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Callaway County Unit of the American Red Cross Suicide Prevention
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2003 Five community partners:
Callaway County Health Department
Callaway County Emergency Management
Callaway County Unit of the American Red Cross
SERVE, Inc. Retired and Senior Volunteer Program
Emphasis was on developing a core of volunteers to deal with spontaneous volunteers in a supervisory capacity.
Callaway County COAD History
Volunteer recruitment, training, and placement was driven by the American Red Cross and the SERVE Inc. Retired Senior Volunteer agency/programs to support sheltering and mass feeding.
Callaway County Health Department and the Callaway Emergency Management Agency researched volunteer programs to assist with alternative medical support services and volunteers trained in search and rescue.
From 2003 t0 2008
Callaway County COAD
Shared Resources
Trained community volunteers in
American Red Cross Shelter Operations
First Aid
CPR and AED
Worked with area churches, schools in developing Shelter Agreements
Support Community Events Kingdom Days/Street Fair
Employee and Community Health Fairs
2003 - 2008
Callaway Emergency Management Agency CERT Community Emergency Response Team trained and ready to support disaster service providers.
Callaway County Health Department
MRC - Medical Reserve Corps to enhance the emergency preparedness and response capabilities by recruiting and training a corps of medical, non-medical, and public health volunteers to assist in response to community needs, public health issues, and disaster preparedness.
2009 - 2010 callaway county
June 2010 callaway county
Callaway County Commission assigned The Director of the Callaway County Medical Reserve Corps to serve as the
facilitator for the Callaway County COAD
Changes Our name changed to the Callaway County COAD/Citizen Corps Council
Meeting and Committees Monthly Meetings 2nd Thursday of each month from 11:00 a.m. Noon Committees: Mass Care, Human Services (meet from 10:00 11:00 a.m.) Subcommittees: MRC Faith-Based and MRC Suicide Prevention (added in
2011)
Weve Come A long Way
Weve Come A Long way
Weve Come Along Way
2010 Faith-Based Committee promoted a healthy community
Within the Congregation
Current events, studies, activities
Within the Faith Community
Current outreach ministries
events, studies, activities
Community
If we are going to touch the people of our communities, we too must know their sorrows, feel for them in their temptations, stand with them in their heartbreaks.
Billy Graham
Preparedness/Health Issues methods used:
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Education/Awareness Trifold Bulletin Inserts
Newsletter Articles
Adoption of SAMHSAs Eight Dimensions of Wellness
EMOTIONAL
FINANCIAL
SOCIAL
SPIRITUAL
OCCUPATIONAL
PHYSICAL
INTELLECTUAL
ENVIRONMENTAL
3 completed suicides
in Callaway County
the last 38 days of the year.
2011 Happy New Year
2012
January
1 completed suicide
for a total of
4 in 39 day period
November 24, 2011 January 1, 2012
Requested the development of a Suicide Prevention Committee to address suicide intervention and prevention.
MRC Faith Based Committee
MRC Suicide Prevention Committee
Suicide Prevention Partners
American Red Cross * Fulton Public Schools
Callaway County Sheriffs Office
Retired and Senior Volunteer Program
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Health)
1st Presbyterian Church * Church of Jesus Christ LDS
Callaway County Public Health * Compass Prevention
Heartland Church of the Nazarene * United Church of Christ Callaway County Medical Reserve Crops
Mental Health Resources
Gaps Addressed in 2011 and 2012
Suicide Prevention Training
SP Trained Trainers
Callaway County Mental Health Services
Educational Materials
Awareness Events / Programming
Agenda
1. QPR (Question Persuade Refer) Trainings
2. CALM Training
(Counsel on Access to Lethal Means)
3. Mental Health First Aid Training
4. ASIST Training
(Applied Skills Intervention Skills Training)
5. suicideTALK
6. Out Of The Darkness Walk
February 14, 2013 MRC Suicide Prevention Meeting
Out of the Darkness Walk
September 15, 2013
Fulton State Hospital
2013 September
National Preparedness
Month
Safe Sunday
Preparedness Education September 8, 2013
Holiday
Mental Health Education
Signs of Suicide
December 1 30, 2013
2013 Suicides
County Only
Callaway County
Sheriffs Department
January 1 May 17, 2013
Completed 2
Serious Attempts 12
Attempts - 42
Not Known
These numbers do not show:
Auxvasse
City of Fulton
Holts Summit
New Bloomfield
2013-2014 Whats Under Constrution
SAMHSA Model
One Voice One Community
Partners
Churches
Faith-Based Agencies/Organizations
Medical Community
Mental Health Services
Contact Information
Pam Phelps, Facilitator Callaway County COAD Phone: 573 642 6881 ext. 243 Email: [email protected]
Callaway County Health Department
4950 County Road 304, Fulton, MO 65251
Mylene Dunn, Facilitator COAD Suicide Prevention Committee
Phone: 573 642 6881 ext. 224 Email: [email protected]