Community Based Programs

R U OK?

Posters, wallet cards, buttons

Sept 2017 - Zero Attempts - New poster, Current semicolon wallet cards and buttons, new bathroom program (read some)

At 28 gold beach, 138 in Curry and Del Norte

741741 - 90%

Poster and wallet card with YOUTH suicide risk factors on back

This program is in schools, school based programs and therapists who work with teens

Sept, 2017 - wrist bands to eventually replace buttons

Bathroom cards (read a few)

Are hope is to get this in all four school districts

Participation Interest? Wrist bands, buttons, cards

Suicide Symposium: All hands on deck. Saturday, Sept 30, 3-5pm, Chetco Library

Purpose: to bring major stakeholders together to outline the issues, educate, provide awareness and prevention.

10 stakeholders: 

County Physical Health - hospital ER, urgent care, all doctors and nurses, school based

County Mental Health - overall and school based

First responders - Fire Department, CalOr

Law Enforcement - Lypsic, Safe Oregon, Sherif's Department, Juvenile Department

Education - school districts, counselors, nurses

Veterans - Roseburg VA, County VA, VA Clinic, VFW, Vietnam Vets, therapists who work with vets

Tribal - Tolowa Dee-ni National

Government - State representative, county commissioner

Faith based

Media - newspaper, radio

Each participant (10) to define what their part of the puzzle is, where the successes are, what needs improving, a timetable to make it happen, and what's needed from the other stakeholders,

Cross Support discussion: Open for requests of other stakeholders, including any commitments and timelines.

Open for public questions - not a time to promote their beliefs. Focus on stakeholders.

Next steps: follow-up. Ask community to fill out an evaluation and what more they would like to know.

Quotables: Ask stakeholders to provide quotables for the newspaper articles and possible radio interviews.

Provide community resources

Protocol