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Youth and Young Adult Reports
The OSP released two new reports that examine the data regarding suicidal experiences, including suicidal despair, attempts, and deaths among Colorado youth and young adults. The reports include strategies and recommendations to increase protective factors for youth and young adults.
RFA - Suicide Prevention for School Districts
The Office of Suicide Prevention is offering this Request for Applications (RFA) as a competitive funding opportunity to enhance comprehensive suicide prevention and crisis response for public schools and school districts. The purpose is to provide funding for public schools and school districts to implement crisis and suicide prevention strategies, with priority given to public schools or school districts that have not received suicide prevention training previously. Application details can be found here, and the deadline to apply is April 16, 2021. If interested in applying, you may watch the recorded information session, here.
Zero Suicide Colorado Learning Collaborative
Every month we hold an interactive online Learning Collaborative for health system leaders working in suicide prevention. Experts in health care-based suicide prevention, advocates who speak on their lived experience, and a diverse array of other guest speakers join health system leaders from across Colorado in discussing state of the art approaches to improving care and saving lives. To be contacted for the next collaborative, please email Sarah.Brummett@state.co.us.
 Order Materials
To order Man Therapy and other suicide prevention materials, please fill out and send this order form to CDPHE_SuicidePrevention@state.co.us. To order QPR, safeTALK or MHFA materials click the embedded links to be directed to the virtual order form.
Colorado Suicide Prevention Commission
The Colorado Suicide Prevention Commission will have its next quartery meeting on April 30th from 9:00am to 11:30am. Commission meetings are free and open to the public. If you are interested in attending, please visit the Suicide Prevention Commission website for more information. Please contact the Commission Coordinator, Veronika Hanna, if you have any questions.
The Colorado Suicide Prevention Commission is accepting applications for Coloradans to serve as Commissioners. Commissioner responsibilities include attending quarterly meetings, committing to serving a minimum of one, two-year term on the Commission, and expanding partnerships and resources for statewide suicide prevention activities. If you are interested in applying, please apply here.
Trainings
Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS)
In light of COVID-19, the OSP has moved all CAMS trainings to a virtual platform. If you are a behavioral health provider interested in participating, sign up to receive more information here. To learn more about the training, visit CAMS-Care.com.
CAMS has also released a fillable PDF version of the Suicide Status Form and CAMS Therapeutic Worksheet. If you are interested in using fillable PDF’s of the forms, an extension of the duplication license with Guilford is available on the CAMS-care website. Sign into your CAMS account and go to the My Courses & Certificates page. The agreement is under the heading Course Material. You will also find resources on our website with best practices for using the CAMS Framework and the Suicide Status Form when using Telehealth. Please contact support@cams-care.com with any questions.
CAMS trained providers now have the option of registering on the CAMS Clinician Locator, which will route new clients to your practice, particularly those looking for competent clinicians, trained in evidence-based suicide-specific treatments.
 LivingWorks Start Training
The OSP is pleased to provide our partners across Colorado FREE access to the LivingWorks Start suicide prevention gatekeeper training. LivingWorks Start is a one-hour, online, interactive training program that gives you the skills and knowledge to keep family, friends, co-workers, and others safe from suicide. For more information, click here.
We still have PLENTY of licenses available. To access the training, click here and enter access code: OSP Gen. Please note that licenses are available for use on a first come, first served basis. Please do not share the URL and access code outside of Colorado. *LivingWorks Start works best with Google Chrome, Firefox, or Microsoft Edge browsers. It is not Internet Explorer compatible. If you have any questions or issues accessing the training, please contact Dymond Ruybal at Dymond.Ruybal@state.co.us.
Suicide Prevention Training for Domestic Violence Advocates
The OSP is partnering with the Education Development Center (EDC) to provide a suicide prevention training for domestic violence and crime victim advocates in Colorado in 2021. This training will be offered 3 separate times over the next several months. To learn more and apply, please click the application for the corresponding training date, below:
Intentional Peer Support Training
The OSP is partnering with IPS to provide their Core, Advanced, and Train the Trainer trainings to peer support specialists in Colorado in 2021. Stay tuned for additional details or if you’re interested in directly receiving more information, please fill out this interest list.
Funding Opportunity
The Comprehensive Human Sexuality Education Program at CDPHE is announcing a 1-year (July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022) funding opportunity for all Colorado public schools, school districts, board of cooperative services, charter schools, or institute charter schools. Applicants may request up to $25,000. Application deadline: April 2, 2021. To learn more and apply, click here. Please reach out to Danielle Tuft (danielle.tuft@state.co.us) with any questions.
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