News Type: Weekly Spark Announcement

Vibrant Emotional Health (Vibrant) is relaunching the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (988 Lifeline) Committees and Disaster Distress Helpline (DDH) Steering Committee. The committees’ purpose is to provide a consistent, cooperative body of advisors to offer feedback and recommendations to support project goals and objectives and serve as 988 Lifeline and DDH ambassadors in their communities. To be considered for committee membership, submit a 988 Lifeline Committee interest form or a DDH Steering Committee interest form by  June 15.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has awarded funding to states, tribes, and college campuses to help prevent youth suicide. The awards include $3.6 million to states and tribes for the Garrett Lee Smith State/Tribal Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention Program, and $2.3 million to college campuses for the Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Program.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is offering a variety of resources to help promote behavioral health equity for LGBTQI+ populations.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has awarded 13 grants to communities to expand mobile crisis response teams.

The Trevor Project (Trevor) has released a report on the association between community-level environmental indicators and the mental health of LGBTQ young people.

SPRC’s new Best Practices Registry (BPR) is seeking applications for programs and interventions that prevent suicide. Working on an application or considering it? Wherever you are in the process, we’re here to help—for one more month!

To help meet popular demand, we’re happy to announce we’ve extended our weekly office hours through June. In each session, SPRC’s BPR team will offer guidance on preparing an application, walk you through examples, and answer your questions.

Check out the available office hours and register today. Come learn more about applying to the nation’s one-stop source for suicide prevention programs and interventions. We look forward to seeing you there!

If you have questions, please contact sprcbpr@ou.edu.

SPRC’s new Best Practices Registry (BPR) is seeking applications for programs and interventions that prevent suicide. Working on an application or considering it? Wherever you are in the process, we’re here to help—for one more month!

To help meet popular demand, we’re happy to announce we’ve extended our weekly office hours through June. In each session, SPRC’s BPR team will offer guidance on preparing an application, walk you through examples, and answer your questions.

Check out the available office hours and register today. Come learn more about applying to the nation’s one-stop source for suicide prevention programs and interventions. We look forward to seeing you there!

If you have questions, please contact sprcbpr@ou.edu.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a report on violent deaths based on 2020 data from the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS).

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is accepting applications for cooperative agreements to provide 988 crisis center support to tribal communities. Applications are due by July 18.

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) will award more than $95 million in funding across 35 states to increase access to school-based mental health services through the training and placement of mental health providers in districts with high need.