RFGP 6264-0 Attachment C.docx

ATTACHMENT C - SUICIDE PREVENTION PROJECT PLAN

Time Frame: January 1, 2027 – December 31, 2027 Organization Name: _________________________ Please list major activities/actions, who will do them and measurable outcomes for planned program strategies where applicable. Add more rows for Key Tasks as needed.

Grant Activities (From 2.2a. Required Activities) Key Tasks (name the key steps you will take to achieve the grant activity) Lead Person (who will be responsible)

Establish or work with an existing community coalition on suicide prevention. Including collaborating providers, youth-serving organizations, youth and lived experience voice.

Increase and target outreach, training and services as appropriate for youth and organizations that work with youth identified at high risk, including, but not limited to: schools, educational institutions, juvenile justice systems, substance abuse prevention and treatment programs, primary care, mental health programs, foster care systems, LGBTQ+ youth organizations, Tribes and tribal organizations, service members, veterans and their families (SMVF), Latine youth, youth with serious mental illness, youth experiencing a first episode of psychosis, or have received a diagnosis of schizophrenia or psychotic mood disorder, trauma survivors, school dropouts, unemployed youth people, and other child and youth support organizations.

Implement systems-wide crisis response plans among physical, mental, and behavioral health providers, hospitals, emergency departments, first responders, crisis lines, and other providers as appropriate. Assess and update response plans throughout grant period.

Convene a team of decision-makers from physical, mental, and behavioral healthcare systems including representatives from emergency departments, Coordinated Care Organization(s) and inpatient psychiatric units (if applicable) to assess current practice guidelines for continuity of care, including follow-up for youth discharged from ED or stay in an inpatient psychiatric unit after suicide attempt or suicidal ideation. Update and revise guidelines, establish policies and procedures, execute MOUs or other interagency agreements, and monitor adoption throughout grant period.

Provide community helper trainings in evidence-based suicide prevention strategies including Question Persuade, and Refer (QPR), ), Oregon Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (OCALM), Be Sensitive Be Brave (BSBB), and other OHA approved community helper trainings to persons in youth-serving organizations such as schools, foster care system, juvenile justice system, and after school programs to increase identification and referral of youth at risk of suicide. County must specify the number of trainings and what type of trainings they anticipate they will be able to provide each year. OHA will work with counties to ensure grant goals are met while also considering county size (urban, rural or frontier).

Implement at least one public awareness activity annually

Establish suicide prevention training for staff (QPR or similar) and students (Sources of Strength or similar) in at least 30% of jurisdiction’s elementary, middle and high schools. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) requires active, informed consent for student curriculum.

Work with at least two youth-serving systems in the jurisdiction to develop and implement evidence-based suicide risk assessment strategies that may include the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale and/or PHQ-9. Tools must be approved by OHA.

Host trainings in evidence-based suicide risk assessment, management and treatment strategies for clinicians which can include providers at School Based Health Centers. Training must be approved by OHA. Number of trainings and how many professionals will be trained must be specified based on county size (urban, rural or frontier) and healthcare infrastructure. OHA will work with counties to ensure grant goals are met while considering county size (urban, rural or frontier).

Connect back to statewide work through Oregon Alliance to Prevent Suicide Membership and engagement with state’s Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Plan (YSIPP).

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