1-800-643-5432
Contact Information:
Julie Segal
CASSP Coordinator
420 Holmes St.
Bellefonte, PA 16823
Phone: 814-355-6786
County Suicide Prevention Task Force: no task force but various initiatives in place
Angie Kempf
814-355-6786
"in Formation," Centre County Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention:
- in 2009 held in-service program on teen depression and suicide risk for teachers in the State College Area School District
- on January 18 sponsoring in-service prgram on "Helping Teachers Understand and Address the Risk of Suicide for LGBT Youth," with Dr. Anthony D'Augelli from Penn State
- on January 27 sponsoring 4th Annual Out of the Darkness Suicide Prevention Walk; registration at noon
In addition, county MH/MR has contracts in place with numerous mental health clinicians and psychologists who can provide treatment and training at the request of schools and others, even though there is no formalized task force to address suicide only. Communities that Care address broader prevention issues with programming to address skill-building and making good choices.
Web site: none
County Suicide Prevention Resources:
Reconnecting Youth Program
Substance Abuse Prevention
CASSP and Student Assistant Program (SAP) conferences held in Centre County have included individual workshops that have addressed suicide prevention.
County Screening for Suicide Risk Activities:
Student Assistance Program (screening by mental health liaisons
The county MH/MR office contracts with two individuals to provide screening for school districts. Contact the county office for more information.
County Mental Health Resources:
*Inpatient psychiatric unit: The Meadows Psychiatric Center
*School-based mental health services: Penn State Psychological Clinic
*Support groups: TIDES (for anyone who has lost someone, not just to suicide)
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.
