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  • Check out the Latest BPR Listings and Apply Today!

    Have you checked out SPRC’s Best Practices Registry (BPR) lately? In the past several months, we’ve added dozens of programs and interventions that work to prevent suicide, including those that increase help-seeking, reduce access to means, and strengthen economic supports. Check out these new programs—and consider joining them! Having your program listed in the BPR […] See more...

  • Check out the Latest BPR Listings and Apply Today!

    Have you checked out SPRC’s Best Practices Registry (BPR) lately? In the past several months, we’ve added dozens of programs and interventions that work to prevent suicide, including those that promote connectedness, strengthen suicide care, and create protective environments. Check out these new programs—and consider joining them! Having your program listed in the BPR will […] See more...

  • BPR Application Office Hours—Extended by Popular Demand!

    SPRC’s new Best Practices Registry (BPR) is seeking applications for programs and interventions that prevent suicide. Working on an application or considering it? Wherever you are in the process, we’re here to help—for one more month! To help meet popular demand, we’re happy to announce we’ve extended our weekly office hours through June. In each […] See more...

  • BPR Application Office Hours—Extended by Popular Demand!

    SPRC’s new Best Practices Registry (BPR) is seeking applications for programs and interventions that prevent suicide. See more...

  • BPR Application Office Hours—Extended by Popular Demand!

    SPRC’s new Best Practices Registry (BPR) is seeking applications for programs and interventions that prevent suicide. Working on an application or considering it? Wherever you are in the process, we’re here to help—for one more month! To help meet popular demand, we’re happy to announce we’ve extended our weekly office hours through May. In each […] See more...

  • BPR Application Office Hours—Extended by Popular Demand!

    SPRC’s new Best Practices Registry (BPR) is seeking applications for programs and interventions that prevent suicide. Working on an application or considering it? Wherever you are in the process, we’re here to help—for one more month! To help meet popular demand, we’re happy to announce we’ve extended our weekly office hours through May. In each […] See more...

  • BPR Application Office Hours—Extended by Popular Demand!

    SPRC’s new Best Practices Registry (BPR) is seeking applications for programs and interventions that prevent suicide. Working on an application or considering it? Wherever you are in the process, we’re here to help—for one more month! To help meet popular demand, we’re happy to announce we’ve extended our weekly office hours through May. In each […] See more...

  • BPR Application Office Hours—Extended by Popular Demand!

    SPRC’s new Best Practices Registry (BPR) is seeking applications for programs and interventions that prevent suicide. Working on an application or considering it? Wherever you are in the process, we’re here to help—for one more month! To help meet popular demand, we’re happy to announce we’ve extended our weekly office hours through May. In each […] See more...

  • BPR Application Office Hours

    BPR Application Office Hours

    Have questions? We are here to help! SPRC’s new Best Practices Registry (BPR) is seeking applications for programs and interventions that prevent suicide. Working on an application or considering it? Wherever you are in the process, we’re here to help! As of June 14, 2023, the BPR team will no longer be offering weekly office hours, but […] See more...

  • BPR Archive

    Looking for the SPRC Best Practices Registry? A new version of the SPRC Best Practices Registry (BPR) is in production. We’re currently seeking applications for programs and interventions that incorporate national frameworks, best practices, and culturally relevant approaches, as well as upstream strategies to prevent suicide risk before it starts. If you are looking for suicide […] See more...

  • Suicide Prevention: A Gatekeeper Training for School Personnel Added to BPR Section III

    This two-hour training, developed by the Riverside Trauma Center, is designed for licensed school personnel, including elementary through high school teachers, administrators, and support staff. It covers basic suicide facts, warning signs, and risk and protective factors and offers ways to ask students about suicidal thoughts and behaviors and help students who may be struggling to access […] See more...

  • SPRC Highlights in 2023

  • Apply to Be a Reviewer for SPRC’s Best Practices Registry!

    The SPRC BPR team is currently building a pool of reviewers with a wide range of expertise to review BPR application submissions. Reviewers need to: If you are interested in becoming a BPR submission reviewer, please complete this application. Questions? Email sprcbpr@ou.edu. See more...

  • Apply to the New Best Practices Registry—With Our Help!

    SPRC’s new Best Practices Registry (BPR) is seeking applications for programs and interventions that prevent suicide. Working on an application or considering it? Wherever you are in the process, we’re here to help! For one month only, SPRC’s BPR Team is holding weekly office hours to support you in completing your application. The team will […] See more...

