1-866-611-6467
Contact Information:
Tom Bender
Somerset County Crisis Intervention Director
245 W. Race St.
Somerset, PA 15501
Phone: 814-443-4891
County Suicide Prevention Task Force: none
Web site: none
County Suicide Prevention Resources:
Training for school and law enforcement personnel
Gatekeeper training program
Student education
Yellow Ribbon Campaign
Firearms safety program
Substance abuse prevention
County Screening for Suicide Prevention Activities:
Student Assistance Program (screening by mental health liaisons): Joe Blazin, 814-443-4891
Community screening: Tom Bender, 814-443-4891
Screening in physicians' offices
County Mental Health Resources:
*Inpatient psychiatric unit: Somerset Hospital (prefers age 18 and over)
*Outpatient mental health services for youth at risk for suicide: Bedford/Somerset MH/MR
*Faith-based counseling services: Allegheny Lutheran Social Ministries
*Private counseling services for youth at risk for suicide: Beal Counseling, Alternative Community Resource Program, Marker Struky Counseling, New Day, Inc., Pile Psychological and Counseling Services (814-443-1881), Somerset Counseling Services, Somerset Hospital Behavioral Health
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.
