County Suicide Prevention Task Force: none
Web site: none
County Suicide Prevention Resources:
Training for school personnel
Parent education
Student education
Firearms safety program
Substance abuse prevention
County Screening for Suicide Risk Activities:
Student Assistance Program (screening by mental health liaisons)
County Mental Health Resources:
*Inpatient psychiatric unit: Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital
*Outpatient mental health services for youth at risk for suicide: Tioga County Department of Human Services, Laurel Health, Concern, Northwest Human Services, Northern Tier Counseling
*School-based mental health services: Concern, Northwest Human Services, Laurel Health, Northern Tier Counseling
*Faith-based counseling services: United Christian Ministries, 814-258-7304
*Private counseling services for youth at risk for suicide: Concern, Laurel 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.
