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File #: 22-550    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Informational Report Status: Filed
File created: 8/10/2022 In control: Council Work Session
On agenda: 9/12/2022 Final action: 9/12/2022
Title: Pikes Peak Suicide Prevention Presenter: Cassandra Walton, Executive Director, Pikes Peak Suicide Prevention and Co-Chair of The Suicide Prevention Collaborative of El Paso County
Attachments: 1. CSCCCollabSlides9-12.pptx, 2. Personal Story of Suicide Loss, 3. 22-23CollaborativeActivities

 

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Pikes Peak Suicide Prevention

 

  Presenter: 

Cassandra Walton, Executive Director, Pikes Peak Suicide Prevention and Co-Chair of The Suicide Prevention Collaborative of El Paso County

 

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  Summary:

The mission of Pikes Peak Suicide Prevention Partnership is to unite the community in addressing suicide in the Pikes Peak Region through education, intervention, and postvention.

 

  Background: 

Overview of construction being the most at-risk industry for deaths by suicide:

<https://preventconstructionsuicide.com/Build_Awareness>

 

Colorado Veteran Suicide Data:

<https://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/docs/data-sheets/2019/2019-State-Data-Sheet-Colorado-508.pdf>

 

The Trevor Project’s 2022 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health:

<https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2022/>

 

Overview of Colorado National Collaborative & Suicide Prevention Pillars

CNC-One-Pager.pdf (allianceforsuicideprevention.org) <https://allianceforsuicideprevention.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CNC-One-Pager.pdf>

 

Zero Suicide Colorado

<https://cdphe.colorado.gov/suicide-prevention/zero-suicide-colorado>

 

Mental Health Resources in El Paso County:

MentalHealthResources-Guide-V3.pdf (spcollab.org) <https://spcollab.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/MentalHealthResources-Guide-V3.pdf>

 

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