Welcome to the Web site of the Delaware County (PA)
Suicide Prevention & Awareness Task Force.
Our purpose is to promote understanding that suicide is a preventable community health problem in our county.
LET'S TALK ABOUT IT!
●
●
●
●
●
●
Suicide
Prevention
Updates
●
●
●
●
●
●
The Delaware County Suicide
Prevention and Awareness Task Force is excited to announce the 3rd Annual
“Make A Difference!” Art with a Message Contest.
We are happy to report that last year
we received over 75 submissions!
The Task Force’s
purpose is to promote understanding that suicide is a preventable community
health problem in our county. The goal of this contest is to encourage
emotional well-being by promoting the concepts of communication, hope,
community and friendship, in an effort to prevent suicide. All middle and
high school students are invited to submit original artwork.
The submission deadline is
Friday, January 29,
2010
and entries can be
submitted at any time
between now and the deadline.
Click
here to download
the Poster Contest Packet!
Thank you to all who attended
the 6th Annual Symposium
on Suicide Awareness & Prevention. We had a fantastic turnout and we
hope to see you all again next year!
Our Nametag Helpers!
Listening to the Keynote Speaker - Mr. Jason Spiegelman
Some of our sponsors with their resource tables!
Morning Panel Discussion group
District Attorney G. Michael Green,
Esq.
moderated the morning discussion panel
Ellen Chung-Finnegan was presented with this year's
DCSPATF Member of the Year Award
Luncheon Panel with Medical Examiner, Dr. Fredric Hellman
The afternoon portion of the conference was breakout sessions!
Thanks to all who helped
make this conference a success!!
Check out our NEW Fall 2009 newsletter!
Click here to view it!
This is our FIFTH newsletter and we hope it
continues to be a success!
We are looking for community submissions for future newsletter editions (due
January 1st), so please feel free to email any material to Terri Erbacher at
terbacher@dciu.org.
Calling all Delaware County Residents!
The Delaware County CFAC (Consumer and Family Advisory Committee) would like to extend an open invitation to all Delaware County HealthChoices members to participate in our upcoming meetings. Attending the CFAC meetings will provide you with an opportunity, as consumers or family members of those who utilize the HealthChoices Mental Health and/or Drug and Alcohol services in Delaware County, to receive current updates on new and existing programs or to pose any questions you may have about existing services.
Upcoming CFAC meetings are scheduled for October 13, 2009, February 9, 2010, and June 8, 2010 from 1:00 pm to 2:00pm at the Delaware County Office of Behavioral Health, which is located at 20 S. 69th Street in Upper Darby, located on the 3rd floor.
If you would like further information on
Delaware County's CFAC or if you would like to be on the agenda for one of
the upcoming meetings, please contact Shannon Thomas, of the Delaware County
Office of Behavioral Health, at 610-713-2479.
Learn more about what the
Delaware Co. Suicide Prevention & Awareness
Task Force is all about!
DCSPATF pamphlet
View or print a copy
here
Click
here
to view the Task Force's Action Plan for 2009-2011.
●
●
●
●
●
●
Six Fact Sheets
●
●
●
●
●
●
Firearms and
Suicide
Suicide
among Older Adults
Teen Suicide
Suicide and
Serious Mental Illness
Alcohol and
Suicide
Suicide among
Adults in Pennsylvania
Take advantage of
all the resources
Delaware County
has to offer!
Check out our Resource Guide
Upcoming
Events:
* * * * * * * * *
Steering Committee Meeting
February 18, 2010
9AM-11AM
Springfield Baptist Church
184 N. Norwinden Dr.
Springfield, PA 19064
Click here
to view the 2010 Steering Committee Meeting Schedule!
●
Upcoming Event
●
DCSPATF Run/Walk for Suicide Awareness
May 1, 2010
Times TBD
Ridley Creek State Park, Pavilion 17
DCSPATF can be reached by e-mail at
info@delcosucideprevention.org
2009 Delaware County Suicide Prevention Awareness Task Force. Website credit: Aria Burgess