Project Safeguard

Description

Facilitated a training model for the National Guard on lethal means and voluntary reductions in firearm access during at-risk periods. The peer to peer counselings incorporated principles of motivational interviewing to encourage secure storage of personal firearms as a means to decrease the risk of death.

Strategic Alignment with National Suicide Prevention Goals

CDC Suicide Prevention Strategies

As it is outlined in the CDC's "Preventing Suicide: A Technical Package of Policy, Programs, and Practices," our project is aligned with the following strategies:

• • Strengthen Access and Delivery of Suicide Care

  • Create Protective Environments

  • Promote Connectedness

  • Teach Coping and Problem-Solving Skills

  • Identify and Support People at Risk

  • Lessen Harms and Prevent Future Risk

White House Priorities

As it is outlined in The White House "Fact Sheet: New Strategy Outlines Five Priorities for Reducing Military and Veteran Suicide," our project is aligned with the following priorities:

• • Improving Lethal Means Safety

  • Enhancing Crisis Care and Facilitating Care Transitions

  • Increasing Access to and Delivery of Effective Care

  • Addressing Upstream Risk and Protective Factors

  • Increasing Research Coordination, Data Sharing, & Evaluation Efforts