Friday, May 3, 2024
5/3/2024
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)’s Minority AIDS Research Center (MARC) at the College of Health Science, UTEP Police Department (UTEP PD) and the UTEP Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) partners in this “Hispanic Serving Institution Coordinated Campus Response for Suicide Prevention” (09/30/21- 09/29/24) through a coordinated campus response project will reduce adverse consequences of SMI/SED, SUD, including suicidal behavior , substance related injuries and school failure. Project goals are to (1) enhance mental health services for all UTEP students, including those at risk for suicide, depression, serious mental illness(SMI)/serious emotional disturbances (SED), and/or substance use disorders (SUD) by increasing campus personnel capacity for timely response; (2) establish and/or expand linkages with campus and community based organizations/departments/stakeholders to identify and refer individuals with SUD, SMI and /SED and the precursor risks (violence, COVID-19 related social determinants of health) and (3) prevent Mental and SUD and promote stigma reduction toward support seeking through health education for campus and community about resources available on and off campus for safe response and/or support-seeking. Project outcomes include campus capacity expansion for suicide prevention by increased skills among campus first responder to identify and respond to peer mental and substance use disorder (SUD) related needs, increased awareness and stigma reduction among students for support seeking, a coordinated referral services delivery system, increased access to care , student success, and, a sustainable community-campus suicide prevention infrastructure for timely documentation and response while incorporating COVID-19 pandemic related contexts. Outcomes will be achieved by training 180 campus personnel in QPR gatekeepers, 105 law enforcement and first responders in suicide prevention, intervention and postvention, peer mental and substance use disorder (SUD) prevention for 1200 students, establishing a coordinated referral and linkage system for Mental and SUD services.
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).
