Youth Suicide Prevention Program

• Support the families of youth at risk of suicide.
• Provide weekly or biweekly check-in calls to families.
• Address the mental health needs of the entire family with connections to counseling and mental health providers.
• Address other social care resource needs in order to support the whole family.

Things that may cause your child to be more likely to think about or attempt suicide.

• Feeling sad, down, or hopeless
• Fighting with family, friends, or others
• Bullying kids at school or family members
• Being bullied at school
• Feel especially let down, like when failing a test or a recent breakup
• Cutting or hurting themselves
• Severe depression, post-traumatic stress, ADHD, or substance abuse
• History of suicidal thinking or suicide attempts.
• Having a gun in the home

Things that indicate your child might be thinking of suicide and needs help right away.

• Your child says things like “I want to die” or “You’ll be better off without me around
• Writes suicide notes, or talks about plans to kill themselves
• Posts comments online that talk about killing themselves, such as “I’m going to end it all”
• Talks about death often
• Gives away their favorite things
• Takes more risks than usual or does things that put them in danger
• Heavy drug or alcohol use
• A major change in mood, including sudden, unexplained happiness