Indiana Suicide Prevention State Plan Development Listening Sessions

From DMHA Updates

The Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addiction is developing the 2025-2030 State Suicide Prevention Plan and seeking input from individuals with lived experience, community members, stakeholders, and experts in the field with professional or volunteer roles from across the state through a series of virtual listening sessions.

The Data and Evaluation Workgroup listening session | May 5 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. EDT. 

The purpose of this listening session is to provide an opportunity for community members, stakeholders, and experts in the field to share their insights and priorities related to suicide prevention data and evaluation efforts. The Data and Evaluation workgroup is focused on the availability and quality of data about the scope of suicide and risk and protective factors in Indiana. It will also focus on opportunities to combine data from multiple sources, presenting data to increase utilization by practitioners, and building knowledge and skills for monitoring and evaluation of prevention programs. Example efforts may include strengthening community capacity to conduct suicide mortality reviews and evaluation reports tracking the outcomes of prevention programs.

To join via Teams please click the button below. If you would like to provide input/feedback but are unable to attend the May 5 session, please email Kate Heger, katherine.heger@fssa.in.gov, or Morgan Sprecher, msprecher@health.in.gov.

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The Community-Based Workgroup listening session | May 9 from 3 to 4 pm EDT.

The purpose of this listening session is to provide an opportunity community members, stakeholders, and experts in the field to share their insights and priorities related to State Suicide Prevention Community-Based efforts. The State Suicide Prevention Community-Based Workgroup is focused on suicide prevention efforts at the local and regional levels. Examples of efforts may include training community members, public communications, lethal means safety, and prevention training within community-based settings like schools, workplaces, and faith communities. 

To join via Teams please click the button below. If you would like to provide input/feedback but are unable to attend the May 9 session, please email Charity Black, charity.black@fssa.in.gov or Calvin Roberson, cerobers@iu.edu.

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