2023 Oregon Suicide Prevention Coalition Grant Awardees
In partnership between Association of Oregon Community Mental Health Programs (AOCMHP) and Oregon Health Authority (OHA)
About the Grant
The Oregon Alliance to Prevent Suicide (the Alliance), in partnership with the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), announced one-time grants of up to $20,000 to build up infrastructure of our state’s regional suicide prevention coalitions. Applicants demonstrated: alignment with Oregon’s Suicide Prevention Framework (Framework); alignment with the Alliance’s focus on hope, help, and healing; connection to reducing health inequity; and strong rootedness in local community needs and strengths.
What’s a Coalition?
A regional suicide prevention coalition is made up of multiple local organizations who are working together with a shared region-specific focus on suicide prevention. Membership will most often include people with lived experience and local leaders from multiple sectors. Most coalitions are county-based.
Dustin Simmons
CEO
Rachel Mason
Photographer
Funding Priority Levels
First Priority: Established suicide prevention coalitions (regional, county-based) – Including coalitions that encompass other prevention activities, but funding will be used for suicide prevention.
Second Priority: Groups interested in establishing a suicide prevention coalition – Counties or organizations that have a suicide prevention coordinator (or other similar position), but don’t have a coalition yet and will use this grant to establish a coalition.
Third Priority: Established coalitions that are focused on suicide prevention, but may not have a regional focus.
Fourth Priority: Other applicants – Will be determined based on availability of funds.
List of Grant Awardees
| Coalition Name | Area / Region they Cover | Keywords about their Project |
|---|---|---|
| Jackson County Suicide Prevention Coalition (JCSPC) | Jackson County | Provide ASIST Trainings |
| Oregon Firearm Safety Coalition (OFSC) | Statewide | Create Caring Boxes for Oregon Gun Owners |
| One Community All Spirits | Malheur County and Eastern Oregon Communities |
Coalition Capacity Building, Community Engagement, Culturally Specific Education |
| Central Oregon Suicide Prevention Alliance (COSPA) | Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson Counties | Central Oregon Regional Firearm Secure Storage Summit |
| Josephine County Suicide Prevention Coalition | Josephine County | Lethal Means Reduction, providing Postvention Materials |
| Mid-Valley Suicide Prevention Coalition | Marion and Polk Counties | Coalition Capacity Building, Community Education |
| Veterans Stronger Together (VST) | Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas Counties | Coalition Capacity and Infrastructure Building, Community Education, Collaboration with Military Crisis Line |
| Benton Youth Suicide Prevention Coalition | Benton County | Coalition Capacity Building, Coalition Recruitment, Community Engagement |
| Oregon Families for Safety & Wellness (ORFWA) | Statewide | Community Engagement, Engaging with Family Peer Supports |
| Linn Benton Lincoln Suicide Care Coalition | Linn, Benton, and Lincoln Counties | Coalition Capacity and Infrastructure Building |
| Gorge Wellness Alliance (GWA) | Columbia Gorge – Hood River, Wasco, and Sherman Counties (Also some representation from Washington State Counties like Klickitat and Skamania) | Youth and Community Engagement on a Youth Led and Focused Project |
| Network of Safety | Douglas County, Umpqua Valley including Cow Creek Tribal Service area | Coalition Capacity and Infrastructure Building |
| Tillamook County Suicide Prevention Coalition | Tillamook County | Community Gatekeeper Training, Coalition Capacity and Infrastructure Building, Community Engagement Events, Cross-Organization Collaboration |
| Suicide Prevention of Clackamas County | Clackamas County | Support members of the Clackamas County Latinx community in developing culturally specific information, training, and resources to prevent suicide |
| Black Youth Suicide Prevention Coalition | Multnomah, Clackamas, Washington Counties | Community Engagement, conduct a photovoice activity, development of a youth suicide prevention training curriculum |
| Union County Safe Communities Coalition | Union County | County-wide Assemblies for each of the Junior High / High Schools, Community Gatekeeper Trainings |
| Suicide Prevention Coalition of Lane County | Lane County | Infrastructure Building, Coalition Capacity, Increase supports for Youth |
| Alcohol, Tobacco, & Other Drug Prevention Coalition | Hood River County | Provide ‘Anchor Boxes’ to various public locations |
| Oregon Black Youth Suicide Prevention Team | Statewide | Creating a culturally responsive Statewide Black Youth Suicide Prevention Plan |
| Columbia County Suicide Prevention Taskforce | Columbia County | Small Steps Project, Community Gatekeeper Trainings, Adi’s Act support, Development of a social media presence |