Suicide Prevention
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Support Groups and Suicide Prevention Trainings
This summer is the perfect time to host a suicide prevention training in your workplace or community setting. Please reach out by email to schedule a training!
Support groups are also provided throughout the summer for suicide attempt survivors and suicide loss survivors for both youth and adults offered by the Felton Institute and Buckelew Programs.
Marin’s Strategic Plan for Suicide Prevention and Annual Reports
Marin County Board of Supervisors approved the County's first Suicide Prevention Strategic Plan in February 2020. This seven-strategy plan is our call to action to reduce deaths by suicide and suicide attempts in our community. At the heart of this plan is the knowledge that preventing suicide is achievable. Together, we are challenging our long held beliefs and perceptions about suicide and creating a new way to work across agencies and institutions to prevent suicide. The Annual Report Year Four will be posted shortly.
Know the Facts, Give Support, and Get Support
The Guide "From Compassion to Action: A Community Guide to Suicide Prevention and Support" is a one of it's kind resource to create awareness and action (available in English and Spanish). This Guide provides foundation information, strategies to talk with someone in distress, and thoughts on how to best support attempt survivors and those bereaved by suicide. This booklet is a great tool for group discussion and conversation for easy access and learning.
Data Dashboard and the Suicide and Overdose Fatality Review
Marin County HHS recently released a suicide prevention data dashboard for public access. Viewing the dashboard will allow a greater understanding of those disproportionately impacted by suicide.
Data collected by the recent launch of the Suicide & Overdose Fatality Review Committee will also help inform real-time trends and determine who in the community is at risk for suicide and overdose. Learn more here.
