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Georgia State Suicide Prevention Information

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• State Events
• History of State Suicide Prevention Efforts
• State and Local Prevention Resources
• Legislation/Resolutions
• Funding Sources

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Georgia Contact Information:

Please click on contact information to view the person(s) taking the lead in suicide prevention planning efforts in all of the states or territories.

Recent Developments:

• 2008 – Suicide Prevention Day was held in Atlanta at the Capitol in Atlanta on March 6. Miss Teen Georgia, who is working with Marti Vogt, chair of the SPCGA, has chosen suicide as her platform.
  
  
• 2008 – A conference focused on taking a public health approach to suicide prevention on colleges and universities in Georgia was held in Athens on February 27-28 at the University of Georgia.
  
  
• 2007 – The 2nd Georgia Suicide Prevention Stakeholders Symposium: Sustaining the Momentum was held on April 25-26 in Callaway Gardens to develop and prioritize a sustainable action plan for suicide prevention. The symposium was planned by members of the Suicide Prevention Coalition of Georgia and attended by coalition members and their partners from around the state.
  
  

State Events:

Visit the SPRC Calendar of Events for more details on all state and national events. If you would like to add a particular event, please take a moment to fill out our online Add Your Event form.

State and Local Prevention Resources:

Organizations

Materials

• National Mental Health Association of Georgia Brochures
  
  
• Health Behaviors Among Georgia Youth: A Decade of Change, 1993 and 2003
  
  
• 2003 Georgia Student Health Survey Report
  
  
• Integrated Health Resources – Behavioral Health Link
  • 1-866-821-0465 - Serving Fulton and Clayton counties
  • 1-800-766-6041 - Serving 13 counties of Greater Augusta area
    (Burke, Columbia, Emanuel, Glascock, Jefferson, Jenkins, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond, Screven, Taliaferro, Warren, and Wilkes)
  • 1-800-273-TALK - (All of Georgia)
  
  
  

Legislation/Resolutions:

• None

Funding Sources:

• None

For assistance, please contact your SPRC Prevention Specialist, Katherine Wootten, by email at kwootten@edc.org or telephone at 202-572-3722.

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