Enroll by February 2nd to join EDC's Winter 2027 online National CLSP Academy for Community Coalitions.
About the Academy
Description
EDC's National Community-Led Suicide Prevention (CLSP) Academy for Community Coalitions provides community coalitions, taskforces, and workgroups across the US with information, skills, and resources that increase sustainability of local suicide prevention efforts. This CLSP Academy brings together practitioners, content experts, and community representatives who are dedicated to creating change. Through a mixture of training and collaborative activities, community-based teams strengthen their capacity to sustain coalitions, use data to drive strategic planning, improve community readiness, and focus programming on disproportionately impacted populations. Participants leave the Academy with resources, skills, and priorities for action to strengthen their local suicide prevention efforts.
Are you part of a State or Territorial Coalition? Check out this version of the CLSP Academy:
Winter 2027 National CLSP Academy for State & Territorial Coalitions
Objectives
Community suicide prevention coalitions achieve the following through participation in the National Academy:
- Skills and resources to implement comprehensive approaches to suicide prevention
- Relationships with community coalitions from across the US dedicated to suicide prevention
- Identified priority areas and action steps for strengthening local suicide prevention and sustainability
- Strengthened coalition structures, practices, and processes that promote effective and sustainable efforts
Format
Academy Prep: Tuesday, February 16th at 3–5pm ET (2 hours)
Academy Session 1: Tuesday, March 16th at 2–5:30pm ET (3.5 hours)
Academy Session 2: Wednesday, March 17th at 2–5:30pm ET (3.5 hours)
Academy Session 3: Thursday, March 18th at 2–5:30pm ET (3.5 hours)
Academy Session 4: Friday, March 19th at 2–5:30pm ET (3.5 hours)
Registration
All teams should be registered by their team lead by February 2nd, 2027. After the team lead enrolls in the course, additional information will be provided.
Only the team lead will enroll in the Academy. Additional team members will receive instructions on how to enroll themselves in the learning management system to access course materials and login information.
A certificate of participation will be available after submitting the post-training survey within two weeks of the training.
Teams should consist of 2–6 members. The cost of registration per team is $5,000.
For registration support and changes, please contact us at solutions@edc.org.
Shawna Hite-Jones, Senior Manager of Prevention Initiatives, works with state, community, and K12 systems to implement comprehensive approaches to suicide prevention. Shawna has over 15 years of experience in implementing suicide prevention initiatives at the local, state, and national level.
Jana Boocock, senior prevention specialist, is an experienced trainer with expertise in behavioral health and wellness, suicide prevention, and substance misuse prevention. In addition to her experience managing state- and community-led prevention initiatives, she has directly supported youth and adults experiencing behavioral health issues within the community.