Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Paid
COST: Paid — from $29.95/person for small companies; free ONLY where a state, city or grantmaker subsidises a class. A certification in recognising and responding to a mental-health or substance-use crisis. Listed here because it is constantly described as free and it is not: MHFA states that "Course fees vary" and publishes a from-$29.95 per-person figure, with instructor training at $2,400. What IS true is that "Several organizations, states and cities subsidize the cost" — so the free route is finding a subsidised local class, not the national programme. The common misunderstanding: people think the certification itself is free; the subsidy is local and inconsistent.
✓ Widely used by employers, schools, first responders and faith communities; not a clinical licence