Sunday, May 11, 2025
5/11/2025
SVSU Mental Health Prevention and Awareness Project - Project Name: SVSU Mental Health Prevention and Awareness Project Saginaw Valley State University, an institution of higher education, will facilitate a comprehensive approach to prevent suicide among students and enhance services for students with mental and behavioral health problems. SVSU will activate the Active Minds Chapter to increase awareness and decrease mental health stigma and train faculty, staff and students to recognize the warning signs of mental and behavioral health issues. Population served: The project is geared toward all SVSU students and workshops and trainings will include faculty, staff and students. The 2010 fall semester enrollment is 10,656 students - 8,647 undergraduate, 1,465 graduate students, 544 other status; 40% male, 60% female; 70% of the students are age 25 or younger; average age for undergraduate student is 23; demographics: Native American (41) 0.38%; Asian American (74) 0.69%; African American (888) 8.33%; Hispanic (243) 2.28%; Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (4) 0.04%; White (8,460) 79.39%; Multi-racial (90) 0.84%; International (419) 3.93%; Canadian (40) 0.38%; Unknown (397) 3.73%. In the academic year 2009/2010 we had 16 students that demonstrated some form of suicide gesture, ideation or attempt, which warranted some type of intervention. Strategies/interventions: Address the current crisis response plan and create programming and awareness on campus for students, faculty/staff on mental health issues which include trainings on suicide prevention. Project goal: Facilitate a comprehensive approach to prevent suicide and enhance services forstudents with mental and behavioral health problems. Measurable objectives: (1) Yearly SVSU will hold online or on site monthly training sessions in cooperation with two partnering agencies that focus on warning signs for 20 faculty,staff, and students/session. (2) The Active Minds Chapter will have 18 peer health educators by the end of year 3 of the project.
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).