H79SM086105

Ohio Youth Suicide Prevention Collaboration & Enhancement Project - The Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation will coordinate the Ohio Youth Suicide Prevention Collaboration & Enhancement Project to provide youth suicide prevention, assessment, early intervention, and treatment services for LGBTQ+, foster care, and juvenile justice involved youth between the ages 10 to 24.

The project will implement the Zero Suicide Framework and evidence-based assessment tools, treatment modalities, crisis, and prevention services.

The Ohio Youth Suicide Prevention Collaboration & Enhancement Project, coordinated by the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation, covers all of Ohio, with specific priority areas served by the project’s primary providers, Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Equitas Health, located in 18 locations residing in 16 cities across the state of Ohio.

This project will serve high-risk youth, ages 10 to 24, who identify as LGBTQ+, are in foster care or are juvenile justice involved, as well as those in primary grades identified as being high risk for suicidal ideations.

The project will implement a comprehensive continuum of services aligned with 10 different activities.

1) The Zero Suicide Framework will be implemented in LGBTQ+ healthcare systems. This model will integrate universal suicide risk screenings (Patient Health Questionnaire 9 Depression Scale, ASK Suicide-Screening Questions, and Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale), and conducting trainings on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for suicide prevention and assessing and managing suicide risk (AMSR).

2) Institutions will develop human resources policies and procedures that ensure timely referrals, safety planning, and follow-up services occur for youth who have attempted suicide. Follow-up services will occur within 24 to 48 hours after discharge through a caring contact, as well as at one-month, three-months, six-months, and one-year post-service via text messages.

3) All services are provided with regard to cultural competence and a recognition of health disparities for diverse cultural populations via consultation from subject matter experts and conversations with people with lived experience.

4) Data will be collected, analyzed, and used for continuous quality assurance purposes, identification of technical assistance needs, and for policy development across the systems of care.

5) Post-suicide intervention services include ongoing support groups. Individuals having experienced a suicide loss will be provided grief booklets. Schools will receive Kognito Resilient Together as postvention preparation in the event of a suicide death.

6) Services to families immediately after a youth suicide attempt include caring contacts, information about support groups, and other informational materials.

7) Trainings to youth-serving agencies include Step-In, Speak Up!; Kognito At-Risk; and Question, Persuade, Refer.

8) Strategies to reduce access to lethal means include trainings on Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM) and providing families with information on firearm and medication safety.

9) Focus groups and surveys will obtain feedback from people with lived experience.

10) Parents and legal guardians will provide informed consent prior to service delivery except for in emergency situations.

Project goals include increasing the number of:
1) Providers that are equipped to provide culturally competent youth suicide prevention services,
2) At-risk youth who receive timely referrals and safety planning,
3) Youth-serving agencies who identify and refer youth who are at risk for suicide,
4) Culturally competent postvention services, and
5) Strategies that reduce access to lethal means.

Measurable objectives include: training 300 individuals in AMSR, CAMS and CALM; 80 in the Stanley-Brown Safety Planning Intervention; conducting 1,000 follow-up calls; training 600 educators in Kognito curricula; 1,000 in QPR; distributing 8,500 grief resources; and implementing four statewide strategies.

The Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation

NOT APPLICABLE

93.243 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance

Division of Grants Management [HHS - SAMHSA]

Columbus, Ohio 432155194 United States

Single Zip Code

Garrett Lee Smith State/Tribal Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention Grant Program (SM-22-003)

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 400% from $735,000 to $3,675,000.