Friday, April 4, 2025
4/4/2025
Oakland University Early Alert and Suicide Assessment Education Program - Oakland University, a public university located in Southeast Michigan with an enrollment of approximately 16,000 students, is seeking $304,000 over three years to improve mental health support and suicide prevention efforts on its campus. In response to the escalating mental health challenges worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic and identified gaps in student mental health resources, Oakland University proposes the Early Alert and Suicide Assessment Education initiative. This initiative seeks to enhance the mental health infrastructure and network through training, evidenced based-intervention, and community engagement focused on suicide prevention and mental health awareness. The initiative seeks to expand the number of trained counseling and social work students who can provide mental health support and suicide prevention throughout the campus and community. It emphasizes incorporating DEI principles to promote help-seeking behaviors among underrepresented students. Specifically, the grant will support the creation of a triage map to manage mental health services efficiently, enhance the use of crisis intervention resources, and increase community engagement through strengthened partnerships with local crisis centers. These efforts will ensure a strong support network, integrating both on-campus resources and community services, to address the immediate and long-term mental health needs of students. By leveraging resources of the community and on campus, Oakland University aims to create a sustainable model that addresses the mental health crisis effectively and creates a healthy and resilient campus community.
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).