed Registration contact Crystal Morton at crystal.morton@txpan.org
02/27/2026TPC/PBHA at TPC Admin bldAdult MHFABlended/In-person *Anyone*Open Registration contact Crystal Morton at crystal.morton@txpan.org
03/03/2026Hereford ISD at HerefordYouth MHFABlended/In-personClosed Registration contact Crystal Morton at crystal.morton@txpan.org
03/06/2026TPC/Agrilife Sanford ISDYouth MHFAIn-person *Sanford ISD*Closed Registration contact Crystal Morton at crystal.morton@txpan.org
03/17/2026TPC/AC at Amarillo CollegeYouth MHFAIn-person *Edu,Ems,APD, Nurses*Registration contact Jerrod Hinders at jerrod.hinders@actx.edu
03/27/2026TPC at TPC Admin BuildingYouth MHFABlended/In-person *Anyone*Open Registration contact Crystal Morton at crystal.morton@txpan.org
03/30/2026TPC/ESC at HerefordYouth MHFAIn-person *Hereford ISD*Closed Registration contact Crystal Morton at crystal.morton@txpan.org
03/30/2026TPC/ESC at HerefordYouth MHFAIn-person *Hereford ISD*Closed Registration contact Crystal Morton at crystal.morton@txpan.org
03/30/2026TPC/Agrilife at HerefordYouth MHFABlended/In-person *Hereford ISD*Closed Registration contact Crystal Morton at crystal.morton@txpan.org
03/30/2026TPC at Hereford ISDYouth MHFABlended/In-person *Hereford ISD*Closed Registration contact Crystal Morton at crystal.morton@txpan.org
04/10/2026TPC Virtual class with Emily D.Youth MHFAVirtual *Only for ISD*Open Registration contact Emily Dunn at Emily.dunn@esc16.net
05/15/2026TPC Virtual class with Emily D.Youth MHFAVirtual *Only for ISD*Open Registration contact Emily Dunn at Emily.dunn@esc16.net
08/07/2026Stinnett ISDYouth MHFAIn-person *Stinnett ISD*Closed Registration contact Crystal Morton at crystal.morton@txpan.org
08/10/2026Stinnett ISDYouth MHFAIn-person *Stinnett ISD*Closed Registration contact Crystal Morton at crystal.morton@txpan.org
For all Inquiries Regarding Any Mental Health First Aid classes:
Crystal Morton, Mental Health First Aid Outreach/Coordinator: 806-351-3244 or crystal.morton@txpan.org

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