Join the Sutter-Yuba Strategic Suicide Prevention Planning Team

Join the Sutter-Yuba Strategic Suicide Prevention Planning Team

Suicide is a significant public health issue that is preventable through a coordinated

community approach. The Sutter-Yuba Strategic Suicide Prevention Planning Team invites you to join us. We are actively recruiting members to join our team! People from every sector of our community are encouraged to participate. This is an opportunity to have your voices heard. Whether you’re young or young at heart, a native or newer to the community, and everyone in between, join us! This team will work on identifying the steps to implement the Sutter Yuba Strategic Suicide Prevention Plan.

The Sutter Yuba Strategic Suicide Prevention Plan is intended to increase awareness about suicide and advise how to prevent suicide. This plan serves as a guide to help reduce suicides in our community. There are five goals highlighted in this plan. The goals include:

• Minimize risk for suicidal behaviors

• Address stigma around asking for help and talking about suicide

• Establish support services following a suicide loss

• Support districts and schools in implementing comprehensive suicide prevention approaches in the school setting

• Identify existing suicide prevention efforts and determine what type of centralized structure may need to be put into place.

The intent of the plan is to be treated as a living document that is molded by our communities. This allows community members to continuously address our local needs of suicide prevention and postvention. We hope this gives our community members an opportunity to collaboratively work to reduce suicides in our community. Every voice matters.

Please contact Carrie Patania at cpatania@co.sutter.ca.us for any questions or to find out the date, time, and location of our next meeting. During this meeting, you will have the opportunity to share your thoughts on how to build to our strategic plan. We hope to see you at our next meeting!