Updates on the Garrett Lee Smith Youth Suicide Prevention Grant
First grant (2008-2011) implemented in Lackawanna, Luzerne and Schuylkill Counties
Second grant (2011-2014) implemented in Allegheny and Westmoreland Counties in the Southwest, and Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties in the Southeast
Grantee Page (password-protected page for grantees and staff)
Information about first grant:
NEW! Excerpt from final report submitted to SAMHSA
"The Role of Primary Care in Youth Suicide Prevention," PA CASSP Newsletter, September 2010 (published by the Office of Mental Health, Bureau of Children's Behavioral health Services). Features information about the Garrett Lee Smith grant project, including stories from several primary care agencies in the three counties that are implementing the web-based suicide prevention screening tool.
Brochure
Lackawanna County grant featured
County Grant Contact People:
Second grant: Introductory meetings have been held with the eight new counties, with most of the progress being in Allegheny and Westmoreland Counties. In Philadelphia, three primary care practices are in the preliminary stages of being established.
General information:
Screening Information
Training
Previous Grant Updates
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.