  • Apply to the New Best Practices Registry—With Our Help!

    SPRC’s new Best Practices Registry (BPR) is seeking applications for programs and interventions that prevent suicide. Working on an application or considering it? Wherever you are in the process, we’re here to help! For one month only, SPRC’s BPR Team is holding weekly office hours to support you in completing your application. The team will […] See more...

  • Apply to the New Best Practices Registry—With Our Help!

    SPRC’s new Best Practices Registry (BPR) is seeking applications for programs and interventions that prevent suicide. Working on an application or considering it? Wherever you are in the process, we’re here to help! For one month only, SPRC’s BPR Team is holding weekly office hours to support you in completing your application. The team will […] See more...

  • Join Us in Launching SPRC’s New Best Practices Registry!

    We’re excited to invite you to join us in launching SPRC’s new Best Practices Registry (BPR)! The same one-stop source you know and trust for suicide prevention programs and interventions, the BPR is guided by a new vision—to increase health equity through expanded access and representation. Implementing this vision takes teamwork! Join us in launching […] See more...

  • Apply to the New Best Practices Registry Today!

    SPRC’s new Best Practices Registry (BPR) is seeking applications for programs and interventions that incorporate national frameworks, best practices, and culturally relevant approaches, as well as upstream strategies to prevent suicide risk before it starts. The latest BPR is the same one-stop source you know and trust for suicide prevention programs and interventions, guided by […] See more...

  • Apply to the New Best Practices Registry Today!

    SPRC’s new Best Practices Registry (BPR) is seeking applications for programs and interventions that incorporate national frameworks, best practices, and culturally relevant approaches, as well as upstream strategies to prevent suicide risk before it starts. The latest BPR is the same one-stop source you know and trust for suicide prevention programs and interventions, guided by […] See more...

  • Apply to the New Best Practices Registry Today!

    SPRC’s new Best Practices Registry (BPR) is seeking applications for programs and interventions that incorporate expert consensus, best practices, and culturally relevant approaches, as well as upstream strategies to prevent suicide risk before it starts. The latest BPR is the same one-stop source you know and trust for suicide prevention programs and interventions, guided by […] See more...

  • Apply to the New Best Practices Registry Today!

    SPRC’s new Best Practices Registry (BPR) is seeking applications for programs and interventions that incorporate expert consensus, best practices, and culturally relevant approaches, as well as upstream strategies to prevent suicide risk before it starts. The latest BPR is the same one-stop source you know and trust for suicide prevention programs and interventions, guided by […] See more...

  • Apply to the New Best Practices Registry Today!

    SPRC’s new Best Practices Registry (BPR) is seeking applications for programs and interventions that incorporate expert consensus, best practices, and culturally relevant approaches, as well as upstream strategies to prevent suicide risk before it starts. The latest BPR is the same one-stop source you know and trust for suicide prevention programs and interventions, guided by […] See more...

  • Black History Month: An Invitation to Cultural Humility

    Black History Month: An Invitation to Cultural Humility

    Learn how to foster the three elements of cultural humility and incorporate them in your work. See more...

  • Apply to the New Best Practices Registry Today!

    SPRC’s new Best Practices Registry (BPR) is seeking applications for programs and interventions that incorporate expert consensus, best practices, and culturally relevant approaches, as well as upstream strategies to prevent suicide risk before it starts. The latest BPR is the same one-stop source you know and trust for suicide prevention programs and interventions, guided by […] See more...

  • Apply to the New Best Practices Registry Today!

    SPRC’s new Best Practices Registry (BPR) is seeking applications for programs and interventions that incorporate expert consensus, best practices, and culturally relevant approaches, as well as upstream strategies to prevent suicide risk before it starts. The latest BPR is the same one-stop source you know and trust for suicide prevention programs and interventions, guided by […] See more...

  • Apply to the New Best Practices Registry Today!

    SPRC’s new Best Practices Registry (BPR) is seeking applications for programs and interventions that incorporate expert consensus, best practices, and culturally relevant approaches, as well as upstream strategies to prevent suicide risk before it starts. The latest BPR is the same one-stop source you know and trust for suicide prevention programs and interventions, guided by […] See more...

  • Apply to the New Best Practices Registry Today!

    SPRC’s new Best Practices Registry (BPR) is seeking applications for programs and interventions that incorporate expert consensus, best practices, and culturally relevant approaches, as well as upstream strategies to prevent suicide risk before it starts. The latest BPR is the same one-stop source you know and trust for suicide prevention programs and interventions, guided by […] See more...

