Suicide Prevention

The Indian Health Service (IHS) awarded a five-year grant in the amount of $400,000 annually ($2,000,000 total) for a component of the Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention (SASP) Program: Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention (SPIP).

The overall goal of UMUT’s Protect Life initiative for SPIP is to leverage evidence-based strategies to increase access to comprehensive, culturally appropriate services and programming that address suicide prevention among UMUT youth and adults.

Objectives include: