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Resources
See below for suicide prevention resources for Rural Communities, Veterans, Youth, Schools, Individuals, Healthcare, and Communities.
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B-HERO Resource Hub
Training Tools to Support Schools features research- and evidence-based professional learning opportunities that can help North Dakota schools meet their behavioral health professional development requirements each biennium.
Western Education Regional Cooperative
The Western Regional Education Association supports schools in western North Dakota through collaboration, a systemic approach, solution-oriented strategies and continuous quality improvement. They offer training and resources for professional development of school staff, assistance in planning and implementing high-quality programs and services, and promotes statewide initiatives that benefit all schools.
PREPaRE Training
PREPaRE is a crisis prevention and intervention model that prepares educators and school-based mental health professionals to feel confident in their abilities when they fill specific roles and responsibilities during a crisis event.
Parents Lead
Whether your child is three months or about to graduate college - Parents Lead provides support, resources, tools, and tips to parents and caregivers, in all shapes and forms. When children have a safe and supportive space to grow and develop, where behavioral health is nurtured, we all win.
Teens and Suicide: What Parents Should Know
As a parent, you can approach suicide prevention in the same way you do other safety or health issues for your children. By educating yourself, you can learn what puts kids at greatest risk for suicide – and what protects them most strongly.
Is Your School LGBTQ-Affirming?
A checklist by The Trevor Project that outlines school policies and practices that are LGBTQ-affiriming, along with supporting research.
Mental Health Resources for North Dakota Families
Free mental health resources for North Dakota families and schools.
Parenting Guidance
Education and therapeutic support to empower parents to give hope and support their child’s mental health.
Veterans Crisis Line
The Veterans Crisis Line connects Veterans in crisis and their families and friends with qualified, caring Department of Veterans Affairs responders through a confidential toll-free hotline, online chat, or text. Veterans and their loved ones can call 988 and Press 1, chat online, or send a text message to 838255 to receive confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Support for deaf and hard of hearing individuals is available.
Safety Plan
An app that helps Veterans create a personalized step-by-step action plan to keep themselves safe during a crisis. It is highly customizable and provides access to coping tools, self-assessment measures, and crisis support resources like the Veterans Crisis Line.
Suicide Prevention: A Guide for Military and Veteran Families
This guide is designed to help family members recognize when a loved one is at risk for suicide and understand the actions one can take to help.
PsychArmor
A nonprofit that provides a free online library of trainings and educational resources to support Americans who work with, live with, or care for military service members, veterans, and their families.
Ask the Question Campaign
This initiative encourages agencies and organizations (including healthcare, social services, education, and others) to ask the question, “Have you or a family member ever served in the military?,” and provide information and assistance to providers regarding what to do when the answer is “Yes.”
Veteran Community Provider Quick Reference Guide
Resource for providers to locate VA and other local veteran resources.
North Dakota Govenor's Challenge Data Dashboard
The Governor’s Challenge is a partnership among the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the State of North Dakota to bring together community leaders and state agencies to prevent suicide among Service Member, Veterans, and their families (SMVF). Priority focus areas include identifying SMVFs and screening for suicide risk, promoting connectedness and care transitions, and promoting lethal means safety and safety planning. North Dakota developed initiatives using evidence-based methods within the priority areas. This dashboard tracks forward progress on a number of those initiatives and is updated as data is available.
Veterans Resources Handout
Handout of essential resources for working with veterans on suicide prevention.
Health Equity and LGBTQ+
This presentation, delivered by Dr. Samantha Oliver at the 2024 LGBTQIA2S+ Summit, covers a variety of topics within the focus of LGBTQ+ Health Equity. First, Dr. Oliver provides a summary of the Minority Stress Model and Intersectionality and the impact on health. Second, Dr. Oliver reviews barriers to adequate and affirming care for LGBTQ+ Veterans and offers suggestions on how to increase protective factors. Third, Dr. Oliver provides a summary of VHA policy related to LGBTQ+ care and definitions of terms such as health equity, health disparities, affirming care and equity in care in the VA. Fourth, Dr. Oliver discusses how one can increase affirming care in their practice. The presentation ends with a list of available LGBTQ+ resources.
A Conversation on Resiliency and Suicide Prevention
Watch the U.S. Army Suicide Prevention Month Virtual Engagement hosted by the U.S. Army’s Office of the Chief of Public Affairs, A Conversation on Resiliency and Suicide Prevention. The recording features stories of resiliency and shares resources for those who may have similar experiences.
North Dakota Veterans Affairs
Connect with state Veterans programs and healthcare practitioners in North Dakota.
Rural Suicide Prevention Toolkit
This toolkit compiles evidence-based and promising models and resources to support organizations developing, implementing, and sustaining suicide prevention programs in rural communities.
Rural Response to Farmer Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
This guide is designed to provide information about federal, state, and nonprofit resources and promising programs in rural communities that are addressing mental health needs in these populations. It also includes sections about key organizations working on mental health and agriculture issues and who may be positioned to offer support to farmers and their families.
