Allied Trades Assistance Program

The ATAP fam had the honor and privilege to attend the Green Tie Gala on Saturday, October 9th which supported The Black Brain Campaign. Looking forward to being part of the solution! #theblackbraincampaign

Peers not only give up their time but each time they help someone they give a little of themselves. So proud of the newly trained peers! #atap #dc21 #FTI #steamfitterslocal420 #Bricklayerslocal1 #painters2011

On September 18th and 25th, ATAP held their Mental Health Awareness Seminar and Peer Advocate Training. This would not have been possible without the trainers who volunteered their time. We would like to give a special thank you to Pat McGovern, Charles Wolfe, and Kim Hofmann. Your ongoing support and involvement with ATAP programming is appreciated.

ATAP would like to give a big THANK YOU to the FTI for allowing us to use their facility to hold our trainings over the past two weekends! Your ongoing support and involvement with ATAP programming is appreciated. Finishing Trades Institute of Mid Atlantic Region

ATAP MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS DAY Within the construction industry we seem to have our concrete foundation well fenced in. On the outside we are proud to display our strong durable exterior but what about our inner foundation? We tend to leave those feelings buried deep within ourselves often viewed as a weakness or cracks in a perfect foundation. The construction industry is an extremely demanding job physically and over time will wear your body down often working long hard h...ours in harsh elements. The summer months where the sun is so hot it literally burns your body and the winter months so cold it goes through every bone in your body. These jobs leave us with little to no time for our families and support systems. We are also faced with long periods of unemployment leaving us to lose valuable sleep wondering when the next job might come or become anxious and stressed about how to put food on the table for our kids or pay tuition. When we take a deep look at these factors it really comes as no surprise to me that the construction industry is the number one industry in accidental opioid overdose deaths and the number one industry in death by suicide. Over the past ten years we have invested in raising our safety standard to protect our members but when it comes to mental health and substance use disorder, we are suffering in silence. You can’t mitigate these issues with caution tape. you need to have conversations and a plan of action. these conversations are uncomfortable but so are attending funerals. Today this conversation begins. Steamfitters Local Union 420 Glaziers Local 252 IUPAT District Council 21 Insulators Local 14 Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers #1 Pa.-De. Plumbers Local 690 Union Hall Philadelphia Building Trades Finishing Trades Institute of Mid Atlantic Region NABTU #Helpinghands #NABTU See more

CHANGE IN LOCATION: The Building Trades Support Group for Thursday 9/16 will be held at 4170 Woodhaven Road Philadelphia PA 19154

Mental Health is a difficult subject to talk about and often times you do not always see what is going on inside an individual. Please join us on September 18th, 2021 for our Mental Health Awareness Seminar. Let’s come together to improve and increase our understanding of mental illness. Please RSVP by September 13th, 2021 to Maria Griffin [email protected].

Join us tomorrow night for the monthly Building Trades Support Group. All Building Trades Members are welcome!

Mental Health is a difficult subject to talk about and often times you do not always see what is going on inside an individual. Please join us on September 18th, 2021 for our Mental Health Awareness Seminar. Let’s come together to improve and increase our understanding of mental illness. Please RSVP by September 13th, 2021 to Maria Griffin [email protected].

The next Building Trades Support Group will be November 19th at 7:00 PM on Zoom!

Join in tonight for ATAP's Virtual support group!

Join in this Thursday, October 15th for ATAP's virtual support group.

Virtual Building Trades Support Group Meeting 10/15/2020 7PM

Register for tomorrow's webinar: https://register.gotowebinar.com/regist/7119818685750483723

Tomorrow Night! Hope you can join!

The right tool for the right job can't always be found in your toolbox. Please come join us for the Building Trades Support Group Thursday September 17, 2020 at 7PM.

Thank you to all who participated in last night’s Zoom Building Trades Support Group! We look forward to the months ahead in continuing to build our support group on this platform. Mark your calendars for our next meeting on September 17th.

This Thursday August 20th 7:00 PM!