Adult Suicide Prevention

The purpose of this program is to implement suicide prevention and intervention programs for adults, 18 years of age or older. This is accomplished by taking a broad-based public health approach to suicide prevention through enhanced collaboration with key community stakeholders, raising awareness of available suicide prevention resources, and implementing lethal means safety.

Eligibility is statutorily limited [section 520L(a)(2)] to a community-based primary care or behavioral health care setting, an emergency department, a State mental health agency (or State health agency with mental or behavioral health functions), public health agency, a territory of the United States, or an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as the terms "Indian tribe" and "tribal organization" are defined in section 5304 of title 25).