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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has awarded $1.5 million to 色花堂app鈥檚 Institute of Rural Health for youth suicide prevention projects over the next three years.

The grant will help fund crucial suicide prevention efforts to reduce suicide attempts and completions among 10-24-year-olds. Projects will include training adults to identify warning signs of suicide in children and teens, supporting volunteer associations in self-sufficiency, providing prevention materials to schools, and assisting public safety, health and mental health providers in conducting suicide risk assessments. A series of special Awareness to Advocacy Academies will be held for advocates as well as public safety, health and mental health professionals.

鈥淥ur goal is to address Idaho鈥檚 high suicide rate by building skills to help children and youth at risk,鈥� said Beth Hudnall Stamm, Ph.D., principal investigator for the project. 鈥淚daho currently ranks seventh in the Nation for our rate of suicide overall, and rates for young people are much higher. Suicide ranks as the second cause of death for Idaho鈥檚 teens and young adults.鈥�

 鈥淚n one year alone nearly 4,600 children and adults aged 10 to 24 die by suicide,鈥� said SAMHSA Acting Administrator Eric Broderick, DDS, MPH.  鈥淚t is the third leading cause of death among that age 18 and younger and a national public health problem that demands immediate action.鈥�

Idaho鈥檚 award, as well as similar grants for 17 other states, are part of the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act funding for youth suicide prevention across the country. It will be administered by SAMHSA鈥檚 Center for Mental Health Services.

For more information on SAMHSA grants go to: http://www.samhsa.gov/Grants/. For information about ISU-IRH go to: http://www.isu.edu/irh.