Youth Suicide Prevention Learning Collaborative Grant

The Youth Suicide Prevention Learning Collaborative Grant, offered by the Minnesota Department of Health, aims to establish effective systems for identifying and aiding youth at risk of mental health issues. Through a two-year collaborative effort, organizations will align local mental health resources, improve suicide risk identification, and ensure timely follow-up care. This initiative seeks to enhance community capacity and create a seamless pathway to mental health support for youth and their families.

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The Minnesota Department of Health (“MDH” or “the Department”) is requesting proposals for a lead organization to develop effective systems for identifying and responding to youth with a potential mental health concern or suicide risk, and connecting youth to the most appropriate services and supports as early as possible. They will do this through creating a Mental Health Referral Pathway to Care: a series of actions or steps taken after identifying a youth with a potential mental health issue. Grantees and community partners will assess and build community capacity to identify gaps in services ensure more seamless access to mental health supports for youth and their families.
The Minnesota Department of Health, herein after MDH, is soliciting proposals for a lead organization to participate in a monthly learning collaborative to learn how to implement and coordinate a community-wide effort to:
Align local referral resources for mental health, mobile crisis, and the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Work collaboratively with formal and informal support systems to implement best practices, to improve suicide risk identification among youth ages 10-24.Promote timely follow-up care for individuals experiencing a suicidal crisis.Increase knowledge of how to identify, support, and help those who are experiencing mental health challenges or who are having suicidal ideations.
The applicant will participate in monthly learning collaborative sessions over the course of a two-year period. The learning collaborative sessions will prepare and assist grantees and their community partners to develop effective systems for identifying and responding to youth with a potential mental health concern or suicide risk. The goal is to promote a system that will connect youth to the most appropriate services and supports as early as possible. Grantees and their community partners will work to ensure there is no wrong door in the community for a youth to access supports and services. They will do this through creating a Mental Health Referral Pathway to Care: a series of actions or steps taken after identifying a youth with a potential mental health issue. Grantees and community partners will assess and build community capacity to identify gaps in services ensure more seamless access to mental health supports for youth and their families.