The Marin County Suicide Prevention Collaborative

The Marin County Suicide Prevention Collaborative launched in August 2020 following the release of the board approved Marin County Suicide Prevention Strategic Plan. The Collaborative is comprised of public and private agencies and individuals, including community members, behavioral specialists, senior advocates, health care leaders, crisis interventionists, educators and many more.

The Collaborative pursues a comprehensive public health framework addressing prevention, intervention and postvention at the individual, community and institutional levels. The Collaborative meets monthly on the first Wednesday at 2 pm.  If you'd like to attend the Collaborative meetings or  join a Community Action Team, contact the BHRS Prevention and Outreach Team.

All 2022-23 meeting dates and topics are here.

The focus of the Collaborative is to implement a seven-strategy strategic plan, including: 

  1. Establish infrastructure to provide leadership, oversight, and accountability to the Strategic Plan
  2. Develop a coordinated system of care to promote suicide prevention and wellness
  3. Implement public campaigns to raise awareness about warning signs, promote available resources, and increase help-seeking
  4. Provide evidence-based training and education to Marin County residents
  5. Provide outreach, engagement, and support to all residents with targeted efforts to groups disproportionately affected by suicide
  6. Foster safe and healthy environments on all school campuses
  7. Reduce access to lethal means for those at risk of suicide

The  Collaborative is a member of the state-wide Zero Suicide Collaborative supported by the  Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission.

 

Community Action Team Overview

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Schools Team

The Schools Team addresses Strategy 6 of the strategic plan to build safe and healthy school communities and makes recommendations to the Marin Schools Wellness Collaborative.
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Data Team

The Data Team collects, coordinates, and reviews data to inform suicide prevention activities.
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Postvention Team

The Postvention Team recommends best practices for supporting loss survivors.
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Training and Education Team

The Training and Education Team addresses educating the community.
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Communication Team

The Communication Team builds awareness of suicide prevention in our community.
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Lethal Means Team

The Lethal Means Team creates awareness and strategies for reducing access to lethal means to prevent suicide attempts and death.
Youth

Youth Action Team

This Team focuses on youth engagement in awareness campaigns for the County ranging from art/social justice, Crisis Text Line, Caring Cards and more.
Men and boys

Men and Boy's Team

This Team informs training/education and community awareness campaigns addressing men and boys who are disproportionately impacted by suicide in our community. This Team is for ages 13 and over and self identify as male.

Collaborative Presentations