About the Conference

University of Connecticut's Training Institutes is a national gathering of experts and leaders working at the federal, state, and local levels to transform public systems, programs, and services for children, youth, young adults, and their families. The 2025 Training Institutes, Building a World Where Young People Thrive, brings together nearly 2,000 practitioners, policymakers, researchers and evaluators, administrators and managers, peer support partners, Medicaid specialists, managed care experts, family and youth leaders, and educators in health and human services.

Institute: Youth Suicide Prevention in Hospital & Community Settings

Presented by: Julie Goldstein Grumet, Director of Zero Suicide and Vice President of Suicide Prevention Strategy at EDC

Resources

Film: After Your Child's Suicide Attempt

Zero Suicide Toolkit: The Zero Suicide framework operationalizes the core components necessary for health care systems to transform suicide care into seven elements. The Toolkit uses research, tools, and videos to walk implementers through putting the Zero Suicide model into practice.

Multi-Tiered Suicide Prevention in Schools: EDC's Multi-Tiered Suicide Prevention (MTSP) for Schools is designed to assist educational leaders in improving upon strategic planning and structural changes toward suicide prevention within a multi-tiered system of support.

EDC Services

EDC offers training and consultation support for organizations implementing Zero Suicide as well as training and consultation in Multi-Tiered Suicide Prevention for Schools and Community-Led Suicide Prevention.