Connect suicide prevention program: expanding access to suicide prevention education in new hampshire - nami new hampshire (national alliance on mental illness) will utilize this funding to expand…

Connect suicide prevention program: expanding access to suicide prevention education in new hampshire - nami new hampshire (national alliance on mental illness) will utilize this funding to expand access to suicide prevention education in new hampshire and increase awareness of suicide prevention training and resources for granite staters. Using its nationally and internationally recognized connect program, nami NH will expand access to suicide prevention education throughout new hampshire. Project goals include expanding to suicide prevention education in new hampshire by hiring staff who will manage the project and increasing capacity for outreach to communities and key sectors; providing suicide prevention education throughout the state of NH by disseminating access to up to 5,000 connect elearning seats and offering two connect virtual trainings for up to 30 individuals; ensuring connect is representative of all communities, including underserved and marginalized populations by retaining a consultant to review the connect modules and make recommendations for diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility , tailoring modules to meet the needs of diverse and underserved communities, and providing translation services; and improving the user experience for connect online by increasing capacity for technical support and developing a user-searchable knowledge base for self-guided help requests. Trainings will be delivered statewide via connect elearning (a web-based, asynchronous, self-guided, interactive training) and connect virtual (instruction is provided in real time by a trainer via zoom or another virtual platform) to an array of community partners, communities, and sectors as listed above, chief among them schools. Nami NH will disseminate up to 5,000 connect elearning seats with grant funds and provide two (2) connect virtual trainings for up to thirty (30) individuals. The total number proposed to be served with grant funds is 5,030.