Suicide awareness and prevention training program for students and their community network of safety - care compass network (CCN), in collaboration with a portfolio of local school districts,…

Suicide awareness and prevention training program for students and their community network of safety - care compass network (CCN), in collaboration with a portfolio of local school districts, municipalities, coalitions and behavioral health providers, intends to deliver evidence-based suicide awareness and prevention training to school districts in broome county, new york. Focusing on positively impacting the health outcomes of students in middle and high school, our core objectives for this program include increasing mental health awareness, reducing stigma, and promoting earlier identification and intervention. CCN will train key resources in the student's community network of safety, including: peers, families, staff, faculty, behavioral health providers, and health care providers from participating agencies. Selected curriculums will be delivered through a tiered approach that incorporates the workflow and capacity of each school district, and participants will be able to engage at different levels ranging from 60 minutes to 2-day trainings. Care compass network will partner with qualified trainers to provide safetalk, asist, and other evidence-based suicide prevention trainings to participating recipients. Care compass network and partnering agencies will also support the development and/or enhancement of a closed-loop referral system for individuals who receive suicide prevention training to refer students to receive appropriate mental health services. Over the course of the next 5 years, using suicide awareness and prevention training as our vehicle to address the crisis head on, we aim to expand the conversation into other essential and often overlapping points along the behavioral health continuum, including the need for education within the primary care and emergency services settings. Lastly, with sustainability at the forefront of our strategy, we will address the gaps in local training resources through the facilitation and sponsorship of train the trainer programs. Participation in these programs will be focused on program champions and selection through school district superintendents as well as participating providers.