Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Program for States

This notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) builds on and expands the Injury Center’s current Comprehensive Suicide Prevention program. The purpose of this NOFO is to implement and evaluate a comprehensive approach, with attention to one or more disproportionately affected populations (such as veterans, rural communities, tribal populations, LGBTQ, homeless, or others). These populations account for a significant proportion of the suicide burden and/or have suicide rates greater than the general population in a jurisdiction(s) (such as state, county, or tribe).  

Strategies and Activities  

Within first six months, assess partnerships, data, and existing capacity for suicide prevention to inform comprehensive approach to suicide: A. Partnership - Assess existing and new partnerships (including those for syndromic surveillance) to create and implement a multi-sectorial partnership plan. B. Data Utilization - Utilize surveillance (including syndromic) data to refine DAP and contributors to suicide morbidity and mortality. C. Asset and Gap Inventory - Create an inventory of existing suicide prevention programs in the jurisdiction to identify assets and gaps. D. Selection of strategies/approaches – Utilize findings from activities 1A-C to select appropriate strategies/approaches from the CDC Suicide Prevention Resource for Action.   

2. Following Strategy 1 activities and no later than year 2, implement a comprehensive approach to suicide prevention. A. Partnership - Build and sustain partnerships to implement comprehensive suicide activities​. B. Data Utilization – Utilize surveillance (including syndromic) data to assess suicide contributors, trends, and inform suicide prevention and response. C. Asset and Gap Inventory - Annually update the inventory of existing suicide prevention programs in the jurisdiction. D. Implementation of strategies/approaches – Leverage partnerships to implement strategies/approaches from the CDC Suicide Prevention Resource for Action to address suicide contributors among DAPs and fill jurisdictional gaps.  

3. Following Strategy 1 activities and no later than year 2, Evaluation all activities (1A-D and 2A-D) for continuous quality improvement, to assess sustained capacity for suicide prevention in jurisdiction, and to identify promising practices for suicide prevention from the field.  

4. Following Strategy 1 activities and no later than year 2, Communication and dissemination of programmatic and data findings to inform partner programmatic decision.