New Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Program Awards

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today announced the first programmatic funding to support suicide prevention. The Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Program (CDC-RFA-CE20-2001) is new a cooperative agreement funded by CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) and awarded to nine recipients to implement and evaluate a comprehensive public health approach to suicide prevention, with attention to vulnerable populations. These populations have suicide rates greater than the general population in their jurisdiction.

The nine funded recipients are:

• California Department of Public Health
• Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
• Connecticut Department of Public Health
• Massachusetts Department of Public Health
• Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
• North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
• Tennessee Department of Health
• University of Pittsburgh
• Vermont Department of Health 

To support this program, CDC is committing approximately $7 million per year for five years. Key outcomes of this funding are a 10% reduction in suicide and suicide attempts among vulnerable populations. Through these cooperative agreements, CDC aims to build a national program that will help reverse increasing suicide trends across our nation and contribute to the national goal of reducing suicide by 20% by 2025. 

Learn more about CDC’s Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Program.

Contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255) or use the online Lifeline Crisis Chat.

Both are free and confidential. You’ll be connected to a skilled, trained counselor in your area.