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