INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — May is Mental Health Awareness month, and a local program is helping young people care for their own mental health or help their peers in crisis. 

It’s called Teen Responders. Travis Bannon is the program director – he joined Daybreak Saturday morning to talk about this. 

“Coming off the pandemic, we were seeing students really struggle with their own mental health, but also care for their friends, and that burden,” he said. “The workshops have been vital. It gives them tools to not only care for themselves but care for a friend,” said Bannon 

He says so far, the program has helped 750 teens and an additional 500 parents. Bannon also sa...