GLS State/Tribal Youth Suicide - The Oregon Garrett Lee Smith Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention program (GLS), managed by Oregon Health Authority Injury & Violence Prevention (IVP), will focus on youth up to age 24 in counties with youth suicide rates higher than the national average. In Years 1 & 2, capacity building and activities will be provided in Deschutes, Lane, and Multnomah counties (Cohort 1) by direct service provider organizations leading suicide prevention (SP) efforts. The Cohort 1 population is estimated at 375,868 (30.7% of youth in Oregon). For Years 3-5, IVP will select Cohort 2 counties for funding via a competitive request for proposals, with the population reach for Cohort 2 to be determined. Youth in Cohort 1 are 17.9% Hispanic across races, 63.0% non-Hispanic White, 4.6% non-Hispanic Black or African American (Black), 5.8% non-Hispanic Asian, 0.6% non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 0.8% non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native (AI/AN), with 7.4% non-Hispanic multiple races. The project goal is to implement suicide prevention & early intervention strategies and build capacity for youth in schools, educational institutions, juvenile justice systems, substance use programs, mental health programs, foster care systems, juvenile justice systems & other child- and youth-serving organizations. Objectives include the following: 1) convene a GLS team, 2) increase capacity for current GLS counties, 3) complete RFP for Years 3-5 (Cohort 2) to expand or establish local initiatives & establish evidence based (EB) youth SP, intervention & postvention strategies, 4) include youth track in annual Oregon Suicide Prevention Conference, 5-6) establish & support 6 youth SP coalitions comprising youth, primary & behavioral health care providers, and advocates representing school districts, veterans, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, juvenile justice, emergency response, and attempt & loss survivors, 7-8) update Postvention response plans in Cohort 1 & 2 counties, 9) increase capacity of youth-serving agencies, 10) provide EB, culturally-focused youth SP & intervention trainings to 10,000 diverse youth-serving professionals and community helpers, 11) establish SP trainings for staff & students in at least 30% of elementary, middle and high schools in Cohort 2 counties, 12-16) train 5,000 Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) employees in QPR, 1,000 ODHS employees & community members working with children & youth in ASIST, 12 employees or contracts as trainers in Youth SAVE (YS) for Child Welfare (CW), 500 employees in YS for CW, & 300 employees in OCALM, 17) offer 1 EB SP training to all Oregon Youth Authority (OYA) staff & increase to 3 trainings by Year 5, 18) provide 12 OCALM trainings to clinical service providers, totaling 480 clinicians, 19-20) provide 5 EB suicide risk assessment, management & treatment strategies for a total of 450 clinicians across cohorts 21) train 60 SBHC staff & other youth-serving adults in YS, 22) develop Postvention plan for all youth in the care of OYA, 23) OYA representative to serve on local Cohort 1 SP coalitions to improve continuity of care & follow up among OYA facilities & return to community, 24) Cohort 2 counties develop & implement comprehensive continuity of care & follow up plan for youth at risk for suicide, 25) promote integration of suicide safer care practices & metrics for youth among Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics, 26) hire a Black or African American SPC to reduce health disparities for BIPOC youth in one Cohort 1 county, 27) train 15 trainers for Be Sensitive Be Brave Mental Health & Suicide Prevention (BSBB), 28) train 1,000 youth serving adults in BSBB, 29) provide technical assistance & training to all Cohort 1 & 2 SPCs on role of Trauma Informed Care & DEI in SP.
