Communities
The community is an important setting for suicide prevention. A wide variety of community groups and organizations, including schools, after-school programs, health care providers, workplaces, and places of worship, can all work together to carry out prevention activities that reflect local needs and resources.
Forming a broad-based suicide prevention coalition can be an important first step to understanding the suicide problem in your community and identifying the strategies that may be most appropriate and effective. For more on how to do so, see our Effective Suicide Prevention section.
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All Resources Related to Communities
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Guidelines/Recommendations
Recommendations for Local Suicide Prevention Infrastructure
2024
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
“We Don't Want to Be First Place.” Wyoming Tries to Address High Gun Suicide Rates
2024
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CALIFORNIA: Suicide Prevention Net Beneath Golden Gate Bridge Completed, Say Officials
2024
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
Native and Strong Lifeline: The Nation's First 988 Crisis Line for Indigenous People
2023
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
Mental Health Respite Facilities Are Filling Care Gaps in Over a Dozen States
2023
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Fact Sheet/Issue Brief
Warning Signs of Suicide: A Fact Sheet for Family and Community Members
2023
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
Be the Change: How to Support Suicide Prevention Efforts This September
2023
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Report
Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention for LGBTQIA2S+ Youth: A Resource Guide for Professionals, Families, and Communities
2023
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Webinar/Training
2010 Garrett Lee Smith State and Tribal Suicide Prevention Grantee Meeting
2023
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Webinar/Training
Advancing Comprehensive Community Suicide Prevention: An Overview (Webinar #1 in a series of 6)
2022
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Webinar/Training
Action Alliance Webinar: Community-Based Approaches to Suicide Prevention: New Resources and Future Directions
2022
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Webinar/Training
Suicide Surveillance Strategies for American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
2022
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
Addressing America’s Mental Health Crisis—Especially in Rural Areas—Starts by Making Care More Accessible
2022
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Black and Hispanic Americans Are More Likely to Be Struggling with Mental Health. Here’s what Employers and Communities Can Do
2022
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
For Stressed-Out Black Americans, Mental Health Care Often Hard to Come By
2020
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
"We're Losing Our Kids": Black Youth Suicide Rate Rising Far Faster than for Whites; Coronavirus, Police Violence Deepen Trauma
2020
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
COVID-19: The Mental Health Impact on People of Color and Minority Groups
2020
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
INTERNATIONAL: Suicide Risk and Prevention during the COVID-19 Pandemic
2020
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INTERNATIONAL: Rail Suicides: A Joint Nordic Approach to Reduce Numbers
2020
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MINNESOTA: Minnesota Youth Unpack Their Trauma: "We Don't Have to Be Stuck in These Emotions"
2019
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
As Rural Suicide Rates Increase in America, Studies Show Risk Is Not Randomly Distributed
2019
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Report
Fostering Healthy Mental, Emotional and Behavioral Development in Children and Youth
2019
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
MINNESOTA: New Collaborative Project Targets Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Childhood Trauma in Becker County
2019
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CALIFORNIA: Ventura County Bartenders Asked to Serve the Question, “Are You Going to Kill Yourself?”
2019
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
TENNESSEE: Clarksville First Tennessee City to Train Its Entire Workforce on Suicide Prevention
2019
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UTAH: Beating Utah's Grim Suicide Statistics: LGBT-Focused Center to Open in St. George
2019
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
The Qasgiq Model for Alaska Native Suicide and Alcohol Abuse Prevention
2019
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
NEW YORK: Comunilife Founder Rosa Gil Opens Centers for Latina Girls as a Resource for Suicide Prevention
2019
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
Coping, Social Support, and Suicide Attempts among Homeless Adolescents
2019
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Guidelines/Recommendations
Community support resource for those impacted by gun violence
2019
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
Showing Compassion, Accepting Cultures: Preventing Suicide in the Latino Community
2019
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
Suicide After Surviving Mass Trauma Isn’t Inexplicable. And There Are Ways to Help.
2019
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
After Suicides of Parkland Survivors, Here's What Educators Should Know About Supporting Students
2019
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CALIFORNIA: New Mobile Mental Health Service Dispatched to Help People Who Are at the Breaking Point
2019
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INDIANA: MHA to Offer Mental Health First Aid Training to Baristas, Bartenders, Hairdressers
2019
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
NIGERIA: HAPPINESS Project Increases Access to Mental Health Treatment in Nigeria
2019
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AUSTRALIA: ACT Invests $1.5m in the Black Dog Institute’s Suicide Prevention Trial
2018
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
Honoring Indigenous Voices: Suicide Surveillance from a Tribal Perspective
2018
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COLORADO: As Suicide Rates Rise, Colorado Is Fighting to Turn the Tide
2018
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IDAHO: While Suicide Rates Rise in Idaho and the Mountain West, Health Care Professionals and Grassroots Organizations Grapple with the Causes and Effects
2018
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
COLORADO: Longmont Library Launches Well-Being Bags to Spark Conversations about Mental Health
2018
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Fact Sheet/Issue Brief
Pain in the nation: Healthcare systems brief: How healthcare systems can help address the drug, alcohol and suicide crises
2018
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
MONTANA: Montana Communities Receive State Funding For Community-Based Suicide Detection and Prevention
2018
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Report
The way forward: Federal action for a system that works for all people living with SMI and SED and their families and caregivers – Full report
2017
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
NEW JERSEY: New South Jersey Suicide Prevention Program Wants to Get People Talking
2017
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CALIFORNIA: Community Survey Gives Snapshot of Palo Alto Perception on Youth Suicide
2017
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
CALIFORNIA: CDC Report: Youth Suicide Rates in Santa Clara County Highest in Palo Alto, Morgan Hill
2017
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Article/Chapter
Preventing violent deaths and addressing health disparities for transition-aged youth (ages 10 to 24) in Texas
2017
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
WISCONSIN: Wisconsin Veterans Affairs Launches Suicide Prevention Plan
2016
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MASSACHUSETTS: Boston Municipal Workers to Be Trained in Suicide Prevention
2016
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NEBRASKA: Local Gun Range Partners with Suicide Coalition on Prevention
2016
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AUSTRALIA: A New Prevention Program Uses Nine Strategies to Reduce Suicide Rates
2016
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CANADA: Inuit-Led Suicide Prevention Strategy to Focus on Mental Wellness, Social Equity
2016
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
CANADA: Suicide Prevention with a Crisis Line Dedicated to Aboriginal Community
2016
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Toolkit
Tools from the CAPT: Increasing cultural competence to reduce behavioral health disparities
2016
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Report
Garrett Lee Smith Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention Program: National outcomes evaluation
2016
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Report
CCDC downtown Boise parking structures: Evaluation and recommendations related to suicide means accessibility
2016
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Toolkit
Coming together to care: A suicide prevention and postvention toolkit for Texas communities
2015
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Fact Sheet/Issue Brief
Don’t do it alone: A school system rises to the challenge of three student suicides
2015
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Report
Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention: A Theoretical Model and Review of the empirical literature
2015
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Fact Sheet/Issue Brief
Everyone can play a role in the conversation about mental health
2014
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Template/Worksheet
Member Retention/Participation Tip Sheet: The Six R’s of Participation
2013
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Guidelines/Recommendations
Preventing suicidal behavior among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth: Developing LGBT cultural competence
2010
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