1-814-946-2141
Contact Information:
Coleen Heim, Consultant
208 Stonehedge Rd.
Hollidaysburg, PA 16648
Phone: 814-696-3265
County Suicide Prevention Task Force
Coleen Heim, contact person
Blair County Mental Health Office
423 Allegheny St., Suite 441
Hollidaysburg, PA 16648
Phone: 814-693-3023
The Youth Suicide Prevention Task Force was created in 2004. There are representatives from schools, medical, youth-serving agencies, faith community, mental health, parent survivor, and other community service providers. The task force recently expanded beyond youth to suicide awareness and prevention for the general community. An Out of the Darkness Community Walk was held on April 17, 2010 in cooperation with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
Web site: none
County Suicide Prevention Resources
Training for school and medical personnel
Parent education
Student education
Yellow Ribbon Campaign
Signs of Suicide Program
Substance abuse prevention
Implemented a fall suicide awareness campaign in 2008 and will continue to work on community awareness throughout the year. Through the Student Assistance Program, conduct a summer suicide support group for youth who have lost a loved one due to suicide.
County Screening for Suicide Risk Activities
Student Assistance Program
Community screening
County Mental Health Resources
*Specialized outpatient mental health services for youth at risk for suicide: Altoona Regional Health System Behavioral Health Services
*School-based mental health services: Altoona Regional Health System Behavioral Health Services
*Support groups: Altoona Regional Health System Behavioral Health Services
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.
