Feature Article
In attendance
States attending the first two SPRC regional training conferences were:
Denver Conference – Oct. 28-30, 2003
U.S. Public Health Regions VII and VIII
Colorado • Iowa • Kansas • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • North Dakota • South Dakota • Utah • Wyoming
New Orleans Conference – Dec. 3-5, 2003
U.S. Public Health Regions IV and VI
Alabama • Arkansas • Florida • Georgia • Kentucky • Louisiana • Mississippi • New Mexico • North Carolina • Oklahoma • South Carolina • Tennessee • Texas
Attendees included representatives from these groups:
Public Sector
• Office/Department of Mental Health and/or Substance Abuse
• Office/Department of Health
• Office/Department of Public Health
• Office/Department of Education
• Criminal/Juvenile Justice
• Governor’s Health Legislative Assistant
• State Legislator
• State Agency on Aging
• Crisis Intervention Personnel
• First Responders
• Law Enforcement
• School Superintendent/School Health
• Corrections
• Child Protective Service
Private Sector
• Advocates (e.g., NAMI, DBSA, etc.)
• Suicide Prevention Crisis Centers or Hotlines
• Consumers of Mental Health Services
• Suicide Survivors
• Suicide Attempt Survivors
• State Associations of Health Professionals (e.g., social work, psychiatry, psychology, medical, primary care [e.g., family practice or internal medicine, nursing])
• Representatives from Tribal Communities
• Media
• Faith Community
• Foundations
• Business/Employers
• Insurance Industry
• Funeral Directors
Conferences were supported by the following entities:
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA)
• Indian Health Service (IHS)
• Public Health Service (PHS)
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
• Suicide Prevention Action Network (SPAN USA)
