Overview

In our work with South Dakota and Wyoming’s Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Grants, we have seen the positive influence that a concerted suicide prevention program can have in a community. Further, our work with Mental Health America Colorado in updating their 10-year Suicide Prevention Plan has reinforced our belief in this continued effort with agencies coming together to work in their communities with tools that are proven to reduce the rate and the numbers of suicide. In addition, as a project for the WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health, we have co-produced, with the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC), a toolkit on suicide prevention for rural primary care providers.