This platform is training employees to be mental health responders

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  • Key Insight: Discover how peer-centered Mental Health First Responder training closes workplace support gaps.  
  • What’s at Stake: Unaddressed employee mental health risks billions in absenteeism and presenteeism costs.    
  • Supporting Data: 59% of employers offer EAPs; over half of employees have never used them.  
    Source: Bullets generated by AI with editorial review

When Justin Goodman decided to create an effective and accessible pathway to mental health support, he pulled from his own experience. 

Paola Peralta
Associate Editor

Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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