Hello to everyone
This is my first post since being hired as the Youth Suicide Prevention (YSP) Coordinator for Berkshire County. It's great to be a part of Berkshire AHEC. Things started off on a great note - a YSP Steering Committee has been established to complete a Community Needs & Assets Assessment for the whole county. It is a very thorough document and we plan to have it completed by October 1st, 2009. It will give us a very good idea of service gaps in the area of suicide prevention - and where we need to direct or resources. The Needs Assessment will be the tool to create services that area agencies will deliver - it's more of a grass roots approach. Funding will be provided to agencies that are best suited to deliver the suicide prevention services. There are many needs and many ways to do this. Please don't hesitate to give me your ideas on what Berkshire County can do to reduce the suicide rate in our community.
Thanks and I will return with an update right after the Needs Assessment is complete in October.
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