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New Hampshire State Suicide Prevention Information

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• State and Local Prevention Resources
• Legislation/Resolutions
• Funding Sources

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New Hampshire 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:

• 2010 – The New Hampshire Suicide Prevention Council released a revised Suicide Prevention Plan. The plan puts forth a number of new goals: routine screening for suicide risk by healthcare providers; advocacy for mental health care reform; and raising public awareness about suicide.
  
  
• 2009 – The Suicide Prevention Council continues to bring leaders together to implement and sustain the State Suicide Prevention Plan across the lifespan. Public/private partnerships are taking action to address specific initiatives.
  
  
• 2008 – Frameworks Project collaborating with NH National Guard to develop curriculum for suicide prevention/intervention and postvention for soldiers and their families.
  
  

State Events:

• Apr. 10, 2010
  Survivor of Suicide Loss Support Group Facilitator Training
  American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
  
  

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

• Youth Suicide Prevention Assembly(YSPA)
  
  
• NH Suicide Prevention Council
  
  
• Spring 2008 New Hampshire Suicide Prevention Newsletter
  
  
• NH Health Data Inventory
  
  
• NAMI-NH CONNECT Suicide Prevention Project
  
  

Legislation/Resolutions:

• 2008 – Chapter 265 establishes a suicide prevention council to oversee the implementation of the New Hampshire suicide prevention plan.
  
  
• 2008 – Chapter 251 requires the State Board of Education to provide information about youth suicide prevention to all public and private schools to promote the delivery of appropriate courses and programs. The bill also establishes a Committee to review the efforts of the New Hampshire Youth Suicide Prevention Advisory Assembly in developing a statewide comprehensive plan for youth suicide prevention.
  
  

Funding Sources:

• 2009 – NAMI NH Connect Garrett Lee Smith Project for youth suicide prevention received $1.5 million in funding over 3 years from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  
  

For assistance, please contact your SPRC Prevention Specialist, Effie Malley, by email at emalley@edc.org or telephone at 617-618-2793.

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