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Cooperative Agreements for the Garrett Lee Smith State/Tribal Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention Program (GLS State/Tribal Youth Suicide)
Link
https://www.samhsa.gov/grants/grant-announcements/sm-24-005
Additional Links
Notice of Funding Opportunity (Grants.gov)
Deadline
Application Deadline: Jun 3, 2024
Sponsor
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Purpose
Awards funds to states and tribes to implement suicide prevention and early intervention strategies for youth up to age 24. Supports programs and activities carried out in schools, educational institutions, juvenile justice systems, substance use and mental health programs, and other child/youth-serving organizations.
Required activities include:
- Provide early intervention, assessment, and screening to youth at risk for mental or emotional disorders that may lead to a suicide attempt and integrate services with school systems, educational institutions, juvenile justice systems, substance use disorder (SUD) and mental health programs, public health systems, foster care systems, pediatric health programs, mobile crisis units, and other child and youth support organizations
- Provide immediate support and information resources to families of youth who are at risk for or who have attempted suicide
- Implement a response system to ensure timely referrals that incorporate safety planning can be provided to appropriate community-based mental healthcare, treatment, and recovery support programs in child-serving settings and agencies
- Ensure treatment and prevention services for diverse cultural populations that address the cultural-specific risk and protective factors
- Offer post-suicide intervention services, care, and information to families, friends, community organizations, and other child and youth support organizations involved with youth who have recently died by suicide
- Provide training to educators, childcare professionals, care providers, community members, natural community helpers and individuals in foster care and juvenile justice agencies on youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies
- Implement strategies to reduce access to lethal means among youth with identified suicide risk
- Obtain input from individuals with lived experience in planning, implementing, and evaluating the project, including survivors of suicide attempts, youth, and families
- Secure prior written, informed consent from the child's parent or legal guardian for assessment services, school-sponsored programs, and treatment involving medication related to youth suicide conducted in schools
- Collect, analyze, and report data on the effectiveness of state-sponsored statewide or tribal youth suicide or early intervention and prevention strategies
- Consult or confer with tribes, tribal organizations, urban Indian organizations, or Native Hawaiian Health Care Systems in the state, as applicable, on the development and implementation of a statewide early intervention strategy
Amount of Funding
Award ceiling: $735,000 per year
Project period: Up to 5 years
Estimated number of awards: 20
Estimated total program funding:
$14,932,933
Who Can Apply
Eligible applicants include:
- State and territorial governments
- Public organizations or private nonprofits designated by a state or tribe to develop or direct statewide youth suicide, early intervention, and prevention strategy
- Federally recognized tribes, tribal organizations, urban Indian organizations that are actively involved in the development and continuation of a tribal youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategy
- Consortia of tribes or tribal organizations
Recipients who received Garrett Lee Smith State/Tribal Youth Suicide Prevention awards under SM-19-006 or SM-22-003 in fiscal years 2020, 2021, 2022, or 2023 are not eligible for this opportunity.
Geographic Coverage
Nationwide
What This Program Funds
Capacity Building • Operating Costs and Staffing
Application Process
Application instructions, requirements, and other information can be found in the funding announcement.
Contact
For programmatic or technical
questions:
Johari Eligan
240-276-1096
johari.eligan@samhsa.hhs.gov
For grants management or budget
questions:
240-276-1940
FOACMHS@samhsa.hhs.gov
For grant review process and application status
questions:
Angela Houde
240-276-1091
angela.houde@samhsa.hhs.gov
Rural Awards
Past awards communities have received are described on the program website.
Rural communities who have received funding include:
- Oglala Sioux Tribal Council in Pine Ridge, South Dakota received funding to improve continuity of care and follow up for at-risk tribal youth, increase access to clinical services and Lakota healing ceremonies, and coordinate prevention, intervention, and postvention activities among community and youth serving programs.
- Wichita & Affiliated Tribes in Anadarko, Oklahoma was awarded funds to implement the Raising Interest in Suicide Education (RISE) prevention program for Native youth ages 10-24 in southwest Oklahoma. Program goals include increasing the number of youth-serving organizations working with at-risk youth, building clinical services providers' capacity to address youth suicide, and improving continuity of care for the target population.
- Compass Health, Inc. in Clinton, Missouri used grant funds to carry out suicide prevention and early intervention strategies in schools, educational institutions, juvenile justice systems, substance use and mental health programs, foster care systems, pediatric health programs, and other child/youth serving entities for underserved communities in Missouri. The target populations for this program are young Black males and LGBTQIA+ youth.
Topics This Program Addresses
American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians • Community Planning and Coalition Building • Mental Health • Substance Use Disorder • Suicide and Suicide Prevention • Youth