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CONTACT Connects |
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February 2009 |
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¨ Preventing Suicide: Parents suggest ways schools can help families Article discussing the importance of suicide prevention education in schools and how students should be taught suicide prevention yearly (www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10524954) ¨ Tough times spur more calls to crisis hot lines With the current economic status in the country we are seeing an increase in the calls to crisis hot lines like CONTACT Pittsburgh (www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_609641.html) ¨ Rate of suicides in state increasing, cause unclear The suicide rate in Wisconsin recently has increased dramatically but the cause of this increase in unclear. (www.dailycardinal.com/article/21928) ¨ Army Sees Increase In Suicide Rate The suicide rate amongst soldiers in the Army has reached an all time high since suicide record keeping began 28 years ago. (www.kfoxtv.com/news/18627671/detail.html) ¨ West Point calls in Army team after 2 cadet suicides in 2 months Similar to the previous article, in response to recent suicides amongst military personnel the U.S. Military Academy has brought in a suicide team to investigate the military’s current mental health programs. (www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090203/NEWS/902030322) |
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CONTACT Pittsburgh offers immediate emotional support and crisis intervention services through its volunteer hotline, outreach and educational programs |
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CONTACT Pittsburgh Strategic Planning Survey In the interest of planning for the 2009-2010 fiscal year at CONTACT Pittsburgh we are surveying volunteers of our organization and community partners that have been involved with external services and training offerings. If you could complete the following short (3 question) survey at your earliest convenience it will really benefit our strategic planning and outreach goals for the next year. Please click the link below to complete the survey. www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=iSnHimu3mZ2IeIoCf_2fLUXQ_3d_3d
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What’s Going On? |
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Total # of calls 1211 Total # of suicide calls 81 Total # of Student and Young Adult calls 104 Total # of info cards distributed 150 Total # of persons reached through outreach activities 214 |
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