Campus Suicide Prevention Grant

 

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2013 Campus Suicide Prevention grants. The purpose of this program is to facilitate a comprehensive approach to preventing suicide in institutions of higher education. This program is designed to assist colleges and universities build a foundation for their efforts to prevent suicide attempts and completions and to enhance services for students with mental and substance use disorders that put them at risk for suicide and suicide attempts. The Campus Suicide Prevention grants support an array of campus activities to help grantees build a solid foundation for delivering and sustaining effective mental health and substance abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery support services. Successful applicants will provide "roadmap" of the process by which they have assessed or intend to assess suicide prevention needs and plan/implement infrastructure development strategies that meet those needs. The plan put forward in the grant application must show the linkages among needs, the proposed infrastructure development strategy, and increased system capacity that will enhance and sustain effective prevention programs and services which support SAMHSA's Prevention of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Strategic Initiative. The plan must also address the needs of youth at high-risk identified by the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention; including, but not limited to: lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT), American Indian/Alaska Natives (AVAN), military family members, and veterans. In addition, applicants should incorporate goals and objectives from the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (NSSP), that includes a comprehensive and data driven approach to suicide prevention, with the vision that one death is too many. As a result of the Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention grants, colleges, and universities will: • increase the amount of training to students, faculty, and staff on suicide prevention and mental health promotion; • increase collaboration among campus and community partners to deliver the message that suicide prevention is everyone's responsibility; • increase the number of educational seminars and informational materials for students, faculty, staff, and family members on suicide prevention, identification and reduction of risk factors, such as depression and substance use/abuse; • increase help-seeking among students and reduce negative attitudes for seeking care for mental and substance use disorders among students; and • increase the promotion of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

Deleted 07/10/2013 (Archived.) SM-13-009 Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Office: SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION Grant 21 Eligibility for SAMHSA's Campus Suicide Prevention Grant program is limited to institutions of higher education as a statutory requirement (per Section 520E-2 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended). Applicants from both public and private institutions may apply, including State universities, private four-year colleges and universities (including those with religious affiliations), Minority Serving Institutions ofhigher learning such as Tribal colleges, Historically Black Colleges and Universities or Hispanic-serving institutions for example, and community colleges. Entities that have previously been awarded a Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Grant are not eligible. SAMHSA is limiting the eligibility to applicants who have not previously received an award in order to allow for a broader distribution of the limited funds across campuses and universities. Since the purpose of this program is to facilitate a comprehensive approach to preventing suicide in institutions of higher education, this program assists colleges and universities in preventing suicide attempts and completions. It also enhances services for students with mental and behavioral health problems, such as depression and substance use/abuse that put them at risk for suicide and suicide attempts. These grants assist colleges and universities in having a campus free from the tragedy of suicide. There are over 4,500 non-profit colleges and universities in the United States and SAMHSA would like that the opportunities for this limited resource be expanded. Limiting the eligibility to applicants who have not previously received an award is a sound and prudent strategy for the expansion of the prevention and promotion vision of this Law across American campuses and universities while simultaneously encouraging appropriate sustainability planning. Such institutions may carry out the activities of this grant through for example, college health/wellness/counseling centers, college and university psychological services centers, mental/behavioral health centers, psychological training clinics, academic departments or institutions of higher education-supported, evidence-based mental health and substance abuse programs. The activities of this grant may be carried out with the engagement of student-run services such as student organizations and/or student government councils. If a consortium is formed to carry out the activities of this grant, a single institution in th 06/10/2013 This program has cost sharing or matching requirements. Gwendolyn Simpson
Office of Financial Resources, Division of Grants Management
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 7-1091
Rockville, Maryland 20857
(240) 276-1408 http://www.samhsa.gov/grants/2013/sm-13-009.aspx gwendolyn.simpson@samhsa.hhs.gov $2,952,969.00 Awards up to $102,000.00