The YSIPP 26–30 shows the community work and research the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) used to develop the plan. It describes the education, consultation, and teamwork the OHA suicide prevention team and partners used to align the Oregon Suicide Prevention Framework with OHA’s 2030 equity goals.
This process included updating the Oregon Suicide Prevention Framework to infuse the Cultural Theory and Model for Suicide in suicide prevention, intervention and postvention. These updates help the YSIPP 26–30 focus its priority strategies and initiatives on meeting the needs of Oregon youth ages 24 and younger. This work matters because Oregon’s youth suicide rate has fallen since 2018, but most of that decrease is in white non-Hispanic youth. Suicide deaths for youth of other races and ethnicities have stayed about the same or have increased since 2018.
The YSIPP 26–30 sets priorities for suicide prevention with:
- OHA and OHA contractors
- Oregon Alliance to Prevent Suicide (OHA advisory committee)
- Oregon Department of Education
- Oregon Youth Authority
- Youth Development Oregon
- Oregon Department of Human Services — Child Welfare
- Oregon Department of Human Services — Office of Developmental Disabilities
- Oregon Department of Human Services — Trauma Aware
- Oregon Department of Human Services — Self Sufficiency
Details and updates about this work are available on the online YSIPP 26–30 Tracker.
To stay updated with the adjusted priority initiatives, please go here.
Go here for an overview and explanation of the Oregon Suicide Prevention Framework.
YSIPP Publications:
See the first Oregon Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Plan.