Cooperative Agreements for State-sponsored Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention (Short Title: State and Tribal Youth Suicide Prevention Grants)

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2013 Cooperative Agreements for State-Sponsored Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention (Short Title: State/Tribal Youth Suicide Prevention Cooperative Agreements). The purpose of this program is to support states and tribes in developing and implementing statewide or tribal youth suicide prevention and early intervention strategies, grounded in public/private collaboration. Such efforts must involve public/private collaboration among youth-serving institutions and agencies and should include schools, educational institutions, juvenile justice systems, foster care systems, substance abuse and mental health programs, families and youth, and other child and youth supporting organizations. As a result of the State/Tribal Youth Suicide Prevention grants, states, tribes and communities will: • increase the number of persons in youth serving organizations such as schools, foster care systems, juvenile justice programs, trained to identify and refer youth at risk for suicide; • increase the number of health, mental health, and substance abuse providers trained to assess, manage and treat youth at risk for suicide; • increase the number of youth identified at risk for suicide; • increase the number of youth at risk for suicide referred for behavioral health care services; • increase the number of youth at risk for suicide who receive behavioral health care services; and • increase the promotion of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.