Frameworks: Youth Suicide Prevention Assembly
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YSPA Mission
The Youth Suicide Prevention Assembly (YSPA) is dedicated to reducing the occurrence of suicide and suicidal behaviors among New Hampshire's youth between 10 and 24 years old. We will accomplish this through a coordinated approach to providing communities with current information regarding best practices in prevention and postvention strategies and by promoting youth safety in our communities and organizations.
YSPA Goals
To help implement the State Suicide Prevention Plan to include:
1) promoting awareness in the state of youth suicide and risk and protective factors;
2) fostering interagency collaboration, communication and information sharing particularly among mental health professionals, primary care providers and schools;
3) increasing the accessibility of emergency and ongoing mental health services;
4) assisting communities, community-based organizations, schools, service clubs, local and state agencies and others in action planning for youth suicide prevention including: identifying resources, creating constructive crisis response plans, and
5) any other means agreed to by the membership.
Join Us If You Would Like to be Part of Our Efforts
The Youth Suicide Prevention Assembly (YSPA) normally meets on the second Thursday of each month at the Center for Health Promotion in Concord. Anyone is welcome to join us. You should contact one of the co-chairs before coming, however, to be sure that the meeting is on and is in the usual place.
YSPA CO-CHAIRS:
- Elaine de Mello, NAMI-NH, can be reached at edemello@naminh.org, or call 603-225-5359 or 1-800-242-6264. Elaine can add you to the YSPA E-Mailing List, which provides you with regular updates on issues of interest, as well as meeting minutes, agendas, and committee meeting schedules.
-Elizabeth Fenner-Lukaitis, Bureau of Behavioral Health, NH DHHS can be reached at EFenner-lukaitis@dhhs.state.nh.us or at 603-271-5028 or 1-800-852-3345 ext 5028.
- Elaine Frank, Injury Prevention Center at CHaD can be reached at Elaine.frank@dartmouth.edu or at 603-653-1135 or 1-877-783-0432.
YSPA Annual Report 2007 (pdf)
NH Suicide Prevention Newsletter - Spring 2008 (pdf)
Annual Conference Brochure (pdf)
NH Suicide Prevention Newsletter - Fall 2007 (pdf)
YSPA Annual Report 2006 (pdf)
Executive Summary of YSPA 2006 Annual Report (pdf)
YSPA Annual Report 2005 (pdf)
Do you want to be involved with YSPA? (pdf)
SOS Newsletter (pdf)
