Thursday, April 10, 2025
4/10/2025
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe's Protect Life Initiative - The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe (UMUT) in Colorado has long faced the devastating impact of suicide, particularly among youth. Suicide is the leading cause of death for individuals between 10 and 24 in Colorado. Historically, UMUT suffers between two and five youth suicides per year, a catastrophic loss in a community of approximately 2,000. The overall goal of UMUT’s Protect Life initiative is to leverage evidence-based strategies to increase access to comprehensive, culturally appropriate services and programming that address suicide prevention among UMUT youth and adults. Objectives include: - Foster coalitions and networks to improve care coordination on the UMUT lands o Develop a community suicide response team that meets at least quarterly o Update and publish the Community Resource Directory, online and in print o Formalize a community suicide response plan and train all Tribal departments / 600 employees o Establish suicide prevention policies and protocols in all Tribal departments - Expand available behavioral health care treatment services o Develop a website for Mógúán promoting behavioral health services / hours o Finalize contract with Four Winds to provide culturally-responsive telehealth o Establish a lending library of devices and jet packs / hot spots to enable telehealth, offer trainings and technical support o Build a relationship with Indian Health Services to facilitate coordination o Engage all UMUT Mental Health and Substance Abuse staff in ongoing training related to delivering trauma-informed care, expanding capacity. o Provide behavioral healthcare through Mógúán, Axis and Four Winds, each offering Native American therapists and implementing evidence-based strategies such as Comprehensive assessment; Crisis assessment and intervention; Illness management and recovery skills; Individual supportive therapy; Substance use disorder treatment; Peer and family support; Psychotropic meds for treatment of SMI / medical conditions prescription, and monitoring. - Improve the referral process for individuals demonstrating suicide ideation o Deliver evidence-based safeTALK trainings each quarter, reaching 100 individuals annually o Train 600 employees of UMUT in new policies and procedures related to suicide ideation o Disseminate updated Community Resource Directory o Create and disseminate flyers and posters detailing referral strategies and available services - Develop culturally-appropriate and evidence-based youth prevention programming o Establish an Adventure Club program for UMUT youth meeting on weekends o Engage youth in outdoor activities, integrating Ute language and Elder mentors o Design policies and procedures for face-to-face outreach and support to youth and families following suicide o Recruit youth and Elders to participate on the community suicide response team o Showcase UMUT suicide prevention films (youth-created) in local schools o Deliver youth programming that builds relationships and prevents suicide during lunch hour in local schools (COVID-19 regulations permitting) o Bolster the UMUT Youth Council, which was derailed by COVID-19 - Ensure sustainability of suicide prevention efforts through systems-based change o Integrate new suicide prevention policies and procedures into all Tribal departments through ongoing training and clearly displayed posters and flyers detailing steps o Turnkey training of trainer to build capacity for continued safeTALK trainings o Contract with capacity building specialists that research and pursue additional funding leveraging evaluation data and qualitative results
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