570-992-0879 or 1-800-849-1868
Contact Information:
Erin Longenderfer
CASSP Coordinator
10 Buist Rd., Suite 404
Milford, PA 18337
Phone: 570-296-6484, x3514
County Suicide Prevention Task Force: none
Web site: none
County Suicide Prevention Resources:
Training for school and medical personnel
Parent education
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:
School-based mental health services: The RedCo Group
Private counseling services for youth at risk for suicide
Support groups: "Surviivors of Suicide Loss Support Group," for those who lost someone to suicide. The format of the group is educational/support with an occasional speaker. Dates and location.
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.
