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May 24, 2013NU | UNL | UNMC | UNO | UNK | IANR 

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PPC Graduate Student Appointed to Fellowship Program

Joseph Hamm, a Public Policy Center Graduate research assistant and doctoral student in psychology and law, was one of eight UNL students to be appointed to the Center for Great Plains Studies 2013 Graduate Fellows Program.

According to the press release the program "provides a place for select graduate students to work, meet, obtain support, learn from fellow students, engage with Center faculty and staff, benefit from the center's resources and progress in their studies."

Nebraska Suicide Prevention Project

The University of Nebraska Public Policy Center is partnering with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Division of Behavioral Health and Interchurch Ministries of Nebraska to carry out activities as part of a youth suicide prevention grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), a branch of the federal Department of Health and Human Services.

The project aims to increase general awareness of suicide as a preventable public health problem and to produce measurable decreases in Nebraska’s youth suicide rates through the provision of seed grants for local suicide prevention activities; training gatekeepers and clinicians; implementing screening for suicide with high risk youth; supporting young returning veterans and military families in Nebraska; and strengthening Nebraska’s public/private state suicide prevention coalition. This three year grant will run from 2009 - 2012 with awards of $500,000 per year.

See the Nebraska Youth Suicide Prevention Website: http://www.youthsuicideprevention.nebraska.edu

Key Partners
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Division of Behavioral Health
Interchurch Ministries of Nebraska

Funding
This project has been funded by grants made to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services from the United State Department of Health and Human Services

Related Publications:

Nebraska Suicide Prevention Summit Final Report. Abdel-Monem, Tarik. (2010 February). PDF File

In The News
DHHS Using Grant Money to Prevent Youth Suicide. (2009-09-30). 10/11 News.
State gets $1.5M grant for suicide prevention. (2009-10-02). Lincoln Journal Star.
Suicide Prevention Summit Set This Month. (2010-01-17). Omaha World Hearald.
September GI Workshop to Focus on Suicide Prevention. (2010-09-9). Grand Island Independent.
Nebraska State Suicide Prevention Coalition Counsels Those Considering Suicide. (2010-09-20). Daily Nebraskan.

Lead Contact:
Name: Denise Bulling
E-mail: dbulling@nebraska.edu
Phone: (402) 472-1509

Name: Mark DeKraai
E-mail: mdekraai@nebraska.edu
Phone: (402) 472-1496


Staff Researchers:

Name: Stacey Hoffman
E-mail: shoffman@nebraska.edu
Phone: (402) 472-4673

Name: Juan Paulo Ramírez
E-mail: jprmaps@gmail.com
Phone: (402) 472-7905

Name: Kate Speck
E-mail: kspeck2@nebraska.edu
Phone: (402) 472-0501

Name: Janell Walther
E-mail: jwalther2@nebraska.edu
Phone: (402) 472-2762

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