Project Safety Net

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Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death among teens in Colorado.

It may be hard to believe that a teenager could be in so much pain that he/she sees suicide as the only solution but we can’t afford to ignore the reality.

Project Safety Net seeks to engage, educate and empower adults dealing with youth at heightened risk for suicide in the Larimer County child welfare, juvenile justice and mental health systems.

During the course of this three-year, grant-funded program, community agency members will engage in focus groups and collaboratively develop agreed-upon protocols designed to close the gap of risk for suicide among youth in the Larimer community.

Project Safety Net will also provide trainings of proven
integrity, designed to instill the level of skill and confident required to better serve the needs of at-risk youth of our community.

Articles of Interest:
Suicide and the School

Project Safety Net E-Newsletter

ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) is a full two-day workshop that provides practical information and guidelines for adults dealing with youth at heightened risk for suicide and who seek to become better equipped to recognize, intervene and refer in order to prevent the immediate risk of suicide.

Working in small groups, ASIST uses a variety of teaching processes to create a practice-oriented hands-on and interactive experience with emphasis on suicide first-aid.

Highly recommended for:

• Mental health professionals
  
• Health, welfare and justice professionals
  
• Educators
  
• Emergency service workers
  
• Community volunteers

QPR (Question, Persuade and Refer) is a 90-minute community-based, person-to-person training approach to suicide prevention.

QPR recognizes that suicidal behavior is interpersonal in nature, potentially deadly, understandable and usually preventable.
Its effectiveness is based on the belief - and growing research - that those individuals most at-risk for suicide do not self-refer.

QPR addresses youth at high-risk in their own environment, versus requiring them to initiate requests for support or treatment on their own.

Ordinary citizens can learn to:

• Recognize a mental health emergency and the warning signs of suicide.
• Provide hope and support.
• Get a youth at risk the help they need.
  
• Save a life!

ALL QPR TRAININGS ARE
PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE

and fit conveniently within the time frame of regularly scheduled staff meetings.