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Daytona Beach Community College (2005–2008)

Program Description:
Daytona Beach Community College (DBCC), in collaboration with Bethune-Cookman College (B-CC) and the University of Central Florida (UCF), will provide suicide prevention education and information to college students, faculty, and staff in Volusia and Flagler Counties. The Campus LIFE (Life Is For Everyone) Project will create a mental and behavioral health services network and provide suicide prevention training and education. In 2004, there were 110 suicides among the 500,000 residents of the two-county area on the central east coast of Florida. The Campus LIFE project will change suicide prevention efforts from reactive to proactive in the following ways. The Campus LIFE Project will develop a resource network of mental and behavioral health services available to college students at free or reduced rates. The Campus LIFE project will conduct educational training and seminars to inform students, faculty, and staff, and reduce stigmas associated with seeking help for mental and behavioral needs. The project will train the trainer, train a student peer group, provide educational seminars for staff, and provide educational seminars for students. A counselor will attend each educational seminar to conduct crisis intervention and refer participants to the resource network if the need arises. The Campus LIFE project will provide suicide prevention educational seminars for 25% of each partner's faculty and staff; approximately 348, and 200 students each year of the grant.

For additional information on past grantees, contact Leah Horn at 617-618-2283 or by email at lhorn@edc.org

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