1-877-918-2100
Contact Information:
Gina Buckman
CASSP Coordinator
Chester County MH/MR Program
601 Westtown Rd., Suite 340
P. O. Box 2727
West Chester, PA 19382
Phone: 610-344-5359
County Youth Suicide Prevention Task Force:
Gina Buckman, co-chair
CASSP Coordinator
Chester County MH/MR Program
601 Westtown Rd., Suite 340
P. O. Box 2727
West Chester, PA 19382
Phone: 610-344-5359
Tracy Behringer
COAD
930 E. Lancaster Ave.
Exton, PA 19341
Phone: 610-363-6164
Mission: To collaborate with our community to develop prevention and intervention strategies; reduce the risk, stigma and occurrence of youth suicide in Chester County; and decrease suicide through increased awar4eness and education.
Provides free QPR training for community groups and awareness events
Web site: www.ccysp.org
County Suicide Prevention Resources:
Training for school, medical, law enforcement and corrections personnel
Parent education
Student education
Yellow Ribbon Campaign
Signs of Suicide (SOS) Program
TeenScreen
Substance abuse prevention
Gatekeeper training program
County Screening for Suicide Risk Activities:
TeenScreen
Signs of Suicide (SOS) Program
Student Assistance Program (screening by mental health liaisons
County Mental Health Resources:
*Inpatient psychiatric unit: Devereux Children's Behavioral Health
*Outpatient services for youth at risk for suicide: Child Guidance Resource Centers, Community Services of Devereux, Holcomb Behavioral Health Services
*School-based mental health services: Coatesville School District (outpatient satellite sites in all buildings)
*Private counseling services for youth at risk for suicide
*Support groups: NAMI, SOS
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.
