Dear Association Executives – Yesterday (Tuesday, April 23rd), HHS released its 2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention, a 10-year, comprehensive approach to suicide prevention that provides recommendations for addressing gaps and meeting the needs of at-risk populations.
The updated strategy issues recommendations related to suicide calls, treatment, crisis services, surveillance, research, and health equity in suicide prevention.
The strategy also includes additional support for mobile crisis response teams, more youth suicide prevention activities through programs such as 4-H, improved data partnerships across federal agencies and new resources for suicide prevention on railways.
For the first time, the strategy is accompanied by an action plan, which identifies more than 200 actions that will be taken across the federal government over the next three years.
Additional information can be found in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) press release.
Please feel free to share this with your members. We will include information on this strategy in our Capitol Connector on Friday.
Please let me or Peter Delia, manager, Federal Policy (PeterD@thenationalcouncil.org) know if you have an questions or if additional information on this would be helpful.
Thank you – Reyna
Reyna Taylor
Senior Vice President, Public Policy & Advocacy
Policy Department
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Direct: 202-774-1651
ReynaT@TheNationalCouncil.org
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Neal Comstock
Director of Membership
National Council
NealC@TheNationalCouncil.org202 748-8793
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