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Office of Suicide Prevention
Help and hope are available 24/7,
365 days per year.
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Need help now?
- Call 1-844-493-8255, text "TALK" to 38255, or visit coloradocrisisservices.org. *If this is an emergency call 911.
Emergency departments and suicidal patients
- Print materials, tools, and training opportunities for emergency departments and mental health centers working to prevent suicide.
Primary care provides
- Print materials and training opportunities for primary care providers working to prevent suicide.
Public health
- Resources for public health professionals and policymakers regarding suicide prevention.
After a suicide attempt or suicidal experience
- Resources and materials for survivors of suicide attempts and suicidal experiences and their supporters.
After a suicide loss
- Resources and materials for suicide loss survivors, including individuals, families, communities, schools, workplaces, and organizations.
Youth and young adult suicide prevention
- Resources and materials supporting suicide prevention for young people in Colorado.
- Suicide is a leading cause of death for Colorado’s youth and young adults. The encouraging news is that there are many effective suicide prevention programs that can bring hope, connectedness, and recovery to young people struggling with thoughts of suicide. The Youth and young adult suicide prevention webpage has helpful information and resources.
After a suicide attempt or suicidal experience
- Information and resources for survivors and those who support them.
After a suicide loss
- Information and resources for individuals, families, communities, and organizations.
- The Colorado Gun Shop Project is an education and awareness project that partners with firearm advocates, gun shops, firing ranges, and other members of the firearm community to adopt and promote a firearm safety and suicide prevention message. Learn more on the Colorado Gun Shop Project webpage.
Licensed firearms dealers, ranges, and safety instructors
- Explore resources for licensed firearms dealers, ranges, and safety instructors.
Gun Shop Project & Retailer Partnerships
- Gun Shop Projects (GSPs) are community-driven suicide prevention partnerships between the firearms community (e.g., firearm retailers, ranges, instructors, and other organizations) and public health professionals. Visit the Gun Shop Project & Retailer Partnerships webpage to learn more.
- Information about training and other educational opportunities hosted by the Office of Suicide Prevention.
Colorado Hospital Follow-up project
Colorado’s Hospital Follow-Up Project is a collaboration between CDPHE’s Office of Suicide Prevention, Rocky Mountain Crisis Partners, Second Wind Fund, and health systems across the state. Follow-up services are telephonic caring contacts offered to clients discharged from an emergency department after experiencing a mental health crisis or overdose event.
- The Colorado Follow-Up Project provides free telephonic caring contacts for patients. These contacts typically occur weekly for 30 days, a high-risk time post-discharge.
Zero Suicide Colorado
Zero Suicide is a framework for safety and quality improvement in heath care, rooted in the belief that suicide deaths among people receiving care in health systems are preventable.
- Access Zero Suicide tools and resources to help your health system implement dedicated quality improvement initiatives to provide responsive care.
- The Suicide Prevention Commission was created in 2014 to serve as the interface between public and private sectors in establishing statewide suicide prevention priorities that are data-driven and evidence-based.
- The Colorado Office of Policy, Research, and Regulatory Reform (COPRRR) is currently conducting a sunset review of the Suicide Prevention Commission as described in section 2-3-1203 of the Colorado Revised Statutes. Analysis is performed to determine if the advisory council is necessary and should be continued or repealed. To provide input on this review, please visit the COPRRR website.
- Learn more about current funding and grant opportunities.
- Learn more about the Office of Suicide Prevention community grantees.
- Learn more about priority public health initiatives, data resources, and current grantees.
- An interactive data visualization dashboard utilizing Colorado Violent Death Reporting System Data.
- A variety of data resources, general injury reports, and data on:
- suicide
- adult falls
- prescription drug abuse
- motor vehicle
- child fatality and abuse
- marijuana
- sexual violence
- infant safe sleep
- The suicide investigation form is a tool for investigators to use during the death investigation process.
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Archived Newsletters
- Please email cdphe_suicideprevention@state.co.us to request previous editions of the OSP Newsletter.