Goal 3

By 2024, Guam will have a 30-person Suicide Prevention Task Force that includes representatives from direct youth-serving providers, first responders, and community members like individuals with lived experience, including survivors of loss, survivors of suicide attempts, youth, and families, which work towards processes and protocols within and among organizations that are suicide-safer and integrated to other services.

GFOL has identified potential members for the Suicide Prevention Task Force which will recommend standard practices and policies for government, private, and non-profit organizations. The Task Force will meet at the start of 2021.

By 2024, at least 75% of key direct services staff from GBHWC, and as identified by Guam Memorial Hospital (GMH), Division of Child Protective Services/Foster Care System (CPS), Guam Department of Education (GDOE), University of Guam’s Isa Psychological Center (UOG-Isa), Guam Community College’s Law Enforcement, Allied Health and Human Services Academics (GCC), and Department of Youth Affairs (DYA) are trained to identify, screen, refer, treat, and follow-up on individuals experiencing grief and feelings of loss and pain, or having suicidal thoughts and behaviors.

GFOL provided training to GBHWC staff as well as employees of the Academy of Our Lady of Guam, Breaking Wave Theatre Company, Guam Community College, Guam Department of Education, Guam Police Department, USMEPCOM, and WestCare Pacific Islands, Inc. GFOL used two evidence-based programs—ASIST and LivingWorks START—to train direct service providers. 63 direct service providers completed training in Year 1.

RESULTS FROM YEAR 1

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