Sunday, April 28, 2024
4/28/2024
The purpose of the ECU Campus Suicide Prevention Grant Program is to facilitate a comprehensive approach to suicide prevention on the ECU campus. This program will increase collaboration of campus and community partners in the area of suicide prevention, train students faculty and staff to respond to students with mental and substance use disorders, administer voluntary mental and substance use disorder screenings, provide outreach services to inform students about available services, increase the number of materials provided on campus related to suicide prevention, conduct research to improve behavioral health of students, and support student groups via activities to reduce negative attitudes about disorders and promote mental health. The entire University student population will be targeted with the proposed program. This includes approximately 3,500 students attending ECU. Within this population, a number of vulnerable groups will be served including veterans, Native Americans, and LGBTQ individuals. Oklahoma is currently ranked 10th highest in the nation for suicide deaths, and it is the second leading cause of death for ages 10-34. ECU is public 4-year regional university. The university is located within the City of Ada, which has a population of approximately 17,235 and is the county seat of Pontotoc County with 38,284 residents. In addition, Ada is the seat of government of the Chickasaw Nation, and approximately 16.2% of the population within the targeted campus is Native American. Strategies and goals to be accomplished by this program include the following. Goal 1: Increase campus infrastructure and collaboration around suicide prevention. Objective 1A: Establish a Project Leadership Team consisting of a minimum of 12 campus and community partners by 12/31/2021. Objective 1B: Maintain 12 Project Leadership Team members throughout grant period (9/29/2024). Objective 1C: Facilitate Project Leadership Team meetings on a minimum of a quarterly basis through grant period (9/29/2024). Objective 1D: Via Project Leadership Team, conduct a yearly review and update of the crisis response plan by 5/31 each year. Goal 2: Train college students, faculty, and staff to respond effectively to college students with mental and substance use disorders. Objective 2A: Provide at least 700 students & employees with gatekeeper and other mental health and substance use awareness training programs by 9/29/2024 resulting in a ratio of 1 gatekeeper for every 5 students. (Rate of 200 in year 1, 250 in year 2, and 250 in year 3). Objective 2B: Provide said training programs to at least 2 targeted student groups per grant year with a minimum of 5-10 students in attendance from each student group by 9/29 each year. Objective 2C: Perform or engage in a minimum of 2 outreach services or events per fall and spring semester to inform college students about available mental and substance use disorder services, reaching a minimum of 100 students per semester (12/31 and 5/31 each year). Objective 2D: Provide 100% of students and employees with suicide prevention materials and other information by 9/29/2024. Goal 3: Administer voluntary mental and substance use disorder screenings and assessments. Objective 3A: Implement a voluntary online mental and substance use disorder screening tool available to all students, such as Well Track, by 5/31/2022. Objective 3B: Continue provision of screening and assessment tools to all counseling center clients throughout grant (9/29/24). Objective 3C: Review usage rates and feedback evaluation of new online tool at quarterly leadership team meetings and make any needed adjustments, additional promotion of tool, etc. within 3 month period (12/31, 3/31, 6/30, 9/29 yearly). Goal 4: Continue to conduct research to improve behavioral health of students. Objective 4A: Implement National College Health Assessment on biannual basis (during grant by 9/29/2023, following grant by 9/29/2025).
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
