Saturday, June 7, 2025
6/7/2025
LOUISIANA PARTNERSHIP FOR YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION - The Louisiana Partnership for Youth Suicide Prevention (LPYSP) advances strategies of the LA SJ.A.R. Plan to strengthen public and private partnerships, cultivate community efforts, mobilize existing resources, expand gatekeeper training, increase awareness of youth suicide and prevention, to provide timely referral resources to families and survivors, to increase support groups for survivors, to strengthen linkages between crisis response teams. This grant will expand statewide the youth suicide prevention efforts of the 2001 LA Youth Suicide Prevention Task Force. After receiving funding from the SAMHSA Garret Lee Smith Grant in 2006, the established Task Force transitioned into the new statewide collaborative known as the LPYSP. LPYSP is comprised of a broad range of public and private partners. This group serves as the governing body to undertake the oversight, development, monitoring, and evaluation of program activities to reduce youth suicides and suicide attempts in LA. The project targets 15000 youth and young adult ages 10 to 24 years old consisting of middle, high, and college students and professionals that serve this population. A high priority of this program will be early intervention, prevention and assessment services to youth and young adults who are at risk for mental or emotional disorders, substance abuse disorders that may lead to suicide or a suicide attempts. Through partnerships across systems the integration of suicide prevention resources and services in schools, universities, juvenile justice systems, substance abuse and mental health programs, foster care systems and other child youth support agencies that target at-risk youth population will increase their competence and awareness of youth suicide risk.
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).