Wednesday, January 15, 2025
1/15/2025
The Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC) Campus Suicide Prevention Program will build capacity for facilitating mental health education and suicide prevention. Activities will center on creating a strong community network, implementing a Crisis Response Plan, and providing training and education to promote awareness of the need for better understanding of mental health issues and to encourage positive help-seeking behaviors. The project will serve community college students in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This population includes students who are: low income, academically at-risk, traditional/non-traditional students, and minority students. Targeted student populations are veterans, LGBTQ, and students with disabilities. GRCC will use the REACH Training Sessions and Mental Health First Aid Training for faculty, staff, and students; suicide prevention and mental health awareness events and campaigns; integration of training into mandatory courses; education seminars and workshops. Project goals: 1) GRCC will have a strong networking infrastructure that links its campuses with community partners and ensures students, faculty, and staff have access to a broad range of resources; 2) GRCC will have a Crisis Response Plan outlining the protocols for a coordinated response to a crisis on campus including a suicide attempt; 3) GRCC faculty, staff, and students will be trained as gatekeepers; 4) GRCC will implement suicide prevention programming to promote a strong awareness of the need for better understanding of mental health and wellness issues and to encourage positive help-seeking behaviors. GRCC will serve 26 students in year one; 9,600 in year two; and 9,600 in year three for a total of 19,226 for all three years of the grant project.
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