OHIO SAMHSA Garrett Lee Smith

State Grant

The Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation

The Ohio Department of Mental Health

Our Plans and

Our Progress

Purpose Statement

To provide a coordinated suicide prevention screening

program to assess youth ages 11-18 in Ohio counties with the highest youth suicide rates and immediately link those at risk or

in imminent danger to appropriate behavioral health

care.

Key Strategies

1. Utilize and Enhance Existing Infrastructures1. Utilize and Enhance Existing Infrastructures

2. Target High Suicide Rate Counties 2. Target High Suicide Rate Counties

4. Real Time, Online Data Collection for Outcomes4. Real Time, Online Data Collection for Outcomes

5. Evaluation Feedback Loop5. Evaluation Feedback Loop

3. Use Evidenced-Based Programs3. Use Evidenced-Based Programs

Utilize and Enhance Existing Infrastructures

EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE Ohio’s TeenScreen Program

●13 Programs

●70 Individual Sites

ENHANCE

Offer Grants to Support:

●Existing Evidence-based Youth Suicide Programs

●Recruit New Programs in High Suicide Rate Counties

Current # of Programs & Sites

Ohio’s Program

117 Adolescent Mental Health Check Up Sites

12 Signs of Suicide (SOS) Sites

105 Columbia University TeenScreen Sites

Consent Goal

The rate of active consents obtained will increase by 10% each year

Year 1 Progress:

52% Average consent rate Year 1 (baseline)

Year 2 Progress:

Year 2 Goal: 57%

46%* Average consent rate Year 2*One quarter of data remaining to be submitted

Consents

  Year 1 % Year 2 % Change

Consents Distributed    8,201   17,461  more than doubled

Consents Distributed &  Not Returned 3,972 48% 9,458 53% increaseConsents Returned Yes 2,917 69% 5,517 69% sameConsents Returned No 2,479 31% 1,312 31% same

As a group we more than doubled the number of consents to be screened to youth and parents.

Programs with Significant Increases in Consent Rates

  Year 1 Year 2Nationwide Children's Hospital 27% 62%

Program with the Highest Increase in Consent Returned Rates:

Consistent Program Leaders:

  Year 1 Year 2D&E Counseling/Mahoning County 71% 70%

Wayne & Holmes County 71% 68%

Mental Health Check Up Goal

Number of youth receiving evidence-based mental health check ups increase

by at least 50%

Year 1 Progress:

2,833 of youth receiving mental health check ups (baseline)

Year 2 Progress:

4,825* youth receiving mental health check ups

Currently 85% of our goal achieved*One quarter of data remaining to be submitted

Programs with Significant Increases in # Screened

Program with the Highest Increase in Youth Receiving Mental Health Check Ups:

  Year 1 Year 2% Increase

Stark 163 547 236%

Allen/Auglaize/Hardin 476 904 90%

Fairfield 285 520 82%

Mahoning 747 1343 80%

Logan/Champaign 326 435 33%

Clinical Interview Goal

100% of youth identified at risk will be interviewed by a licensed professional within 24 hours

Year 1 Progress:

112% of youth interviewed by a licensed professional

Year 2 Progress:

108%* of youth interviewed by a licensed professional

*One quarter of data remaining to be submitted

Referral Goal

Increased percentage of referral completions

Year 1 Progress:

60% referral completions in Year 1

Year 2 Progress:

50%* referral completions in Year 2

*One quarter of data remaining to be submitted

Programs with Significant Increases in Referral Completion Rates

Program with the Highest Increase in Referral Completion Rates:

  Year 1 Year 2% 

ChangeD&E Counseling/Mahoning County 53% 72% 19%Nationwide Children's Hospital 48% 63% 15%

Stark County 30% 42% 12%Allen/Auglaize/Hardin Counties 40% 48% 8%

Increase Capacity Goal

Provide SPRC Competencies in Suicide Assessment training to increase the capacity and availability of competent healthcare professional suicide assessments.

Performance Target

Train at least 150 behavioral health professionals in each year in suicide assessment

Year 1 Progress:TRAINING ATTENDEES

Train the Trainers 20 attendees Clermont 60 attendees Marion 50 attendees

Paint Valley 50 attendees

Year 2 Progress:TRAINING ATTENDEES

Hamilton 60 attendees Summitt 100 attendees Franklin 50 attendees Columbiana & Mahoning 70 attendees