  • SPRC Highlights in 2022

    SPRC 2022 Webinars Assessing Community Suicide Prevention Needs: A Workbook for State Coordinators 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Implementation Resources 2022 State and Territorial Needs Assessment New National Public Perception Survey Data Applying to the SPRC Best Practices Registry See more...

  • Online Library

    Use the Resources Type filter on the left to find resources (e.g., tools, fact sheets, reports) developed by SPRC and other suicide prevention organizations and experts. See more...

  • Collaboration Is Key to Upstream Suicide Prevention

    Collaboration Is Key to Upstream Suicide Prevention

    Learn how SPRC’s new Best Practices Registry will help you incorporate upstream suicide prevention in your work. See more...

  • Finding Programs and Practices

    One of the steps in a strategic planning approach to suicide prevention is to find programs and practices that address the risk and protective factors you will be targeting. Program registries and lists are great sources of information on suicide prevention programs and practices. This page will help you: SPRC Best Practices Registry We’re excited to […] See more...

  • Ensure Access to Effective Care and Treatment

    Ensuring that effective care for suicide risk is available to individuals at risk for suicide is a key component of suicide prevention. What Works Elements of effective care and treatment for suicide risk include the following: Treatment should focus on suicide risk and underlying mental and/or substance use disorders. Strategies to Consider Take Action See more...

  • Evidence-Based Prevention

    Practicing evidence-based prevention means using the best available research and data throughout the process of planning and implementing your suicide prevention efforts. Evidence-based prevention includes: Engaging in Evidence-Based Practice Evidence-based practice has been defined as “the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of communities and populations […] See more...

  • Culturally Competent Approaches

    Your suicide prevention efforts will more likely be effective if they are based on the values, needs, and strengths of the groups you are trying to reach. Suicide prevention efforts should be respectful and responsive to groups’ beliefs, practices, and cultural and linguistic needs and preferences. Factors to consider include not only race and ethnicity, […] See more...

  • CDC Releases Suicide Prevention Resource for Action

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released the Suicide Prevention Resource for Action (Suicide Prevention Resource)—an updated, expanded, and renamed version of Preventing Suicide: A Technical Package of Policy, Programs, and Practices. The Suicide Prevention Resource includes three components that states and communities can use to inform their suicide prevention efforts: (1) strategies; (2) approaches; […] See more...

  • SPRC’s New Best Practices Registry Is Now Accepting Applications!

    We’re excited to announce that SPRC’s new Best Practices Registry (BPR) is now accepting applications. The latest BPR is the same one-stop source you know and trust for suicide prevention programs and interventions, guided by a new vision—to increase health equity through expanded access and representation. To implement this vision, we need you! We’re seeking applications for […] See more...

  • National Conference on American Indian/Alaska Native Injury and Violence Prevention

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Indian Health Service (IHS) are hosting the second National Conference on American Indian/Alaska Native Injury and Violence Prevention. The conference will take place online from July 26 to 28. See more...

  • A Call for Collaboration: Community-Based Participatory Research

    A Call for Collaboration: Community-Based Participatory Research

    Learn how integrating lived experience in evidence-based practices can profoundly increase their impact. See more...

  • CALIFORNIA: CDC Report: Youth Suicide Rates in Santa Clara County Highest in Palo Alto, Morgan Hill

    The Mercury News Following a one-year epidemiological investigation, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a report on youth suicide in Santa Clara County. According to the report, Palo Alto and Morgan Hill have the highest suicide rates in the county among 10- to 24-year-olds. In addition, males and 20- to […] See more...

  • The New SPRC.org

    The New SPRC.org

    The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) is proud to announce the launch of its new website, which was designed to reflect the enormous progress made in the science and practice of suicide prevention since SPRC first went online in 2002. In the last 14 years, we have increased our understanding of why people die by […] See more...

  • Qungasvik Toolbox: A toolbox for promoting youth sobriety and reasons for living in Yup’ik/Cup’ik communities

    This toolkit has 36 cultural and bicultural activities designed to build protection from suicide and alcohol abuse in communities, families and youth. For background, development and evaluation of this program see: Creating Qungasvik (a Yup’ik intervention ‘‘toolbox’’): Case examples from a community-developed and culturally-driven intervention; Indigenizing CBPR: Evaluation of a community-based and participatory research process implementation […] See more...