Farm Response On-Demand Course
FarmResponse® is an on-demand 3.5-hour continuing education course developed by national experts from the AgriStress Response® Network. AgriSafe’s FarmResponse course includes the full range of competencies necessary to provide appropriate mental healthcare for agricultural producers and their families. This knowledge is critical for a healthcare professional to care for a farmer’s total health effectively. Through funding from the National Institute of Occupational Health (NIOSH), they can offer a limited number of free seats in the CS CASH service region which includes North Dakota! The process requires a request from the learner for a free registration code and then the learner will gain access to begin the online program.
North Dakota 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
Visit this page for information on North Dakota’s 988 Suicide and Crisis Line.
Help Yourself Resources
Healing, hope and help can happen. This website outlines some ways to help you get through a crisis.
Construction Industry Suicide Prevention Course
A free 1.25 hr training by the University of Washington School of Social Work to learn more about suicide prevention specifically tailored for construction workers. Learn how to Identify, understand, and be ready to support someone in the construction industry who may be at risk for suicide.
Parenting Guidance
Education and therapeutic support to empower parents to give hope and support their child’s mental health.
Parents to Parents: After Your Child's Suicide Attempt
a one-hour video informed by interviews with parents and experts. The resource was created by the Zero Suicide Institute at the Education Development Center and Parents-to-Parents, a non-profit organization that offers resources to caregivers whose child is struggling with mental health challenges or concerns. This film was made possible in part by the generous support of the Four Pines Fund. The video as well as additional resources for parents are available on the Zero Suicide Toolkit.
North Dakota NAMI
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) runs free, confidential support groups for individuals and families living with mental health challenges. Access the resource for dates, times, and locations.
Mental Health First Aid Referral Resource Guide for North Dakota
Access the Mental Health First Aid Referral Resource Guide for North Dakota. Produced by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, the guide provides mental health and crisis resources for individuals, professionals, families and communities.
Zero Suicide Toolkit
This online toolkit provides information, resources, and a detailed guide to Zero Suicide implementation. Each section of the Toolkit describes how to implement the seven Zero Suicide domains with fidelity. This site also includes tools and videos to illustrate the transformations each element can bring to your organization's safe suicide care practices.
Suicide Prevention in Primary Care – A Toolkit for Primary Care Clinicians and Leaders
This resource guide provides information for providers speaking to clients about suicide risk, including some helpful provider communication tips, a list of recommended trainings and resources to learn more, leadership actions organizations may wish to undertake to help providers reduce suicide in their organization’s patient population, and, relevant tools, templates and case studies.
Warning Signs of Suicide Fact Sheet for Clinicians
This Fact Sheet for Clinicians is a brief reference tool to help clinicians recognize signs that may indicate a client is at immediate or acute risk of suicide.
Stanley Brown Safety Planning Intervention
The Stanley Brown Safety Planning Intervention is a brief, evidence-based intervention to help those experiencing self-harm and suicidal thoughts to create a personalized list of coping strategies, sources of support, and crisis information to mitigate risk and increase safety.
Now Matters Now
A website that includes stories of hopes from individuals who have had suicidal thoughts. This website includes research based strategies for managing these suicidal thoughts and actions, including the DBT skills of Mindfulness, Mindfulness of Current Emotion, Opposite Action and Paced-breathing.
Emergency Department Best Practices: Care Transitions for Individuals with Suicide Risk
This resource, released in 2024, provides recommendations for care transitions for patients from emergency departments to outpatient care.
Clinical Approach to Preventing Suicide: An Introduction
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is offering a training for all healthcare professionals who work directly with patients ages 18 and older who can prescribe and provide treatment. Clinical Approach to Preventing Suicide: An Introduction offers training on risk and protective factors for suicide, identifying warning signs, utilizing screening tools, and conducting a safety plan and identifying treatment options.
CDC’s Suicide Prevention Resource for Action (Prevention Resource)
CDC’s Suicide Prevention Resource for Action (Prevention Resource) details the strategies with the best available evidence to reduce suicide. The Prevention Resource can help states and communities prioritize suicide prevention activities most likely to have an impact.
Transforming Communities
A report by the Transforming Communities Priority Group of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention about the key elements for the implementation of comprehensive community-based suicide prevention.
Community Engagement Opportunity for Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
Moving America’s Soul on Suicide is a documentary film that highlights nearly a dozen very personal stories of triumph over trauma, pain, and mental health challenges. Free access to the film is available via their YouTube Channel and groups can request a free cinema-grade version at no charge. Promotional materials are also available. If you’re interested in hosting a screening or have any questions, please contact If you’re interested in hosting a screening or have any questions, please reach out.
How to Prevent Firearm Injury Using a Public Health Approach
ASTHO's developed a new toolkit for the prevention of firearm-related harms to support health officials as they consider all the steps needed to create effective programs that prevent firearm-related harms.
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