Pikes Peak Suicide Prevention Partnership

The Colorado gun shop project reduced the access to leathal means of Suicide and gave education to firearm retailers and consumers about the correlation between safe firearm storage and Suicide Prevention. Safe storage information was provided to 156 firearm retailers and 37 lethal means awareness presentations were given to local community groups. El paso county specific materials were created to include a psa with local law enforcement and military leaders which has received thousands of views.

In the area of intervention, ppspp provided 757 individual therapy sessions, 1,050 peer support contracts and 171 group sessions and 800 discharge care packages were distributed to individuals discharging from a mental health related hospitalization to connect them to resources, provide coping tools and safety tips for their re-entry back into the community. Ppspp also entered into a formal partnership with Colorado springs school district 11 to support the re-entry of youth back into the school system after a hopitalization.

Ppspp served a total of 9,993 community members across our progams. The related expenses were to support the training of 2,175 community members in suicde Prevention, help provide materials for the 83 awareness events where ppspp distributed Suicide Prevention resource information to the community as well as the 76 school presentations where ppspp engaged outreach and education to local high school and middle school students. The revenue was driven by organizations who directly support these activities. Ppspp brought out loss (local outreach to Suicide surviriors) team to 100% operational, providing immediate support to surivivors on the scene of a Suicide and then on-going support as the surviviors navigate their loss. Ppspp also created an awareness campaign regarding the safe storage of medications that was distributed to primary care providers, dentist offices and pharmacies.