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September 2005

• SPRC announces the fifth installment in the Discussion Series!
  True Thao from the Hmong American Partnership "Creating Effective Suicide Prevention Strategies for the Hmong Community: We Are The Peace We Need. We Are Our Own Solutions" on September 26, 2005. Read more.
  (September 22, 2005)



• SAMHSA Awards States, Campuses and SPRC Suicide Prevention Grants
  The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced 37 grants with a first year total of $9.7 million to support national suicide prevention efforts. These grants will support a suicide prevention resource center, suicide prevention efforts on college campus, and state and tribal youth suicide prevention and early intervention programs across the country. Education Development Center, Inc. was awarded the grant to continue to operate the Suicide Prevention Resource Center.
  
  Fourteen states were awarded youth suicide prevention and early intervention strategy grants: Arizona, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and the Native American Rehab Association of NW, Inc. in Portland, Oregon.
  
  To read the details and the list of 22 Campus suicide prevention grantees, visit
  http://www.samhsa.gov/news/newsreleases/050920_grants.html
  (September 20, 2005)



• Hurricane Katrina Information and Resources
  
  • Educational Calls on Suicide Prevention in the Aftermath of Katrina.
    On September 22 and 23, The Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network is hosting conference calls about preventing suicide in the aftermath of Katrina.
    For more information, visit http://www.nattc.org/katrinaResponse/suicidePrev.htm
  
  (September 19, 2005)
  
  
  • Federal disaster relief information, by SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center
    http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/katrina/
  
  
  
  • Information for Crisis Center staff and members of the public who are concerned about persons who have been residing in the devastated Gulf Coast region (updated daily), by the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
    http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/disaster/
  
  
  
  • Hurricane Katrina Aftermath Resources, a list compiled by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center. http://www.sprc.org/hurricane_resources/index.asp

August 2005

• SPRC announces the fourth installment in the Discussion Series! Jerry Reed of SPAN USA will be presenting on the topic of "Suicide Prevention among Older Adults" on August 11, 2005. Read more.
(August 1, 2005)


• Now Available- Presentations from the SPRC Regions 3 and 5 Conference in Portland, Oregon.
  Go to Presentations

July 2005

• Federal Mental Health Action Agenda: ederal Mental Health Action Agenda Announced Building on the 2002 work of The President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, the federal government announced the beginning of a multi-year effort to alter the form and function of the mental health system. Six cabinet level departments have created a Federal Executive Steering Committee to guide the work of the transformation. A highlight of the Agenda is "Act immediately to reduce the number of suicides in the nation through implementation of the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention."
  Read the July 22, 2005 Press Release
  Go to The Federal Action Agenda: First Steps
  Go to the 2002 Report of The President's New Freedom Commission (PDF)

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