The Miami HEAT teamed up with Florida Blue, Mindful Kids Miami, and Miami-Dade County Public Schools to create a Mindfulness Champions Initiative to eliminate the stigma surrounding mental health and address the needs of students and teachers returning to school after an extended period of isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the Mindfulness Champions Initiative, Mindful Kids Miami trained a Mindfulness Champion at each of the 354 K-12 public schools in Miami-Dade County—on mindfulness and mental health education.
In addition, NBA partner, Headspace, provided all Miami-Dade County Public School teachers and administrators with a free subscription to Headspace, which provides a library of mental health resources including mindfulness content for stress, anxiety, sleep, focus, fitness and more.