GLS state/tribal youth suicide - the oregon garrett LEE smith youth suicide prevention and early intervention program (GLS), managed by oregon health authority injury & violence prevention (IVP), will…

GLS state/tribal youth suicide - the oregon garrett LEE smith youth suicide prevention and early intervention program (GLS), managed by oregon health authority injury & violence prevention (IVP), will focus on youth up to age 24 in counties with youth suicide rates higher than the national average. In years 1 & 2, capacity building and activities will be provided in deschutes, lane, and multnomah counties (cohort 1) by direct service provider organizations leading suicide prevention (SP) efforts. The cohort 1 population is estimated at 375,868 (30.7% of youth in oregon). For years 3-5, IVP will select cohort 2 counties for funding via a competitive request for proposals, with the population reach for cohort 2 to be determined. Youth in cohort 1 are 17.9% hispanic across races, 63.0% non-hispanic white, 4.6% non-hispanic BLACK or african american (BLACK), 5.8% non-hispanic asian, 0.6% non-hispanic native hawaiian or pacific islander, 0.8% non-hispanic american indian or alaska native (AI/an), with 7.4% non-hispanic multiple races. The project goal is to implement suicide prevention & early intervention strategies and build capacity for youth in schools, educational institutions, juvenile justice systems, substance use programs, mental health programs, foster care systems, juvenile justice systems & other child- and youth-serving organizations. Objectives include the following: 1) convene a GLS team, 2) increase capacity for current GLS counties, 3) complete RFP for years 3-5 (cohort 2) to expand or establish local initiatives & establish evidence based (EB) youth SP, intervention & postvention strategies, 4) include youth track in annual oregon suicide prevention conference, 5-6) establish & support 6 youth SP coalitions comprising youth, primary & behavioral health care providers, and advocates representing school districts, veterans, lgbtq+, bipoc, juvenile justice, emergency response, and attempt & loss survivors, 7-8) update postvention response plans in cohort 1 & 2 counties, 9) increase capacity of youth-serving agencies, 10) provide EB, culturally-focused youth SP & intervention trainings to 10,000 diverse youth-serving professionals and community helpers, 11) establish SP trainings for staff & students in at least 30% of elementary, middle and high schools in cohort 2 counties, 12-16) train 5,000 oregon department of human services (ODHS) employees in QPR, 1,000 ODHS employees & community members working with children & youth in asist, 12 employees or contracts as trainers in youth save (YS) for child welfare (CW), 500 employees in YS for CW, & 300 employees in ocalm, 17) offer 1 EB SP training to all oregon youth authority (OYA) staff & increase to 3 trainings by year 5, 18) provide 12 ocalm trainings to clinical service providers, totaling 480 clinicians, 19-20) provide 5 EB suicide risk assessment, management & treatment strategies for a total of 450 clinicians across cohorts 21) train 60 sbhc staff & other youth-serving adults in YS, 22) develop postvention plan for all youth in the care of OYA, 23) OYA representative to serve on local cohort 1 SP coalitions to improve continuity of care & follow up among OYA facilities & return to community, 24) cohort 2 counties develop & implement comprehensive continuity of care & follow up plan for youth at risk for suicide, 25) promote integration of suicide safer care practices & metrics for youth among certified community behavioral health clinics, 26) hire a BLACK or african american SPC to reduce health disparities for bipoc youth in one cohort 1 county, 27) train 15 trainers for be sensitive be brave mental health & suicide prevention (BSBB), 28) train 1,000 youth serving adults in BSBB, 29) provide technical assistance & training to all cohort 1 & 2 spcs on role of trauma informed care & DEI in SP.