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  • Zero Suicide Leadership Letters

    … Zero Suicide Leadership Letters The Zero Suicide Leadership Letters resource provides sample text for letters to and from healthcare leadership. Zero Suicide …
  • Sample Letter to Staff Announcing Adoption of Zero Suicide Approach

    … Sample Letter to Staff Announcing Adoption of Zero Suicide Approach This letter can be used and adapted to announce the commitment to improve … else in a position of leadership, to all staff members. Document 2025SampleLetterAnnouncingZeroSuicide.pdf Lead Leadership and Just Culture …
  • Sample Letter to Staff about Zero Suicide Workforce Survey

    … Sample Letter to Staff about Zero Suicide Workforce Survey This letter can be used and adapted to request that staff complete the Zero … else in a position of leadership, to all staff members.   Document 2025SampleLetterZeroSuicideWorkForceSurvey.pdf Lead Leadership and Just …
  • Zero Suicide Workforce Survey Resources

    … Native) Version Guidelines for Administering the Workforce Survey Sample Letter to Staff about Zero Suicide Workforce Survey Workforce Survey Rollout Tips Sample Workforce Survey Results Report Template for Reviewing New …
  • Workforce Survey

    … Native) Version Guidelines for Administering the Workforce Survey Sample Letter to Staff about the Zero Suicide Workforce Survey Workforce Survey Rollout Tips Sample Workforce Survey Results Report Template for Reviewing New …
  • Treat

    … sizes favoring CAMS were smaller with active duty military/veterans samples and with male participants. 7    Along with an emphasis on … reaching out to those patients not engaged in treatment through caring letters—communicating support and concern for the patient—may reduce …
  • Workforce Survey

    … survey questions Guidelines for Administering the Workforce Survey  Sample letter to staff about the survey Sample survey results report Get Resource 1 National Council for …
  • Pathway to Care

    … through which individuals prefer to receive communication (texts, letters, emails, care portal messages) and the content of the messages. … both in-person and via telemental health settings.  Get Resource Sample Care Pathways Other examples of care pathways are available in …
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Education Development Center, the Suicide Prevention Resource Center, and the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention are able to make this web site available thanks to support from Universal Health Services (UHS), the Zero Suicide Institute at EDC, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) (grant 1 U79 SM0559945).

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If you or someone you know are in emotional distress, questioning if life is worth it, or in crisis, assistance is available 24/7 by calling or texting 988 or by chat at 988lifeline.org.