Saturday, November 23, 2024
11/23/2024
Project Abstract Project Name: Turtle Mountain Outreach Suicide Prevention Program Project Period: 04/30/2019 to 04/29/2024 Grant Funds Requested (Year One): $249,998 The purpose of the Turtle Mountain Outreach Suicide Prevention Program (Native Connections) is to enhance and/or revise protocols to ensure that youth who are at high risk of suicide receive appropriate referrals, mental health services and follow-up services that will allow for preventing and reducing suicidal behavior and substance abuse and promote mental health among our youth people up to and including the age of 24 years. The project will serve approximately 5,000 youth. Goal 1: Provide suicide prevention to community, schools to reach 75% of the tribal community. Goal 2: Develop MOU’s with a broader spectrum of tribal entities and community members to enhance community engagement. Goal 3: Increase community engagement in development of suicide prevention action plan that addresses three tiers (Universal, Selective, and Indicated) of prevention and intervention strategies. Goal 4: Enhance mental health, substance abuse, family services, peer leaders, and community members to ensure meaningful communications in the revision of policies, procedures and protocols Goal 5: Implement suicide prevention surveillance data collection and evaluation.
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