The New York State Office of Mental Health has issued a Request for Proposals to invite eligible applicants to submit proposals for the “Coordination of Regional Suicide Prevention Activities Request for Proposal” to the Suicide Prevention Office (SPO), whose mandate is to bring increased coordination and alignment of all OMH funded suicide prevention programming with the ultimate goal of reducing suicide attempts and deaths among New Yorkers.
The SPO is seeking proposals from organizations that can administratively support the broad array of activities outlined above by providing assistance in the coordination of initiatives and disbursement of contract funds to support the SPO in carrying out statewide Suicide Prevention Activities in Zero Suicide Implementation support in Health/Behavioral Healthcare settings, Clinical, Peer, School & Gatekeeper Training & Evaluation, Coalition Support, Public Awareness & Education Dissemination and Stakeholder Engagement.