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THE Public School Systems Early Intervention Programs Interagency Coordinating Council will meet on Wednesday, Oct. 12, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Early Intervention building and via teleconference.

The United States Department of Health and Human Services will award $25.3 million in suicide prevention grants throughout the month of September, which is National Suicide Prevention Month.

Autistic youth experiencing mental health crises face higher risks and are more likely to have negative interactions with police. To identify how police departments and other non-police community partners – like school districts and community crisis centers – are supporting autistic youth in suicidal crisis, researchers from Drexel University’s A.J. Drexel Autism Institute aimed to develop and test a new county-level social network measure of care coordination.

Alaska in July switched its suicide hotline system to an easy-to-dial 988 hotline, calls have increased by 22% – an indication that more people in crisis are reaching out for

Bipartisan Safer Communities Act to fund $150 million for 988 Lifeline, including $35 million announced today to better link 988 Lifeline services to Tribal

In preparation for the fall school semester, Executive Director Reginald Yearby is asking the community for donations of school uniforms, backpacks, paper, binders, folders, pens and pencils, and crayons.

Planting and caring for a garden at the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) in Ontario became an important source of social connection during the pandemic for 19-year-old Devin Millette and others in a special program focusing on mental health.

A new interest form helps respond to frustration at the response from public health authorities.