814-544-7315 or 800-800-2560
Contact Information:
Kara Johnston
CASSP Coordinator
62 North St.
Roulette, PA 16746
Phone: 1-814-544-7315
County Suicide Prevention Task Force:
Deborah Hamilton, M.Ed.
DMHC
1 North Main St.
Gunzberger Annex Building
Coudersport, PA 16915
Phone: 814-274-8651
Web site: none
County Suicide Prevention Resources:
Community suicide prevention task force
Training for school and medical personnel
Student education
Yellow Ribbon Campaign
Signs of Suicide (SOS) Program
TeenScreen
Substance Abuse Prevention
County Screening for Suicide Risk Activities:
TeenScreen
Signs of Suicide Program
Student Assistance Program (screening by mental health liaisons)
Community screening
Screening in physicians' offices
Screening offered through Dickinson Mental Health Center
County Mental Health Resources:
*Inpatient psychiatric unit: Charles Core Memorial Hospital (for adults only)
*Outpatient mental health services for youth at risk for suicide: Dickinson Mental Health Center
*School-based mental health services: SAP teams in schools through Dickinson Mental Health Center
*Support groups: Dickinson Mental Health Center, Charles Cole Memorial Hospital
The Pennsylvania Suicide Prevention Initiative is a Public/Private Ongoing Collaborative including: Survivors of Suicide, Statewide & Regional Representatives from Departments of Public Welfare, Drug and Alcohol Programs, 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.
