Community-Led Suicide Prevention helps communities come together to create and reach their suicide prevention goals.
EDC Solutions provides step-by-step information, how-to tools, interactive training, and tailored coaching to support communities using the Community-Led Suicide Prevention (CLSP) framework for achieving comprehensive suicide prevention.
Services
Community-Led Suicide Prevention Toolkit
The CLSP Toolkit was inspired by the report Transforming Communities: Key Elements for the Implementation of Comprehensive Community-Based Suicide Prevention, developed by the Transforming Communities Priority Group of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention—the nation’s public-private partnership for suicide prevention, operated and managed by EDC.
Seven Elements of Community-Led Suicide Prevention
- Unity: How to Develop Broad-Based Support for a Shared Vision
- Data: How to Use Data to Guide Action and Improve Efforts
- Planning: How to Use a Strategic Planning Process
- Fit: How to Align Activities with Community Culture and Needs
- Integration: How to Use Multiple, Complementary Approaches
- Communication: How to Communicate Clearly, Safely, and Consistently
- Sustainability: How to Create Long-Lasting Change
Funding
Applying for a Garrett Lee Smith (GLS) grant? Learn how to write CLSP services into your grant application.
“EDC’s support is really helpful. Our coalition is diving into the Community-Led Suicide Prevention model with them, and I’m excited by this fresh way of looking at suicide prevention after twenty years in the field.”