“You Matter” - National Suicide Prevention Month

In September, for National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, Family & Children’s Services (FCS) is teaming up with community partners in Tulsa to raise awareness and provide support for mental health and suicide prevention through a campaign called “You Matter.” Many people will participate in our sidewalk chalk initiative to spread uplifting messages and share important information about COPES, Tulsa County’s 24/7 crisis hotline and mobile response team, and 988, the national suicide prevention hotline. Anyone can call these numbers at any time to seek help.

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American Foundation for Suicide Prevention trainings

Family & Children’s Services is proud to offer American Foundation for Suicide Prevention trainings to the Tulsa community. These trainings are presented by FCS at no charge, take 1.5 to 2 hours to complete and anyone 18 and older can participate. Please email Emily Farmer at efarmer@fcsok.org for more information and to schedule a training.

“Talk Saves Lives: An Introduction to Suicide Prevention” is AFSP’s flagship suicide prevention education program that covers the scope of this leading cause of death, what the research has found to be the warning signs and risk factors of suicide, and the strategies that prevent it.

Talk Saves Lives: An Introduction to Suicide Prevention for the Latinx and Hispanic Communities (available in English and Spanish) is a community education presentation that addresses mental health, suicide, and its impact in the Latinx and Hispanic communities in the United States. It includes information on the warning signs and risk factors of suicide, and strategies that prevent it

“LETS Save Lives: An Introduction to Suicide Prevention for Black and African American Communities” is a presentation created in concert with an Advisory Committee of experts in Black and African American mental health and suicide prevention, designed to reduce cultural stigma, foster conversations about mental health, and raise awareness of suicide prevention for individuals who identify as Black or African American.