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New Mexico State Suicide Prevention Information

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

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New Mexico 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:

• State grantee of Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act (SAMHSA) funding
  
  
• Governor's Youth Suicide Task Force releases recommendations
  
  
• Updating Youth Suicide Prevention Plan to encompass the lifespan
  
  
• Youth Suicide Prevention Coalition testifying in front of Legislative Health and Human Services Committee
  
  

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

• NM Suicide Prevention Coalition
  
  
• Policies and Procedures for School-based Health Centers
  
  
• The State of Health in New Mexico: 2000 Report – (Chapter XII: Violent Behavior)
  
  
• Suicide Prevention Evaluation in a Western Athabaskan American Indian Tribe – New Mexico, 1988-1997: MMWR April 10, 1998 /47(13); 257-261
  
  
• Effectiveness in Disease and Injury Prevention Adolescent Suicide and Suicide Attempts – Santa Fe County, New Mexico, January 1985 - May 1990 - CDC/MMWR
  
  

Legislation/Resolutions:

• 2005 – State grantee of Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act (SAMHSA) funding: Approximately $400,000
  
  
• Senate Bill 210 – making an appropriation to the Department of Health to provide suicide prevention resources and support community coordination efforts
  
  
• Executive Order 2004-061 – establishing the Youth Suicide Prevention Task Force
  
  
• Senate Joint Memorial 39 – directing the commission on higher education and other appropriate state agencies to study mental health issues of students in New Mexico's colleges and universities and analyze existing health and counseling services available to students
  
  
• $25,00 per annum from the state beginning in 2003
  
  
• $10,000 awarded by the Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation to the New Mexico Suicide Intervention Project, Inc. in 2002
  
  

Funding Sources:

• None

For assistance, please contact your SPRC Prevention Specialist, Gayle Jaffe, by email at gjaffe@edc.org or telephone at 202-572-3773.

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