Contact Information:
Julie Hoffman
Student Assistance Liaison
1243 Shed Road
Bedford, PA 15522
Phone: 814-623-5166
County Suicide Prevention Task Force: none
Web site: none
County Suicide Prevention Resources:
Student education
Yellow Ribbon Campaign
Substance abuse prevention
County Screening for Suicide Risk Activities:
Student Assistance Program (screening by mental health liaisons)
County Mental Health Resources:
*Outpatient mental health services for youth at risk for suicide: Cornerstone Crisis Intervention Services
*School-based mental health services: Cornerstone School-Based Consultation, Alternative Community Resource Program
*Private counseling services for youth at risk for suicide: NDTC Outpatient Services, Alternative Community Resource Program, Cornerstone
The Pennsylvania Suicide Prevention Initiative is a Public/Private Ongoing Collaborative including: Survivors of Suicide, Statewide & Regional Representatives from Departments of Public Welfare, Health, Education, and Aging, Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission, County MH/MR Administrators Association and several county programs, County CASSP Coordinators, American Trauma Society, The STAR Center, PA Child Death Review Team, PA Protection and Advocacy, PA Psychiatric Society, PA Association of School Social Workers, NAMI of PA, Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Mental Health Association of PA, PIN of PA, PA Del Val NAPNAP, a County Medical Examiner, a City Health Bureau, a State University, a Behavioral Health MCO, Common Roads, Juvenile Detention Center Association of PA, Pennsylvania Community Providers Association, Pennsylvania Council on Children, Youth, and Family Services, Providers and Student Assistance Program Trainers, School Districts, Yellow Ribbon Chapters, Feeling Blue Suicide Prevention Council, multiple county task forces and other grassroots organizations.
