February 2020

SPRC’s recently released Recommendations for State Suicide Prevention Infrastructure (Infrastructure Recommendations) lay out essential infrastructure elements for advancing state suicide prevention efforts. Read on for updates related to these recommendations, including a new data supplement, upcoming webinar, and more!

State Infrastructure Tools

Data Infrastructure: Recommendations for State Suicide Prevention. This new supplement to the Infrastructure Recommendations can help state and local leaders understand the data resources and systems needed to effectively direct suicide prevention efforts.

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Upcoming Webinar

Creating a Stronger Data Infrastructure for Suicide Prevention February 25, 2020 , 3 – 4 p.m. ET Are you a state leader or epidemiologist tasked with advancing suicide prevention planning? Join SPRC on February 25 from 3 to 4 p.m. for a webinar focused on our new Data Infrastructure: Recommendations for State Suicide Prevention. Participants will learn six concrete recommendations for creating infrastructure that supports data-driven decision-making in suicide prevention: Establishing core leadership positions and leadership buy-in for building data infrastructure to support suicide prevention Creating partnerships, coalitions, and/or prevention centers to support data infrastructure Building or enhancing a system for identifying data sources and sharing data Building or enhancing a system for analyzing data Building or enhancing a system for using data Collecting, analyzing, and using data from state systems Presenters from Colorado and Texas will also share examples of how the recommendations have been applied in their states, and participants will have an opportunity to ask questions.

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State Infrastructure Success Stories

The State Infrastructure Success Stories highlight real-life examples of states that have built infrastructure essential for advancing suicide prevention.   Massachusetts Authorization for Suicide Prevention Funding. This success story outlines how the funds for Massachusetts suicide prevention efforts were initially raised, how suicide prevention became an annual state budget line item, and how suicide prevention efforts continue to be funded, managed, and evaluated. New Hampshire’s Sustainable Suicide Prevention Plan. This success story summarizes the key role that the New Hampshire Suicide Prevention Council and state plan play in developing and sustaining suicide prevention efforts in the state. New York’s Suicide Prevention Academy. This success story describes how New York state’s funding, interagency collaboration, and support of local coalitions enable the key suicide prevention players to receive the training and education they need to develop and implement suicide prevention efforts in local communities.

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The Suicide Prevention Resource Center at EDC is supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), under Grant No. 5U79SM062297. The views, opinions, and content expressed in this product do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, or policies of CMHS, SAMHSA, or HHS.

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