Sunday, May 11, 2025
5/11/2025
Georgia's COVID-19 Emergency Response for Suicide Prevention Project - Project Title: Georgia COVID-19 Emergency Response for Suicide Prevention Project Population(s): Adults age 25 and older, including older adults, who are at high risk (including victims of domestic violence (DV) and unemployed workers) for or have attempted suicide and live in seven of the state’s counties that have the greatest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and total deaths. The seven counties are Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Dougherty, Fulton, Gwinnett, and Hall. Strategies/Interventions: The Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) will contract with the following Comprehensive Community Providers (CCPs) to provide suicide prevention services for adults age 25 and older who are at high risk for or have had a suicide attempt and live in one of the seven target counties: Aspire Behavioral Health (Dougherty County); Avita Community Partners (Hall County); Clayton Center CSB (Clayton County); Cobb CSB (Cobb County); and ViewPoint Health (DeKalb, Gwinnett and Fulton Counties). In addition to expanded services provided by the participating CCPs, DBHDD and partners will provide suicide prevention gatekeeper training for state agency staff at the Department of Labor (DOL) and Department of Family and Children’s Services (DFCS), and implement two certified peer and/or support partner pilots and a suicide survivor support group in partnership with Grady Hospital ED and the Division of Aging Services (DAS). DBHDD will collaborate with Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PADV) to provide a Suicide Prevention curriculum to residents of two community-based shelters in Fulton and Gwinnett Counties. PADV will also provide DV awareness training and information to CCPs in the identified target counties. Training packets and resource toolkits will be developed for DV victims who may be a high risk for suicide. And with the launch of the new 2020-2025 Georgia Suicide Prevention Strategic Plan, the Georgia Suicide Prevention Task Force is being formed to oversee plan implementation. The task force will be composed of high-level suicide prevention stakeholders, decision-makers, advocates, and survivors representing diverse sectors, agencies, organizations, and community groups. A task force work group will be established to address COVID19 and DV specific issues and to develop recommendations specifically for emergency departments, inpatient psychiatric facilities, other behavioral health settings, and other sites as determined by the workgroup. As part of the new State Strategic Plan Launch Project, which will provide training and promotion on the plan across agencies, the task force workgroup COVID-19 and DV recommendations will be posted online and will be available in hardcopy version. Pamphlet versions will also be developed and information on the guidance will be included in social media advertising of the state plan.
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