Zero Suicide Grant

About the Program

Category: Health (Best in Category)

Year: 2023

The Montgomery County Zero Suicide Project initiates, improves, and expands suicide prevention services within Federally Qualified Health Centers, behavioral health organizations, emergency departments, and VA outpatient clinics in Montgomery County, Ohio. The project prevents suicide deaths and attempts throughout the county with a focus on residents aged 25 and older through the implementation of the Zero Suicide model. Montgomery County’s project 1. Screens all individuals receiving health care services for suicidal thoughts/behaviors, 2. Implements effective evidenced-based treatments that treat suicidal ideation/behaviors, 3. Transforms health systems to include a leadership-driven, safety-oriented culture committed to dramatically reducing suicide among people under care and to accept and embed the Zero Suicide model within their organizations, 4. Trains the healthcare workforce in suicide prevention evidence-based best practices, 5. Ensures that the most appropriate treatment and support are provided, 6. Develops a Suicide Care Management Plan for every individual identified as at risk of suicide, 7. Works with the VA clinic to engage and intervene with veterans at risk for suicide, 8. Develops and implement a plan that assures attention to preventing suicide among those receiving treatment for serious mental illness.